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Everyone notices that goalies need to have good
sports vision capabilities. Today's goaltending is constructed
from GOALTENDING SYSTEMS, PHYSICAL ABILITIES, MENTAL TOUGHNESS
and full of SPORTS VISIONS. But how
do you train your goalies eyes in right way? We will show you
some unique ideas to improve your goalies.
Letters ball training is one of the most popular
training for sports visions. (fig.1)
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Put some letters on a tennis ball.
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Through the ball to the goalie slowly.
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The goalie yells the letter he read before
he catch it.
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Repeat 10 times as one sequence with following
progressions:
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Without the mask.
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With the mask.
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While go down to the butterfly position.
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While he move in the crease.
Body balance is very closely related to sports
vision capabilities. These two factors rely upon each other. That
is to say, without good balance, you can't have good vision, without
good vision, you will lose your balance. Fig.2 shows you good
balance vision coordination training.
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Put two sticks on the ice about 3 feet apart.
(It depends on your size and level. I recommend one stick
for beginners)
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Step over the sticks one by one, from side
to side. Be sure to keep goalie's eyes level.
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When you get used to this movement, the coach
stands in front of the goalie.
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The coach shows his fingers briefly as the
goalie passing in front of him.
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The goalie yell the number of coach's fingers.
Those kind of drills have a lot of variations.
Off course you can do those drills off-ice as summer training.
In the season, it takes just 5 minuets to do those drills. If
you train your goalies' eyes through the year, your goalies get
great advantage in the games.
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