Hockey Goaltending

Leading authorities on goaltending bring you the definitive guide to stopping more pucks, winning more games, and lowering your goals against average.

Shut down your opponents and win more games with Hockey Goaltending. Featuring on and off-ice training and drills to improve reaction time and physical conditioning for this challenging position, this book and DVD package will provide you with the best instruction of techniques and mental strategies to elevate your play and protect the goal.

A coaches and players guide on how to improve goaltending skills, providing a four year development plan, techniques, training methods, the role of the coach and evaluation methods for goalies.

Presents profiles of the thirty-two goalies who have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, features a tribute to the goaltending position, and includes photographs, memorabilia, essays, and statistics.

Goalie Mindset Secrets is the book to help goalies climb to the highest levels in the game. To have their very best games, seasons and playoffs. Most pro's and coaches will tell you that the game is 90% Mental yet very little amount of time is invested in the mental part of the game. This doesn't make sense. Goalie Mindset Power explores seven secrets for the ultimate goalie mindset. This book also shows you how to put these secrets into action because without action it doesn't matter how much knowledge and skill you have.

There is a reason why the best goaltenders in the world were able to separate themselves from the rest. Now you can do the same. This book contains the most effective, time tested secrets of the position and the newest tactics used by the most successful goaltenders in the game today. If you are absolutely committed to being among the next stars in the game, this book contains the details of where to spend your time. This book is for goaltenders, goalie coaches, head coaches and general managers and scouts. If you are a parent of an aspiring goaltender, this book is a blueprint for success in goal. Every chapter speaks directly to you and answers the following: What it is When to use it Why it works Where it's best applied How to do it This book is a must-have for any goaltender who is serious about playing professional hockey. It is best supported by the "Game Plan" Workbook.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Dallas Stars goaltending coach Mike Valley and USA Hockey goaltending scout Justin Goldman have joined forces to co-author a comprehensive book dedicated to elevating and enhancing your mental game. Through the carefully constructed concept of the Three Pillars of Elite Goaltending, readers will receive professional and exclusive insights from a handful of NHL goaltenders and goalie coaches on a multitude of performance-related topics. Whether you are just learning how to play the position or you're at the junior, college, or pro ranks, this book is a terrific guide to help you discover your own unique path to becoming an elite goaltender. Not only does this book offer enriching insights for goalies of all ages and skill levels, it also takes you deep into the mind of an NHL goaltender. By giving you a rare glimpse of how these elite goalies have overcome different emotional and mental obstacles in their careers, you will gain an edge on the competition when it comes to the toughest aspects of playing the position. Combined with special lessons from both authors, this book provides you with an opportunity to gain wisdom from true goalie masters. More than two years in the making, "The Power Within" includes 25 chapters of literature focused on topics never before covered in this manner. It is the ultimate companion in your path to developing the mental skills needed to perform at an elite level. NHL GOALTENDERS: The book includes exclusive and personal interviews with Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators), Niklas Backstrom (Minnesota Wild), Marty Turco (Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins), Tomas Vokoun (Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins), Brian Elliott (St. Louis Blues), Richard Bachman (Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers), and Chris Mason (Winnipeg Jets). It also includes interviews with two master goalie coaches, Mitch Korn (Nashville Predators) and Erik Granqvist (Farjestad - Swedish Hockey League). A special thanks to all 10 elite goaltenders and goalie coaches for their willingness to participate in this book.TOPICS COVERED: With nearly 200 pages worth of content, you are sure to take away plenty of insights on the process of becoming an elite goaltender. Some of the topics include: Confidence, Discipline, Focus, Trusting the Process, Self-Visualization, Withdrawal, Meditation, Playing in the Moment, Pre-Game Routine, Playing Through Adversity, Balance, Egolessness, and much more. Whether you are a parent, coach, or a young goalie just learning how to stop the puck, you are sure to learn valuable lessons that will make you a more well-rounded and consistent performer.

The first full-scale biography of a legendary and award-winning NHL goalie who transformed the game. “There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren’t many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie.” Ken Dryden On and off the ice Jacques Plante was a true original; he was extremely talented, boastful, defiant, mysterious, and complex. Throughout his tumultuous career as a goalie, he played for Montreal, New York, St. Louis, Toronto, Boston, and Edmonton. His contributions to and impact on the game were extensive and are reflected in today’s rules, equipment, and style of play. Thoroughly investigated through archival and primary research, and including interviews with figures such as Jean Béliveau, Henri Richard, Dickie Moore, and Scotty Bowman, this biography sheds light on one of the most pivotal figures in the history of hockey.