Every great goaltender has a great foundation that focuses on the basics of the position. Take a look at each discipline below to help better build your foundation.
1. Stance To maximize net coverage and ability to move while maintaining balance.
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2. Butterfly To eliminate the lower portion of the net while maintaining balance and recovering ability. Read More About Butterfly | 
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3. T-Push, Parallel Shuffle & C-Cut To get the goaltender in position to read play and choose proper save selection while maintaining stance, balance and net coverage.
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4. T-Push Side to side explosive movement used to cover big and small areas of the crease. This movement allows the goaltender to set feet in position ahead of the play in order to read play and choose proper save selection.
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5. Parallel Shuffle Side to side short distance movement. Helps goaltender stay square to the puck while minimizing holes in stance when moving.
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6. C-Cut Forward and backward skating that keeps the goaltender square to the shooter and allows goaltender to take ice without opening holes in stance. Read More About C-Cut | Video not yet available |
7. Full Recovery To efficiently recover onto feet after dropping into butterfly or half butterfly position to make save. Read More About Full Recovery
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8. On-Ice Recovery To efficiently recover across the ice after dropping into butterfly or half butterfly position to make save and to minimize body movements.
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