Skills Clinic (U13 & Below)

This Skills Clinic is an exclusive training environment designed for goaltenders U13 and below. With a small group of 4 goaltenders maximum in attendance, our goal is to provide each athlete a high level of personal attention and quality time at every session in our program.

Clinic Structure

• 2 stations: goalies will rotate once through each station

• A strict 2:1 ratio (goalies to Instructor)

• 4 goalies maximum in participation

• 1 Chief Instructor at each session

Coaching Philosophy

Puck drills have been carefully built around our list of 10 scoring chances, designed to challenge each goaltender while allowing for attention to detail in their form and the fundamentals of our position.

We coach with a focus on the following concepts:

• Agility skating (crease movement, edges and body control in various scenarios)

• Upper body saves (skills with glove, blocker and chest saves in various scenarios)

• Lower body saves (skills with stick and pad saves in various scenarios)

• Net orientation (understanding the 3 elements of a goalie’s crease positioning: angle, squareness and depth)

• Post work (defending against a variety of plays from below goal line without overuse of the RVH, staying patient before leaving your feet)

• Box control (understanding the true size of the space that you are covering, based on the puck angle and what a puck “sees” in proximity to the net and goaltender at any given point on the ice)

• Goalie IQ (playing with patience, awareness of options around you, trusting your reads and instincts in any play)

Train at your best and experience the difference with Belitski Elite Goaltending!