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067 - Dealing with Bad Summer Camps and What Goalies Process in Games
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Show notes are available at https://thediygoalie.com/pod067
This week we talk about how to make the most of a poorly run goalie camp or a player camp that is very not goalie friendly. We also talk about what goalies process during the game and tips on how to process better.
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Introduction to DIY Goalie Podcast
00:00:06
Speaker
Welcome to the DIY Goalie Podcast, where hosts and goalie coaches Nathan Park and Connor Munday share their insights on how to become a better goalie.
00:00:18
Speaker
Hey, goalies. How we doing today? Hopefully you guys are doing well. Um, we had a bit of a sentimental episode last time, so I think we got to really lay on the chirps this episode and, uh, you know, bring things back to balance, but, uh, we'll, uh, we'll have a good episode for Brad McDonald today.
Planning and Personal Updates
00:00:39
Speaker
Um, we are, uh, Getting into the midway of July, which is already crazy. Already starting to kind of plan stuff for next season, have a couple organizations we're talking to, to hopefully set up their goalie development for them.
00:00:57
Speaker
Um, but it's like like summer just started and now it's already focused on hockey season. So, you know, I'm sure all you guys can relate. Um, Conor's getting pretty close to potentially leaving us for a week or two because, you know, life, life things with a baby being born.
00:01:17
Speaker
Although I'm sure the podcast will be a nice distraction from that. So maybe we'll be recording a bunch of episodes. um But how are we doing today, Connor?
00:01:29
Speaker
Midway through July. i Yeah, I mean, I think I said like another podcast, like off season for us is like a week and then we're back at it again. Like there's no there's like off season, what off season?
00:01:43
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, no, wow we're going to, like, as of recording this, we are five days away from Baby Monday being born. ah I'm planning on taking time off altogether from the podcast and work and just kind of life in general and just kind of enjoy being a first time dad. So I'll be, uh, uh, you guys won't see me for a bit, which I'm sure to Nathan's excitement, uh, he'll be, he'll be, he'll be happy about that. And he's going to bring in, he's probably going to bring in a couple of guests that I'm going to be upset about.
00:02:18
Speaker
Well, I have reached out, haven't heard anything back. So I'm getting a little nervous now that I might have to come up with a few solo episodes. Yeah. It's always tough to try and ramble for 40 minutes.
00:02:32
Speaker
Fair enough.
Goalie Camp Experiences and Advice
00:02:33
Speaker
um Yeah, no, beyond that, still still kicking away here. Came ah fresh off of my first ever run three-day camp, which...
00:02:47
Speaker
I like to think went over pretty well. So, I mean, you know, it was, no as it was a, it was a fun time, nice little three day camp, ah you know, just um focused a lot on conditioning, you know, it wasn't really so much ah a teachable camp. It was more so just, Hey, here's,
00:03:03
Speaker
Here's some drills that we're going working on throughout these three days here. And so hopefully ah that'll translate well back into when these kids go into their into their goalie camps or into their and to their tryouts or off-season ice times and whatever else. so But no, it was ah it was a fun time. So we yeah we all quite enjoyed it.
00:03:26
Speaker
Yeah, the fact that Connor's still here says it went decent enough.
00:03:31
Speaker
But you know if if you guys are are in the Edmonton area or even kind of, you know, the, don't know, north half of of Alberta, you can reach out if you guys have an organization that wants to run like a camp.
00:03:50
Speaker
through us or anything like that, you can send us an email at goalies at truenorthgoaltending.com and we can let you know what we can do for you.
00:04:01
Speaker
um So today, speaking of camps, we are going to be talking about how you can make the most out of a bad camp. And that could be camp that you went to that's a player-oriented camp to just try and get some shots and some ice time that we all know is not the greatest for goalies.
00:04:24
Speaker
Or it might be a goalie-specific camp that is just not good. very well run or not what you're looking for or not the right fit, whatever the case is. um So we'll kind of go through some pointers on that.
00:04:38
Speaker
And I'm bouncing between two potential segments for the second half. So to be determined. Yeah.
00:04:49
Speaker
Nathan's going to keep us so yeah who's going to keep us in suspense the entire time. ah Yeah, so the off-season goalie camp experience is is my segment for today.
00:05:01
Speaker
um I've been in those camps where you know the summer goalie-specific camp is... Yeah, so, so not exactly kind of the way that I would want things run or just I didn't think that, you know, it's the best fit all around. And then I've also had been in like those. and um I'm going to extend this as well to like just kind of pick up games as well. Yeah.
00:05:29
Speaker
as well as like the player oriented, um, camps. yeah As we say this all the time with ice time, you know, it's what you get, what you put into It's what you is, is what you're going to get out of it. Right. That was the, uh,
00:05:45
Speaker
especially for this past weekend for us, that was kind of the big motto ah this entire time. It's like, it's a three day camp, you know, it's going to go by very, very quickly. So what you, what you put into it is, is, is what you're going to get out of it basically.
00:05:59
Speaker
um So how do you do, or how do you deal with a camp that, you know, maybe the goalie camp isn't exactly the greatest. You just kind of have instructors, going through the motions or you know there's not a lot of teaching uh or coaching uh happening um and the first thing that i would say is you know just um oh what's the word i'm looking for it's I don't want to say roll with the punches because that's not the term that I want to say, but that's kind of what I'm kind of the first thing that I'm thinking about.
00:06:34
Speaker
um You know, just take, huh? Go with the flow. Go with the flow. Yeah, exactly. I thought, I thought you said no for a second. Anyways. Yeah.
00:06:48
Speaker
And that's it. um Yeah, I think, you know, just you you just kind of go with the flow, roll with the punches. um Because even then, like there might be like a little nugget or something that like these these instructors drop that may actually resonate with you.
00:07:04
Speaker
um as well even as like i generally say throughout most of my practices with my goalies um what's one thing you want to focus on throughout that ice time and this applies to both the the the shitty hockey and the the the player development camps as well as this pick something that you want to focus on during that hour hour and a half that you know, you really want to hammer home. Is it, um, butterfly crawls? Is it your rotations? Is it, you know, really making sure that you're bringing your nose down to your, um, to your saving your save executions.
00:07:41
Speaker
Um, there's always something that you can get out of being at camp, whether that be a goalie camp player development camp, or just regular shinny in general. Um, always be open to what these coaches,
00:07:59
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um instructors have to say. um Again, like I said, they could potentially drop ah a little nugget or a little bit of insider wisdom that might actually resonate with you.
00:08:09
Speaker
um The biggest thing that you don't want to say to your coach, which happened to me twice this past weekend, was I don't care. It's like, well, you kind of have to care little bit. Your parents are putting you through this camp.
00:08:24
Speaker
So even though it may not be something that you you find value in, there's always something to ah to take away from it, essentially. So make the most of the ice time that you have, even though it may not be practical or fruitful, I should say.
00:08:40
Speaker
um But there's always there's always something that you can take away from it. So even if it's a bad camp, um you know, or a really poorly managed shinny game which i've been a part of um just there's there's always something to to take away from being on the ice here so it's up to you to just kind of figure out what it is that um you want to get out of it essentially Yeah, I am I've been a big fan of that quote that or that piece of advice that Ian Gordon left us off with in his episode way back when um was the, you know, embrace the development mindset. Right. So um whatever it is that comes along there, there is an opportunity to get better, even if it's not optimal. If you are in that situation,
00:09:33
Speaker
You may as well make the most of it. Right. um The one thing too, as kind of a ah point to make for the goalie parents out there,
00:09:45
Speaker
um Try and tryin help your goalie kind of be in that mindset as well, because. It's if if you see that it's not a well run camp or if you see that it's not benefiting your goalie whatsoever, but you are there, you've committed, you've registered, you've signed up if you can try and maintain the positivity a little bit more because if you and the car ride home are sitting there like wow that looked awful did you even learn anything there like what were you guys even doing out there like if you kind of start projecting that negativity out in the car ride and all that stuff that's going to translate
00:10:34
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from the car ride onto the ice. When your athlete kind of gets out there for the next day, they'll just be like, oh, well why am I out here like this is pointless? you know um So try and help them and kind of encourage them to find that positive and you know and just be like, hey, what's one thing you thought you did well today?
00:10:57
Speaker
Oh, you thought you tracked the puck well. Great. What's one thing you wanted to improve on? Oh, you wanted to improve on where you put your rebounds a little bit better. Okay. Well, that's a focus point for tomorrow or whatever the case is. Right.
00:11:09
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Um, cause I've kind of been there too. Like I've been to the odd camp that wasn't the greatest. And I know, uh, um, like in car rides home with my dad or whatever, he's kind of mentioned that too. And then I found, I took that and ran with it, amplified a little bit and was just kind of like, okay, well I can mail it in then or whatever. Right.
00:11:32
Speaker
Yeah. Just like use it as an excuse just to, you know, not do anything. Right. Yeah. So that's kind of my advice to the goalie parents out there. um The goalies to ah especially with the player camps, we've kind of talked about this in like, you know, the unfriendly goalie practice talk and a lot of that's going to be very similar. But we've all been to those player camps where ah you know, they're working a station that's one timers and they think it's a needed thing to have a goalie for that.
00:12:13
Speaker
And, you know, spoiler alert, you don't need a goalie to work on one timers. um But if that's the case, You know, do your best to just try and see if you can beat the pass on your feet or something.
00:12:28
Speaker
And if it gets to the point that they're
Learning from Coaches and Camps
00:12:30
Speaker
too close, they're firing shots too hard, too close together, um just get out. You're not there. like A lot of times, too, the player camps kind of offer free spots for goalies just because they want somebody in the net. And you know that's really not worth the safety. like Just get out. If anybody says anything to you, just be like, I don't feel safe. you know These shots are too close. They're hammering, you know tickling the rafters, hammering slap shots from the bottom of the circle.
00:13:03
Speaker
um This isn't for me. I'm here to try and get better, not to get hurt before tryouts or whatever the case is. um And just having that kind of open line of communication. Um, and then when it comes to like the goalie ones, again, like Connor said, each goalie coach has at least something and pretty much any goalie coach that's running a camp should at least know some basics of goaltending. So there should be something you can take away from.
00:13:35
Speaker
and know we had a client that had kind of mentioned they went to another camp and his comment was, well, my kid got really good at T pushing.
00:13:46
Speaker
i was like, well, Hey, I guess if you worked on T pushing for a week, then, you know, you're really good at T pushes and now you can focus on other things the next time you're out. So at least, at least if that's the case, focus on being the best T pusher you can be, I guess. Right.
00:14:06
Speaker
And that's, ah you know, it is what it is. But the other thing too, um
00:14:14
Speaker
and go about this in the right way, but use the opportunity to ask questions, right? Because there are a lot of coaches that will tell you to do something and not really explain it.
00:14:30
Speaker
And maybe it doesn't make sense to you. But then if you ask the question like, well, why would I do this? Why wouldn't I do this instead? And if they say, well, because of that or because of X, Y, Z, do you want to do that.
00:14:43
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um then maybe you go, oh, I didn't think of it that way. That actually makes sense. And i actually might try this. Right. So unfortunately, you might have to take the proactive approach and try and, you know, make your own situation better. And I think those types of just athletes in general, not just goalies, are the ones that tend to be the most successful when they can you know, get clarification when they can take things into their own hands and kind of make the best out of a bad situation.
00:15:21
Speaker
You took my point in the, uh, asking questions and I was going to, I was going to say challenge your coaches. Um, you know in the right way in the right way yeah and engage that conversation with them ask them questions get them to explain the the the theory and the thought process behind it um yeah i i mean i i circle back to just what you put in is what you're going to get out of it um
00:15:54
Speaker
And so you just you got to you got to kind of make the best of a of a cruddy situation. Right. So um we've all been there. We've all gone through them. um Yeah, those would kind of be our tidbits, I guess, or.
00:16:13
Speaker
And at the end of the day, if you really don't like the way you've seen camps run, then <unk> run your own. Yeah, exactly. i I personally do not like the like eight stations around the ice for camps or six stations or whatever.
00:16:31
Speaker
And so anytime I ran a camp, There's only ever been two shooting stations and the middle is entirely skating because that way the goalies have a crease. The goalies have the full end zone to do drills on And being the middle coach sucks when you're trying to chase your pucks for half of the ice time because you take a shot in the neutral zone and goalie makes a stick save and now it's gone in the other end.
00:16:59
Speaker
no you you waste you You waste a lot of time just going after pucks. Yeah. So at the end of the day, be the change you want to see in the world.
Cognitive Skills and Game Awareness
00:17:10
Speaker
Exactly. All right. But, um, yeah, no, they're like, I was going to say like, like there's always resources like Facebook, Instagram, whatever else. I mean, like there's all like, again, like there's that Ingoal magazine, um goalie school guide as well now too. So there's a bunch of different resources out there for, uh,
00:17:33
Speaker
for parents to go through. um Yeah. Just to just be able to find the right, find the closest and the right goalie school development.
00:17:44
Speaker
Yeah. All right. so moving on, i have made an executive decision o and I am going to go with the, my mouse is not working.
00:18:00
Speaker
Great. Uh, I'm going to yeah, I know technology hates me. um I'm going to go with the segment of what a goalie actually processes in a game.
00:18:19
Speaker
um Because I actually do like that topic. And I do think it's something that, even though we can't really necessarily teach situational awareness and we can't really teach processing, like cognitive processing, like everybody processes information differently. Everybody thinks of things differently.
00:18:47
Speaker
um But to me, I think you can definitely at least put yourself in situations to improve these things. And having the conversation and actually thinking about these things ahead of time will kind of at least you know help you be a little bit more conscious of it, because a lot of this stuff happens subconsciously, like we don't even realize that we're processing this information.
00:19:11
Speaker
But the more we can kind of actively think about it to begin with, the easier that it does translate to you know, the subconscious mind that kind of just makes it a habit after that. Right. so um Couple of things to think about and maybe as we're going through this, just kind of give yourself a mental check. Like, am I processing this information very well during a game or not? And if not, maybe make it a point to start trying to think about it a little bit more so that you can implement it a little bit more. but
00:19:52
Speaker
The easy low hanging fruit off the bat is obviously the puck, right? Like we're processing shots, we're processing passes, deflections, you know, all of this stuff like as goalies pretty much from day one Nowadays, anyways, we are taught to track a puck.
00:20:10
Speaker
We are taught to keep our eyes on the puck. And that's because obviously that's what we're trying to keep out. And it's a lot easier to make a save when we're seeing the puck as opposed to guessing.
00:20:21
Speaker
So that's kind of the first easy one that I'm pretty sure everybody knows about or pretty close to everybody. But the other things, once we kind of dive a little bit deeper.
00:20:37
Speaker
and this is one thing I've really kind of changed my approach on as a coach. Like when I played, i kind of used to say like, you know, I mean, he wasn't around in the league back then, but to keep it relevant, just, uh,
00:20:50
Speaker
you know, Connor McDavid could be shooting on me and I wouldn't even know. Cause I used to be like, I don't care about the player at all. I am just watching the puck. So I would be like, no, I don't care who it is. i don't care what hand they are.
00:21:04
Speaker
blah Blah, blah, blah, blah. I'm just focused on the puck. Now. Older, wiser me knows that even though that was my focus, subconsciously, i was processing that stuff. I was processing lefty versus righty or um you know backdoor threats or how the play was was shaping up.
00:21:29
Speaker
So that's something that we kind of want you guys to get to the point of where you're not even realizing that you're processing this stuff. It's just kind of happening, happening naturally.
00:21:41
Speaker
so the handedness of a player does make a difference if you process it poorly. If you push over on a pass and you push like the receiver's a lefty and they're a righty,
00:21:59
Speaker
That's potentially two full stick links off of your angle that you are to the puck. Right. um So that's kind of a big one. um The other big one is just kind of where players are in the zone.
00:22:17
Speaker
Like, are you looking at the backside defenseman who's activated and is trying to find that soft area in the high slot? Are you looking at, you know, a bumper play that's kind of a give and go on a power play where somebody kicks it down below the goal line and then rolls over into the kind of backdoor area for a pass back, right? Like process where the players are and how they're moving.
00:22:46
Speaker
And the best way to do that is shoulder checking, right? If you i'm I'm sure everybody's seen those clips of the pro goalies that are constantly shoulder checking. And that's why, so that they can kind of anticipate how the play is developing, where the threats are and all of that stuff.
00:23:04
Speaker
Do you want to hop in at all before I keep going? i feel I feel like you're just taking the words out of my mouth, honestly. um One of our instructors.
00:23:18
Speaker
Jamie Phillips. um One of our coaches, i can't remember exactly what it is. Or what he said, but like he's like he he all he so tells his guys like to have this check down list.
00:23:34
Speaker
This is more so applying to um like if it's a breakaway or like a one-on-one, two-on-one. entering into, into the, um, into your own end, but, um, you know, making sure that, you know, you have good depth, making sure that you're on angle, um, the handedness of the shooter, you know, who's, who's shooting,
00:23:57
Speaker
If that, again, I don't remember specifically what he said, um but just paying attention to those littler details um makes a huge difference in the long run of things. I think back to, I mean, you were talking about it already, but like, I think back to ah the, um the, the pro read that I saw with James Reimer, think when he was on Detroit, right.
00:24:22
Speaker
um you know, talking about the handedness of the shooter. And, you know, when the play's in the corner and he's looking off, he's looking who's where and what handedness are they. So he's making that mental note. So then when that if that play does come out of the corner, he's ready to or he's anticipating and is ready to take a shot from one of those four other guys that are that are that are ready to receive that puck.
00:24:46
Speaker
Yeah.
00:24:48
Speaker
As goalies, you know, we our our minds are always working, right? um Again, back to the three-day camp that we were talking about, you know we were talking about when do you stop tracking the puck?
00:25:00
Speaker
You never, ever stop tracking the puck. That's already a given. whether it's a shot on net or if it's the puck is being passed around the horn. um that's That's always a given. You're always watching that puck. It's important for us to make sure that we know where we are in our net, whether that's stick tapping on the post um and making sure that we're looking off for that split second so we know what's happening in the play around us.
00:25:28
Speaker
as I'm sure everybody knows as well as like we play East West game, whereas the players themselves play a North South ish game. Um, but primarily for us, it's East West. So we see more of the ice and what the players generally see. So we have to be able to use that to our advantage, right?
00:25:48
Speaker
and Pucks along the half ball, half wall pucks in the corner the boards, whatever. There's ah ah play happening the other way or there's, you know, breakout that's coming back in your zone. We have to be paying attention to, you know, who's coming down, what handedness are they?
00:26:01
Speaker
um where are you in your net, are you on angle, do you have the right depth, you know all that sort of stuff, which seems like a lot, but as you progress and as you think more about the game, and again, which we talk about you know getting more kids generally watching hockey in general um rather than the highlights, you know you'll you'll pick that up later as as as you go. like I'm not expecting a seven-year-old to...
00:26:29
Speaker
Tell me what hand in this All the kids are on the ice And where everybody where's x1 where's x2 Where's x3 you know So on so forth so ah That that skill will come And like Nathan was saying we can't Teach it we can talk about it we can do Drills to kind of for lack of a better term, anticipate that, but there's, there's that, that comes from within. And so um really, really important that, you know, we're, we're paying attention to that.
00:27:01
Speaker
The last thing I want to say as well, I don't know if it has any relevance, but I think it makes for an interesting point is, you know, learn as goalies, you know, it never hurts to learn you You know, the the the team, whether be your team or a team in general, would set up in your zone.
00:27:26
Speaker
Box plus one, um diamond, diamond plus one, you whatever it is at the Ebenstown. Overload, yeah, umbrella, yeah, all that. See, exactly, right? So um never never hurts to, you know, learn those offensive plays because I think, you know, the way you've got to look at it, it's like we're like a quarterback on the team.
00:27:53
Speaker
right we have to we We should have a basic understanding of how the offense would set up in your zone. And so if we can anticipate, okay, that puck's in the corner, it's going to go to defenseman, and they're going to try and send it across or try to send it back down low for a shot or whatever, right? Yeah.
00:28:13
Speaker
just things like that leaving on the power play penalty kill um you know if i don't think it's ever really a bad idea to you know learn kind of the offensive techniques that you know the forwards and defense defense go through yeah so to build off that um I think one of the best things a goalie can do when it comes to situational awareness and information processing is the ability to identify threats.
00:28:48
Speaker
If you can be comfortable identifying where the potential threats are. So obviously, and I would say probably like 95 98 percent of cases,
00:29:01
Speaker
the guy with the puck is a threat sometimes not really but that's always one yeah yeah yeah if if we're shooting as former goalies in a goalie session the threat's pretty low um but uh not only the threat of the shot because that's a skill in itself too is kind of identifying like the level of the threat of the guy with the puck, because that allows you to either look off the puck if the threat's pretty low or to kind of set yourself up for a shot if he's basically walking downtown, loading it up, ready to shoot.
00:29:44
Speaker
um The other thing too, though, is away from the puck. That's probably equally as important because we kind of talk about that situational awareness, that sixth sense of being able to anticipate the play.
00:30:02
Speaker
um One of the things like not only with the pass, but with tip options, like being able to anticipate the potential for a tip, whether it's like a shot pass kind of to that little backdoor side, or if you know there's a guy kind of in the high slot that's in this in a situation to potentially tip a puck.
00:30:26
Speaker
like the ability to recognize that and be able to make a small shift. um That's probably the only time that I am 100 percent on board with sliding into a save is when there's a tip option.
00:30:41
Speaker
um But being able to anticipate that and actually make that adjustment. So you maybe do slide a little bit over to get square to the tip potential.
00:30:53
Speaker
um and then that also applies for just passes as well like kind of understanding that there is a threat to the back side i need to take a step back in my crease or you know implement that flow or that recoil depending on you know the level that you play um but just kind of taking that that anticipation and being able to translate it into the proper decision. Like we talk about building the tools in our toolbox all the time.
00:31:28
Speaker
And that's kind of like, You know, they say ah saw is great for, you know, cutting wood, but not hammering a nail or whatever the the saying is, right? Like the ability to process the information and use that to select the right tool from your toolbox to make the movement.
00:31:48
Speaker
That's also kind of, you know, that next level, that elite level of skill and processing. um So that's something that you guys kind of want to do your best to you know, expose yourself to these situations as much as possible so that you can kind of anticipate, okay, most likely on this play, if it's, you know, ah hide a high to low pass, I want to try in make a movement in front of my post into kind of like ah an overlap position or whatever, because that's going to give me the best chance.
00:32:24
Speaker
or you can anticipate if the player's like back is to you and say they're on your right side and they're a righty and they get that pass and you can tell that the uh their best option is to kind of walk walk up and over to take a shot like that's something that you can be like okay i can push over on my feet anticipate that that's going to happen and then I can make small adjustments until they get to their spot and shoot.
00:32:54
Speaker
So just trying to think about these things, like what it is that you need to be processing on the ice ahead of time. And this also includes like when the puck's in the other end too, because I find, especially the younger goalies, they kind of try and turn themselves off or turn the brain off a little bit when the puck leaves their zone.
00:33:13
Speaker
But we've we've seen our fair share of, you know, breakaways or two on ones. And the goalie is like, oh, there's somebody coming down on me. they're Yeah, they're like counting the puck marks on the glass. and Yeah.
00:33:26
Speaker
Looking at the, you know, 1988 provincial championship banner. Yeah. I was going to say, I was going to chime in on this as well. was like, and also like totally talking about threats.
00:33:39
Speaker
It's like that also applies to your post-save recovery as well. i find I find especially in our facility sessions, and I get it to an extent just because of how close everything is, that you know goalies will recover to their post in their RVH.
00:33:58
Speaker
And I keep telling them, my back is facing towards you as I'm grabbing that puck. Am I immediately a threat? Well, no. Then why aren't you recovering to your feet? You're taking yourself already out of the play.
00:34:12
Speaker
It makes sense if I'm in tight and I'm grabbing that puck. Sure. Well, even then, but in the scenario that I'm trying to create, we're imagining that pucks in the far corner, my back is facing towards you.
00:34:26
Speaker
I don't immediately have the puck. Am I a threat? No, there are potential threats out there. And so that's when we take that time to take that shoulder check. So,
00:34:37
Speaker
again applies to you know the post-save recovery aspect as well and so not and not only just you know the initial shot and as well as with the puck being at the other end of the ice you know what i think could be a cool thing to set up or to do maybe we'll do this in the future but um Taking like situations like taking video, ideally, it'd be cool to do like from behind the net, like a GoPro or something like that.
00:35:12
Speaker
Um, well not GoPro anymore, but you know, one of the better ones anyway. Um, I thought they were in the tank. I don't know. I don't really follow, but, um, just having something from behind the net, ideally, if not regular camera angle would be fine too, I guess. But, um,
00:35:32
Speaker
Walking goalies through and like pausing and saying, OK, where are the threats? How do you think this play is going to develop? And then if it develops that way, what should the goalie do if you were the goalie and then kind of run through? OK, that's one scenario. What's another likely scenario that's going to happen?
00:35:51
Speaker
Because I think if you guys can do that where you're really trying to think of what the next steps are. So if you take the time, like even if you're watching a live hockey game and you have the ability through like a PVR or whatever to pause it.
00:36:06
Speaker
So say it's like a three on two coming into the zone and you pause it right as soon as they cross the blue line. go through that yourself and be like, okay, what are the options? You know, play it for another two, three seconds, pause it again. Okay.
00:36:21
Speaker
What are the options now? And kind of go through like, what would the goalie do at that point? Um, And that's going to really help, you know, you build that skill set of being able to process the game in front of you and kind of make decisions based off of that. Because the more you can put yourself in the situation where you're taking in information, you're processing it and spitting out an actual decision.
00:36:47
Speaker
um that's that's when you're really going to help that skill set. And it's really going to translate into success on the ice when you're actually in the net.
00:36:58
Speaker
So do that. Or even if you can't do that for whatever reason you know connor touched on the pro reads that uh ingold does those are great um but any sort of cognitive training that actually helps you develop a better processing time that's going to translate to success when you're on the ice yeah um
00:37:28
Speaker
again like you saying like probably something that we would Offer that we would do. As well. Should be doing. Is you know releasing a. and A short clip. And then just kind of breaking it down.
00:37:42
Speaker
ah yeah Again Ingole magazine. Their pro reads. Phenomenal for doing that. And being able to understand the. yeah the The mind of a professional goalie. or semi-professional goalie.
00:37:54
Speaker
um In that regard. But yeah. Watch hockey guys. That's all you got to do. Just watch hockey. Yeah, yeah, that's, some there's a lot of stuff, like once the website transition is fully complete and kind of once we get through the camp and um a couple other things, like,
00:38:16
Speaker
That's on my radar next is to really build our kind of office programs or virtual programs and kind of mentorship and and stuff like that.
Future Plans and Resources
00:38:25
Speaker
So if there's something specific you guys would like to see or be a part of you can always you know reach out, like DM us, send an email, whatever, um because.
00:38:37
Speaker
We like that's one thing with the DIY goalie brand that's now going to be under True North Goaltending. The whole philosophy of that is just doing what we can to help goalies be better goalies, have better resources, be more supported.
00:38:51
Speaker
So if there's something you guys think is missing or that would be super helpful to your game, reach out to us. But yeah, I definitely... want to build a little bit more of that, like away from the ice kind of programs and stuff like that, that, uh, you know, you guys shout out to all of you around the world. Like we have a big, uh, big spike from Turkey in the last couple of weeks. So that's pretty cool. What's with these obscure countries.
00:39:21
Speaker
Hey, Goalies everywhere. I love it. I mean, I mean like, Hey, great. So all y'all in Istanbul, that's been listening, but yeah. So that's kind of something that, you know, for people like that, there might not be a lot of goalie coaching in their area. So if there's some way we can help you out virtually or whatever, let us know. And that's something that we're going to be building.
00:39:47
Speaker
um I know, you know, we need to do a better job here of just doing content and other stuff in general. But, uh, I think like this off season was the systems off season, building everything up so that, uh, the business can run better without me. in And then I can kind of focus more on content and, you know, maybe, uh, Connor will, uh, take some time from his parental leave to, ah ah Make a bunch of content. I'm just kidding. That's all I'm going doing. just going on the laptop, kidding the kid in the lab, and just here's how you make a save.
00:40:25
Speaker
Yeah. There you go. Teaching them young. Teaching them young, Nathan. Dad advice, take full advantage of the couch naps while you can. That's the best best part about having a newborn.
00:40:36
Speaker
That's that. Yeah. All right. Well, we had a bit of a ah shorter episode today, but that's okay. Yeah. You know, little bit of ill-prepared. Ill-prepared. Yep. it did
00:40:52
Speaker
I'm cutting out of that out. That sentence was ill-prepared.
00:40:57
Speaker
A little bit of an ill-prepared episode today. but they were that We're allowed to be in summer mode too. something yeah yeah Exactly. ah Well, that'll do it for us in the 67th edition of the DIY Goalie Podcast presented by True North Goaltending.
00:41:15
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00:41:27
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00:41:56
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00:42:24
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00:42:37
Speaker
Make some saves, goalies. We'll see you guys next time. Take care.