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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.
Speaker: Goalies, welcome back to another episode of the DIY Goalie podcast presented by True North Goaltending. And look at this, we've got two co-hosts today. It's ah probably going to be a rare occurrence over the next little bit as I kind of touched on the last week or two weeks ago. I can't even remember. It's a little blur.
Speaker: we're right in the thick of getting ready for a massive stretch of camp stuff. Um, not only are we doing our three, uh, internal true North camps, we've also got a couple out of town camps. So a few organizations are bringing us out for. So I, I guess it is a good problem to have, but you know, around here, we're not looking forward to August and it's going to be a grind, but you know, where we're doing what we love then we get to work with some awesome goalies and kind of provide them some knowledge that they otherwise wouldn't have. And probably that, you know, we've,
Speaker: wish we had when we were playing. So, um, but yeah, thanks for tuning in guys. As always, Connor, how have you been? i haven't talked to you in what feels like forever. Yeah, it's, uh, it's, it's been a little bit since I've, uh, since I've hopped on the pod here. Um,
Speaker: I think the biggest takeaway from kind of my time away from pod was I went to the Post Malone concert, um I guess, like two Saturdays ago as a recording this. And that storm that we got was scary as heck. And my wife and I had to hunker down the bathroom and had to make ah some phone calls to people who were babysitting Emerson. And it was almost it was almost like dying words. I was like, we're fine. like we're like well galy We'll get out of here eventually. just
Speaker: We're just hunkering down right now. um but yeah beyond that i don't know i've taken like a bit of a sabbatical i guess from from hockey and just kind of coaching in general i know nathan's asked me a couple of times to to fill home things and just fortunately schedules just haven't lined up and whatnot secretly i just didn't want to do it because it's nathan but but um but yeah i don't know it just The mental load that's going to be coming up this week, or I guess next month rather, is is going to be wild. And none of us are prepared for it. In the very least, our bodies are going to ache at the end of it, but it'll all be for a good cause at the end the day. I'm fine. Family's fine. Emerson also turned one um on june twenty July 28th. So big, big happy, happy birthday to her as she's sitting in my lap at this current point in time and smacking my desk. But other than that, we're we're all good over here in the Monday household.
Speaker: background drum set is now included or drum sounds now included in the podcast. um Yeah, it's ah <unk> a weird place right now. It's going to be a grind, but that's okay. um but So before we dive fully into the meat potatoes of the episode, um we are going to be talking about a drill of the month as well as kind of just the thinking too much and the doing too much as goalies kind of holding us back. um But what we are, what I wanted to talk about first is just kind of a, another project, I guess, that I've been working on couple months because apparently I didn't think I had enough on my plate to begin with.
Speaker: um But ah for any of you who are either goalie coaches running your own company, or even if you're just kind of running any sort of sports coaching business in general, um i have been working on a platform to kind of solve our problems in in-house and true north goaltending and i'm spinning that off to also offer it to other people it's called stadio ops and it's just a back you know back-end management software for sports coaching businesses that kind of involves staff scheduling and involve bookings collecting payments stuff like that so just kind of to help manage the back end of things, make that admin work a little bit easier, a little quicker, help you get to developing your athletes more as opposed to as opposed to working on you know chasing down payments and trying to put registration info in a spreadsheet and
Speaker: collecting stuff through Google Forms, all of that stuff. So um I'll make it quick. I'll i'll put if if it's something you're interested in, I'll put the website that we have in the show notes as well as like a little form in the show notes that you can kind of provide some input for us because we are still Not ready for launch, but we are getting very close. Soon we will be getting some kind of testers to test out the platform. um So if that's something that you're interested in, you can go to the show notes and hop on board with that. And I'm pretty excited about and that we've been putting a lot of work into. So it's exciting that it's close to getting launched. It's going to be our backend management system for true North. And so, um you know, it's kind of built by a a sports coaching founder for sports coaching founders. So that'll be in the show notes for you guys to check out. And with that being said, Connor, you can take us away on the, on the drill of the month.
Speaker: I do just want to add that I have no part in it whatsoever. okay Yeah, this is all Nathan's brainchild. OK, we're going to talking about a drill um that I actually had the chance of doing when I was out doing the the Western Showcase here in Edmonton back in May.
Speaker: And so I'm actually I'm stealing this drill from listener Evan Carrillo, who we've had on the pod a couple of times. And I've dubbed it. Oops, I did it again. a little bit of a Britney Spears fan, but that's OK.
Speaker: The point of this drill is to kind of simulate. um kind of a game like scenario in in an aspect where maybe we have maybe maybe we turn over the puck in our end or a defenseman who's more probable uh turns over the puck in our end and so that's where the oops i did it again comes from because our defense turn over it more than we like to admit so how this so how this drill works we'll have the image up on the screen here if you're watching over on the youtube side of things is that the drill starts with the goaltender in kind of middle of their crease coach yells go goalie goes and grabs a puck from behind the net and makes a pass out the d1 okay D1 then makes a turnover pass to X1 and then it turns into a two on one kind of come back the other way.
Speaker: the The point of kind of this drill in a sense is focuses on a number of different things. Focuses on our passing, focuses on again our positioning angles, squareness, etc. Focuses on our tracking. But it also focuses on kind of how we handle ourselves when we do have a mistake that happens in our own end, whether it's something that we caused or whether it's something that, you know, our defenseman or somebody on our own team um has caused. We've seen plenty of two on ones as goaltenders, plenty of one on ones, three on ones, three on those, et cetera. So we have to learn kind of how to manage that situation and be able to get back into our crease and as effectively as possible and as quickly as possible in order to get ready and get set up for the next shot so this drill is good for both goaltenders and um shooters players as well and if you are just going into your regular um drill practices because again you know it focuses on that that defensive aspect as well ford's it focuses on the forward aspect aspect as well just kind of
Speaker: ah jumping on top of turnovers, getting back into the zone and being able to set up to effectively score a goal. um I like this drill. We had a lot of fun with it when I was doing it in the Western Showcase. We actually did it in the KC Summer Saves Camp that I did with KC North Minor Hockey here in Edmonton. There was a lot of fun with that, a lot of good feedback from that as well. So Evan, I'm sorry I'm stealing this drill from you for this week, but that is your drill of the week. Oops, I did it again.
Speaker: One of our recurring guests, Evan Carrillo. um Second ever recurring guest on the show, I have say. Yeah, for sure. um Yeah, no, I haven't seen this drill live in action, but from what it looks like, it looks like it's a a good drill. and And the big thing, too, I think um that's good with this is getting back to the net quick because I think a lot of goalies kind of are pretty nonchalant when they get back to the net. after they make a pass. So that's that's something that we can kind of work on there. um The other thing I was going to say, just just as umm as I'm thinking about it, is again, it it helps with goaltenders kind of be a little more confident with their passing ability as well, right? Especially when you have kind of pressure happening in your own zone. And so just being able to have that quick read, that quick scan of being being twice being able to identify where your defense or somebody from your team is and to be able to just go and just have a look, get that pass off your stick and then just kind of go from there. And again, mistakes are going to happen as well. We are going to have turnovers, whether it's something that we caused or whether it's something that something something that our defensemen have caused in our own end, stuff like that's going to happen. But I think it just, it builds that confidence and just being able to build that confidence again, as well, just being able to carry and pass that buck.
Speaker: Yeah, no, it's it's definitely a good one. So thanks, Evan. and So with that being said, ah what I wanted to talk about on the pod today was kind of related to... um Just the I don't know, i I hate saying it this way, but basically the quote unquote trying too hard. And we have alluded to it on the podcast before, but when it comes to goaltending, it is very easy to get caught up in.
Speaker: I need to do more, right? Especially when we're in a slump or especially when we're not feeling confident. What we usually default to is thinking more and pushing harder and working harder and doing more and all this stuff. And usually that ends up getting us into quite a bit of trouble. um On the ice, we kind of lose that efficiency.
Speaker: when we're trying to push harder, when we're trying to work harder, right? Like we have one of the, and I've said this before, but we have one of the unique positions in sports that we can't go out and make things happen. So working harder to go and, you know, try and have something sway in our favor doesn't really work, right? Like we have to be reactive and we have to let the play come to us.
Speaker: And the more that we try and chase that and the more that we try and affect that outcome and be proactive, a lot of times we get ourselves into trouble because we tend to do things that we don't normally do. So maybe we become too aggressive in our depth.
Speaker: Maybe we become, I don't know, a little too like happy feet. We're moving too much with our feet or our hands, or we're trying to load our body for momentum through our push as opposed to getting our rotations properly and all of that. Right. So those sorts of things are kind of what get us into trouble when we're trying to,
Speaker: um I guess, do more or work harder or whatever the case is there. So we need to make sure that we're we're still doing the things we need to do. Like if we are trying to get out of a slump or if we are feeling a little unconfident or if we are trying to get some, I don't know, accomplish more, be more successful,
Speaker: We don't do that by you know trying to do more. We need to do that by doing what we're doing properly and I guess better like working on our efficiencies working on our explosiveness working on our rotations our technique that's the stuff that's going to matter not necessarily i got to do more I got to push harder those sorts of things the other thing that I think goalies get into the trap lots too with this is they start to overthink things
Speaker: And they try and do things that they don't normally do. So, you know, things like, oh, I'm not in a good headspace right now.
Speaker: Well, maybe I can think my way out of it. Maybe I can try and actively think about what's going on in a game. Even though a lot of times we need to let our so kind of subconscious mind process a lot of this and we need to kind of let things come naturally and be reactive.
Speaker: And I don't know about you when you played, Connor, but I know like a lot of times when I struggled was when I was trying to actively think because I was trying to overcome maybe like a slump or something like that. And I'm trying to think, where's the puck? Where's the guys? Blah, blah, blah. like I'm actively thinking as opposed to just kind of proactively or not proactively, like being reactive and just letting the play come to us. i don't know if you kind of felt that too when you played, but...
Speaker: Yeah, I mean, just, you know, you just kind of get caught up in the emotions afterwards, right? yeah And so just you feel you feel like you just you have to go a little bit harder, you know, you just you you're trying to use that anger or that frustration or whatever that may be to just try and get the train back on the track and be able to, you know, go back to how things were before in some way, shape or form.
Speaker: I'm not going to lie. I'm an emotional player. you know There was plenty of times where you know I tried to use my emotions in order to help me kind of get back into um you know what I wanted to do. And just it just some just sometimes it doesn't work because you get so focused on you know the emotion of it and the frustration and you just you kind of let that take over. And that never bodes well, whether it's playing hockey or in life.
Speaker: Yeah, i um I'm a big Modern Family fan. I'm a big Phil Dunphy fan. He's kind of my spirit animal. But there is, and i don't know if I've said it on the podcast. I for sure mentioned it in the newsletter, but there's there' is a quote from one of the episodes in Modern Family where he he he says uh slow is smooth and smooth is fast and that's kind of a ah a mantra i've really held on to because it translates so well to goaltending right like slow is smooth and smooth is fast like obviously to an extent like we don't
Speaker: want to physically be slow but if you actually take the time to get the technique down to be efficient to do all of that stuff that helps you actually be faster to get across the net faster to get to your spots same thing with making saves right if we take straight lines if we're out in front we don't need to move a lot but if we're smooth with it that helps us get there quicker and then we can kind of you know, get those straight lines, hit our spots properly, all of that stuff. So is it's kind of counterintuitive to sports, right? Like you even even other positions in hockey, right? Like you hear lots about like work ethic and drive and, and you know, work harder, push harder, all of that stuff, make something happen.
Speaker: And with goaltending, that's just not really the case. We need to kind of you know, keep it simple, right? Keep it simple, keep it efficient, not overthink.
Speaker: Like a lot of times we forget that we know what to do. Like our body over the years picks up on patterns. We pick up on, you know, kind of gut feelings and instincts. We pick up on how we move in the net, all of those sorts of things. So we get to a point that all of this starts to come naturally.
Speaker: And a lot of times we just get in our own way of that because we are trying to do too much or think too much. So um that's kind of the big message, I guess, for today that I wanted to get across was just a lot of times, especially now that we're going into a new season, a lot of times we just need to make sure that we're focused on the right things and not trying to do too much.
Speaker: If you want to go further than that, that also go like that could also be taken you know also into like your training, right? You don't necessarily need to overhaul your training in the offseason or train harder by any means. it just do you do you need to maybe change your approach a little bit? Sure, but that doesn't mean that, oh, if you were if you were doing before...
Speaker: 20 push-ups, 25 squats, and you were running, you know, five kilometers every day. And that's what helped you get to where you are now. cap Build on top of that. Don't just overhaul it completely and be like, I need to run 20 kilometers every day. I need to do 100 push-ups every day. I need to take 100 every day.
Speaker: every day or whatever you just you want to build on that but you don't want to just also like tear everything down and then try and rebuild it back up you make those tweaks here and it's the same thing you know when win when playing as well maybe you do find yourself in a bit of a slump you know maybe you do find maybe things are kind of feeling awkward or just aren't working out how they used to be before it doesn't help to just overhaul everything right you keep working at your craft you keep working on the skills that you have and you build on top of them you make some tweaks here and there sure and they may feel awkward and clunky but eventually it'll smooth out like nathan was saying so just something to think about as well because i can see it you know parents as well be like oh like do i need to go to you know this high-end camp that we've never ever been to before and you know maybe won't fit well with my kid whatsoever
Speaker: But everybody else is doing and then this is this is the this is what people allegedly the proven path to to to make it to the next level. No, it's not. all That's not always the case. So I think having that a little bit of effectiveness and kind of that strategizing with it as well also helps.
Speaker: Yeah. And obviously, like, don't hear what we're not saying. Like, we're not trying to say, be lazy. Don't do anything like, yeah you know, just and stand there and stop the puck. It's easy, you know, whatever. But the the the overarching theme is that we are not in a position to chase the game.
Speaker: We are not in a position to make things happen. We are in a position to stop things from happening, and we have to then be in a reactive position. Yes, you can.
Speaker: you know anticipate and plan a little bit you can scan for threats like there's still some proactive things we can do in our game and then that goes with the off season two or off ice we want to be proactive in our approach and our development for sure but like connor was kind of saying we don't need to over complicate it we don't need to overhaul things Unless what you're doing really isn't working, then yes, we we need to make some changes there. um
Speaker: The other thing with that too is we want to make sure... that we're not doing things for the sake of doing things like like connor mentioned the camp right like if everybody else is doing that camp but it's not a good fit or it's the same thing with any sort of training approach right like you look at some goalies they can have their feet on two chairs sitting in the splits juggling But that's not going to be for every goalie. And that's not necessarily going to help every goalie either. Right. So that's something that we have to think of as well.
Speaker: um And the other thing is, too, with that is. you know we need to find ways to constructively challenge ourselves but it's like that 80 20 rule right we need to make sure that we're doing what we need to do that's the most effective and not just do more right so that 80 20 rule is that like 20 of what we do produces 80 of our results so you know adding this big intricate, I guess, juggling routine doesn't necessarily help. It might. And it depends on what level you're at and what you need to work on.
Speaker: But because you see it on TikTok and it looks cool, doesn't necessarily mean that it's the best use of our time and, you know, what we need to do with this big, elaborate pregame routine and whatever. Right.
Speaker: Like I played a decently high level and my pregame routine can consist of one tennis ball. I, I can juggle three balls, but it's about 20 seconds at most. Right. And yet some goalies at my level could juggle four balls off a wall at once or whatever the case is. Right. So, um, so that's kind of, I guess what we're getting at, like, we're not trying to say,
Speaker: don't do things and you know like it's going to magically happen you need to go after your development you need to get better you need to be implementing some of this stuff you just don't need to overthink it you don't need to over complicate or over exert or over try anything followed by over i guess and uh and that's kind of where we're at Yeah. i I mean, I don't know. feel like just being a dead horse at this point, you know, just it's yeah dont like nothing has to change, right? Certain things. Sure. But again, like I was saying earlier, like you don't have to overhaul the entire thing just to achieve a different result. Right. Obviously we don't want to keep doing the same result. That's the definition of insanity. Right. So it's, it's that healthy balance. Right. I mean, like,
Speaker: kind of bring a real world example under this as being a new parent, you know, sometimes, you know, how I get Emerson to sleep one night isn't going to be the same way on how I get her to sleep the second night. Right. So it's, it's, it's having those, you know, small adjustments, it's having those, um you know, kind of periods of kind of awkwardness and just, you know,
Speaker: kind of figuring things out. Obviously throughout the season, we want to try and figure things out a little bit sooner rather than later, but, but the same, but the same approach still applies, right? We, again, like I said, we, we don't have to overhaul everything. We don't have to completely change everything up. I'm not going to go into Emerson's bedroom and change out her crib and change out everything that's in there just to hopefully achieve the result that I was achieving before.
Speaker: Right. That's that's the idea. i mean, it's again like same thing with same thing with, again, real life example, same thing with score. Right. Maybe you're not understanding, you know, a math problem or whatever. And you thought that you had a grasp on, you know, a subject before and maybe now you don't. So now you have to kind of tweak things a little little bit so you get to get that understanding again and help further your knowledge.
Speaker: at at at at the same time too, right? So it's just it's it's just having that healthy balance at the end of the I don't really know what else to really say beyond that. It's just having that balance. We don't need to go harder in order to achieve the result that we know how to achieve.
Speaker: But I'm not saying like slack off in the same breath, right? I'm not saying like, you know, go 25% either, right? like Like you still want to put a good effort in, but it's also just
Speaker: You don't need to skate harder. You don't need T-push better. You don't need to, you know, i don't know, change your blocker hand or anything, right? It's just, you just keep building on top of everything that you've been working on before.
Speaker: Yeah. And that's kind of where we'll end that. But one thing I'm curious to bring up, because it our conversation kind of made me think of of something here. um I'm curious your thoughts on this, because you've seen this in some of the skates I've been doing.
Speaker: um And I won't like shout out names or anything because I haven't talked to them about it. But some I've been working with an organization doing some summer skates, and it's kind of an open to anybody to sign up.
Speaker: um And one of the goalies that's been coming out is at a bit of a lower level than the the players and stuff like that. And so you can tell that he seems a little overwhelmed. He's pulling back a lot on shots, um getting beat lots and all of that stuff.
Speaker: I'm curious before I kind of say my piece on this, but what are your thoughts on that situation? Like, do you think that that's helpful or do you think that's hindering to kind of be in a group or a cohort that I would say like 70% of the skaters or so are at a couple levels higher than you?
Speaker: Having been in that situation myself, yeah like I said before, i i went to i went to AB b camp one year. I had no business being there whatsoever, but it was a good experience. um I guess it's dependent on what you want to get out of it, right?
Speaker: Because there are... different levels of how I can answer this. um I would, but I think I'll generalize it more to say that it's not a bad thing. It really isn't.
Speaker: As long as you have some type of understanding that, yeah, these guys are probably bigger than you. They are better than you.
Speaker: And you are going to kind of falter a lot.
Speaker: But there's never really anything wrong with facing against players, other goaltenders, whoever, that maybe have a leg up on you.
Speaker: you do You can always take away something from somewhere. And so if you are going to these tryouts or to these open invitation camps or what or whatever it may be, as long as you're taking something away at the end of the day,
Speaker: I've had conversations with goalies before, and again, kind of similar, but it's not, where I've had goalies come up to me and be like, Coach, can you shoot a little lighter? And I go, well, why? Why do you want me to shoot a little lighter on you other than the fact that I'm two times your size?
Speaker: um and And they go, well i just i just can't track the puck or i I can't read it. I go, okay, I can lighten up a little bit. But I'm not going to throw muffins at you either. I'm not going to be shooting at the same level that you're used to. I'm going i'm shooting to score. That is kind of the whole reason why I'm out on the ice. I'm kidding, not really. but um but thats But there's a reason behind it. There's a reason why I'm putting a little more power into my shot. And there's a reason why I'm doing things that maybe you haven't typically seen at the level that you're playing at.
Speaker: But you are going to face challenges at some point. So i'll I'll lighten up on you a little bit. Sure. But I'm not going to I'm not going to be shooting at the same level that you're typically used to seeing, because if you want to get better, if you want to progress, and if you want to get to that next level, you are going to have to face the um the shots and the skill sets that are going to be at that level.
Speaker: So, no, i don't I don't have an issue with that. Again, as long as you understand that, again, you're going to falter, you're going to struggle, and that's perfectly fine, but as long as you take something away from it at the same time.
Speaker: Look at that a year into being a dad and Connor's already given the, it builds character speeches. um No, I, I definitely agree. It's, it's honestly about the attitude and your thought process about it. Right. So,
Speaker: I will give full kudos and full props to this goalie. He has stuck it out. And I have been talking with him to just say, you know what, focus on a couple of things, focus on trying to track that puck and not pull away.
Speaker: And we start there and we're in a good spot, right? So kudos to him. that The development over the handful of weeks that I've seen him at these skates has been really good like to like and he's been good about it and i think that's the reason why he has made strides like is is he still is he at that level yet no but now he gets a sense of what it takes to be at that level he gets a sense of where he needs to get to and it's probably put him up a level or two
Speaker: to be exposed to that because the difference is like, does he still pull away sometimes? Yes, but it's probably 25% of the time that he was at the start. and I think that's something too, like, like you said, you need to have expectations going in to understand like,
Speaker: you know, if you're going to go into it with, oh, I'm getting lit up. This sucks. I hate it. Blah, blah, blah. Like it's, it's going to be detrimental. If you go into the, the skater camp or whatever to be like, I want to learn as much as I can and be exposed to a level that I haven't seen before and get a sense of where I'm at and where I need to get to.
Speaker: Then I think it can be super beneficial. Cause yeah, I have seen that before. i have even done that before way back when in my minor hockey career, like probably three centuries ago now, um where you know, I've been in that situation too.
Speaker: Even, I guess, in in college, I got asked to to fill in at a couple of the Perry Perns pro skates. And I'm out there with Mark Latestu, who at the time was like, what, a third line guy on the Oilers?
Speaker: And like, so kind of bottom half of the league, I guess, in terms of, you know, talent, quote unquote. And The guy got a breakaway on me and I was in the corner like he just undressed me how quickly he went forehand to backhand and bar down. Like, I don't even think I moved. And that's a third line NHL guy. Like, I mean, I know Latestu is a skilled third line guy, but even still.
Speaker: um it's one of those things that when you get exposure to that, you can really get a sense of, okay, I'm really not there yet. Like I am quite a few steps down from the and NHL, obviously, but you know, it it can give you a sense of where you need to get to. And you can also learn a lot to like picking up on tendencies of players, even tendencies of goalies. What are they doing? Well, what, you know, routines do they have kind of thing. And, And those are the sorts of things that if you have an open mind and if you're looking for these things, it can be very beneficial, even if you are a little bit out of your element.
Speaker: And if you stick with it, it's astronomical, the development that you'll see. And also for any of you that are in that situation and you stick with it and you don't quit and you get something out of it, kudos to you because it is a tough spot to be in. It's a very tough spot to be in. And it's very easy to just kind of give up and say, I don't belong here.
Speaker: But if you can stick it out with the right mindset, I think it's something that that can be very beneficial.
Speaker: I remember being at Vimy Ridge Academy, which had the hockey program there. And sometimes you would have. you know like like like The groups that they had were generally pretty similar. i like Most of the house league kids were all together were in a group and like all the you know the elite players were were're in a different group. But sometimes you had that you had that intermingling. and so just being like Looking back at it now, I'm i'm thankful for the experience all in all that...
Speaker: like when I was at, was that for me to be able to face up against sometimes these, these triple A, double A guys. And even though, yeah, they would light me up and undress me and blah blah blah, blah, blah. But it was still just fun to, to have that experience overall, looking back at it. Now I was going to say, um like you make fun of me for the, it builds character quote, but there's a little bit of truth behind it yeah there um but you know, again, just attitude is everything. Um,
Speaker: Right. How you how you approach something and how and your attitude towards it is everything. And I remember saying as well, can't remember what podcast it was, is that when you go into a practice setting What are some things that you want to take away from this practice? What are some things that you want to work on? What are some things that you want to hammer home during that practice? are some things that, you know, you think you might expect to see um during this practice? You know, especially if you are in a in ah in a practice setting where the where the skill set is maybe a couple of rings on the ladder above you.
Speaker: And then, you know, I say the same thing, you know, in in a game setting as well, right? So again, just your attitude when you approach something like this and what you take away from it and make adjustments and apply to so you can get to that next level is everything. It's just overall, just this it's it's just how it's just how do you approach it? Are you going to let it get the better of you or are you going to put the work in?
Speaker: Yeah, I laughed at the character thing because I think it's like a dad rite of passage because I don't know how many times I've had different versions of the it builds character comments or lectures.
Speaker: of But yeah, I fully agree. It's it's about the mindset. It's about the attitude and how you try and make the most of it.
Speaker: Um, and that's kind I think all I got for today, I don't really want to hammer more home. I think we kind of said it all. So it's unless you have more to add, I guess you can take us home.
Speaker: No, I, uh, no, I don't have anything else to, uh, to, to add on there. I'm surprised that we managed to get some time out of this. It's ah it's a, it's an interesting conversation all in all. And just, again, uh,
Speaker: and You get some parents, you know, that go, oh, well, just, you know, tough it out or whatever, you know, just, you know, just deal with it. You'll get over it or whatever. But when you actually put some some some scientific thought behind it, there's there's there's a lot more to it than what's than what's just on the surface level.
Speaker: But with that being said, that'll do for another episode of the DIY goalie podcast presented by true north goaltending. Go check us out. True north goaltending.com. I believe we do still have some very, very, very limited spots available in our five day camp come next month. No, they are all filled up. They're all completely filled up.
Speaker: Wow, look at you go, eh? Guys working the phones. He's working the emails to make sure we have these make sure we have these spots filled. So unfortunately, that is not an option. But if you do happen to find yourself in the Edmonton area and would like to train with us, you can book online at truenorthgoaltending.com. You can also check us out TrueNorthGoalTending.com as well, where we have our merch store finally back up.
Speaker: We do have our drills. All of our drill of the months that we post on here do get added to the website as well as some other drills. So everything that you see with us on the ice is what's posted on the website. So you can take it and use it in your practices as well. amongst concentration grids amongst other things so go check all that out truenorthgoaltending.com if you are watching on the youtube side of things make sure you hit that the like button hit the subscribe button helps the algorithm and hit the share button as well as more goaltenders where we are able to bring to our little community the better uh same thing on our podcast platforms as well i am actually going to be looking into iheart i just recently found out that iheart isn't working for some reason or just hasn't really updated in last little bit so
Speaker: I will be looking into that, but you can follow us in the very least on the Apple podcast or Spotify or wherever it is that you get your podcast from. um Beyond that as well, you can follow us on our on your favorite social media platforms, whether that's Facebook, Instagram, X or TikTok. All at True North Goaltending, except on Instagram, because that one, we like to be different. That one is Y-E-G. Goalie Coach, you can follow myself on Instagram at MondayGC as well.
Speaker: um Beyond that, if you have any goalie questions or anything goaltending related, you can reach out to us. What is it? Goalies at TrueNorthGoaltending.com. Is that the... Yep, there you go. yeah um And yeah, beyond that, we're looking forward to seeing everybody in our camps coming up next month. It's going to be a busy one for all of us. So get your rest now while we can. Beyond that, on behalf of Nathan and myself and the Sleeping Emerson Monday, this has been the DIY Goalie Podcast presented by True Knoth Goaltending. Make some saves goalies. We'll see you guys next time.
Speaker: Take care.
