Junior Elite Clinic
Our Junior Elite Clinic is a fun and competitive environment for young goalies of all levels to work on the mental and physical skills necessary in building consistency and confidence in their game.
Clinic Structure
- 4 stations on ice: goalies will rotate once through each station
- 2:1 ratio (goalies to instructor): low group numbers with high reps per station
- 8 goalies maximum on ice each lesson
- 1 Chief Instructor supervising each lesson
Lesson Plan
Drills have been built around our list of 10 scoring chances and are designed to challenge each goaltender with a game-like feel, while still paying attention to proper form and the fundamentals of our position.
We coach with a focus on the following themes:
- Agility skating (crease movement and edges)
- 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)
- Below goal line plays (patience on your feet, option awareness and post work)
- Box control (understanding the true size of the open space that you are covering, based on what a puck “sees” in proximity to the net and goaltender at any given moment)
- Goalie IQ (playing with patience, option awareness and trust in your reads on shots/passes)
Train hard, train smart, and accelerate your development with Belitski Elite Goaltending!