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Dive and Poke Drill

Copyright Ó 2002 Jukka Ropponen

This is one of the drills I like to use at the end of the practice with my goaltenders instead of the normal skating drills the whole team usually does. The drill will work well for conditioning while it uses the elements of the game the goalie needs and therefore it serves multiple purposes and is more game-like.

The drill execution:

The coach lines up x number of pucks at both circles and in the middle where he is positioned.
The drill starts with the shot from the coach
The goalie then skates as fast as he can to the first puck on the circle on his right and executes a diving poke check
Quick recovery and backward skating back to the net
The coach shoots another puck just when the goalie is getting back and gives him a chance to make a save
The goalie repeats the quick skating and diving poke check at the other circle
The drill continues until the goalie has cleared all the pucks from the circles
I usually use 3 or 4 pucks on both circles

This is a hard drill when the goalie executes it at full speed. Remember to do it at the end of the practice, preferably as the last drill. This video was shot Oct 7.2002 at Jokerit, Helsinki goalie practice. The goaltender in the drill is Kari Lehtonen.