Awareness, anticipation, physical conditioning . . . these are just some of the qualities a goaltender needs to bring onto the ice at game time. Excellence requires practice, consistency, and understanding—of the position, the situation, and your talents. No one knows this better than Eli Wilson does. Widely recognized as the leading authority on goaltending, he has worked alongside 30 NHL goaltenders, including Carey Price, Ray Emery, Tuukka Rask, and Brian Elliott. In Hockey Goaltending, Eli Wilson and Brian van Vliet have created the definitive guide to stopping more pucks, winning more games, and lowering your goals against average. Inside, you will find coverage on every facet of the position: • Selection of the right equipment for fit and functionality • Stance and presence in the net, including footwork, stick placement, and body positioning • Puck stopping, from save selection to execution • Postsave recovery strategies, including controlling and directing rebounds • Tactics for breakaways, odd-man rushes, and wraparounds • Focus and visualization methods to improve the mental game • On- and off-ice drills and training programs for year-round conditioning to increase strength, stamina, speed, and agility • Suggestions for building productive relationships between head coaches, goaltending coaches, and goaltenders From skills to strategies, equipment to exercises, Hockey Goaltending covers the position like no other. Packed with drills, step-by-step instructions, photos, diagrams, and coaching tips, this book touches on every aspect of the game so you can compete at the highest level.

This new edition provides to the current generation of hockey players and enthusiasts a lesson in home exercise, goaltending equipment, how to play goal, and more.

Shut down your opponents and win more games with Hockey Goaltending. Featuring on and off-ice training and drills to improve reaction time and physical conditioning for this challenging position, this book and DVD package will provide you with the best instruction of techniques and mental strategies to elevate your play and protect the goal.

A coaches and players guide on how to improve goaltending skills, providing a four year development plan, techniques, training methods, the role of the coach and evaluation methods for goalies.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Dallas Stars goaltending coach Mike Valley and USA Hockey goaltending scout Justin Goldman have joined forces to co-author a comprehensive book dedicated to elevating and enhancing your mental game. Through the carefully constructed concept of the Three Pillars of Elite Goaltending, readers will receive professional and exclusive insights from a handful of NHL goaltenders and goalie coaches on a multitude of performance-related topics. Whether you are just learning how to play the position or you're at the junior, college, or pro ranks, this book is a terrific guide to help you discover your own unique path to becoming an elite goaltender. Not only does this book offer enriching insights for goalies of all ages and skill levels, it also takes you deep into the mind of an NHL goaltender. By giving you a rare glimpse of how these elite goalies have overcome different emotional and mental obstacles in their careers, you will gain an edge on the competition when it comes to the toughest aspects of playing the position. Combined with special lessons from both authors, this book provides you with an opportunity to gain wisdom from true goalie masters. More than two years in the making, "The Power Within" includes 25 chapters of literature focused on topics never before covered in this manner. It is the ultimate companion in your path to developing the mental skills needed to perform at an elite level. NHL GOALTENDERS: The book includes exclusive and personal interviews with Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators), Niklas Backstrom (Minnesota Wild), Marty Turco (Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins), Tomas Vokoun (Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins), Brian Elliott (St. Louis Blues), Richard Bachman (Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers), and Chris Mason (Winnipeg Jets). It also includes interviews with two master goalie coaches, Mitch Korn (Nashville Predators) and Erik Granqvist (Farjestad - Swedish Hockey League). A special thanks to all 10 elite goaltenders and goalie coaches for their willingness to participate in this book.TOPICS COVERED: With nearly 200 pages worth of content, you are sure to take away plenty of insights on the process of becoming an elite goaltender. Some of the topics include: Confidence, Discipline, Focus, Trusting the Process, Self-Visualization, Withdrawal, Meditation, Playing in the Moment, Pre-Game Routine, Playing Through Adversity, Balance, Egolessness, and much more. Whether you are a parent, coach, or a young goalie just learning how to stop the puck, you are sure to learn valuable lessons that will make you a more well-rounded and consistent performer.

This book provides goaltenders, coaches and parents with a practical resource to improve performance quickly.Goaltending is a complex position in a complex sport. In the end, however, it can be over complicated to the detriment of performance. Ian Clark has established ten essential improvements that can be made to your game without excessive intervention or teaching required.These are simple self-help ideas that will generate more saves. This book is easy to understand and, most importantly, puts the reader in control of enhancing performance and stopping more pucks.Goaltending success involves many inputs and this book uncovers many stones whether physical, mental, technical or equipment related to offer you these rapid improvements.Ian Clark, along with contributing writer Leo Luongo, uses his 25 years of goaltender-coaching experience, from all levels of play and including many of today's leading netminders, to assemble this practical resource.Roberto Luongo writes the Preface to this book and provides a testament to these game-improving approaches.

The authoritative book on how to coach and play field lacrosse goalie. Wih sections on basics, attitude, advanced play, drills and a unique new section on grading the goalie and planning improvements, Lax Goaltending II is unique in an already exciting and unique sport