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Top 3 Worst Preparations Mistakes Ice Hockey Goalies Make

Article Category: Sports

Author Name: Matti Korhonen

These are the top 3 worst preparation mistakes that I have seen. I am confident that after reading this short article you will know how to avoid these mistakes, and you will improve your save percentage immediately.

1. Off-Ice Warm Up Is Too Hard Before Games
Probably the most common preparation mistake I see goalies make is doing a warm up that is too hard.

A good rule-of-thumb is, if you are breathing through your mouth during a warm up and you feel uncomfortable, you are doing it too hard. That applies to on-ice warm up too.

Now you must be wondering, "How is that possible?" because if your heart rate goes up to 130 it's very hard to breathe through your nose, not to mention doing it comfortably. That's why you need to warm up your lungs first and get them moisturized, as I will show you in In The Zone videos. After your lungs are ready, you will be able to breathe through your nose comfortably during games and practices even if your heart rate goes above 150.

So, when you do your off-ice warm up, remember to start it slow and feel comfortable during the warm up.

2. On-Ice Warm Up Is Too Hard Before Games
Before a game a goalie must remember that he is warming up for the game, not training.

This is what I've found to work well for me and my students:

- At first take a few easy shots from one player to go over some basic saves (top corners standing, butterfly slides and half butterflies). Usually teams do some passing and puck handling at the begging so you will have time to do this.

- After that do short stretching and let your heart rate go down.

- Then do a couple of explosive movement drills.

- Again short stretching and let your heart rate go down.

- Then take shots from all the guys. When you take the shots from all the guys, play every shot like you would in the game. Take only few shots so your legs don't get tired.

- Again let your heart rate go down and then go back in.

During and after the warm up you should feel good, extremely fast and not tired at all. You should be able to do full splits when the game starts. During the on-ice warm up before games you should still be able to breathe through your nose just like during off-ice warm up, but now bring the heart rate to the level where it feels uncomfortable and then let the pulse go down and do it again, kind of like interval training.

3. No Off-Ice Warm Up At All Before Practices And Games
Does it make sense to waste 20 minutes of practice time to get warmed up on the ice and risk injuring yourself? Why wouldn't you warm up your lungs, muscles and eyes before going to the ice? Laziness is only reason why some goalies don't get themselves ready before practices and games. Also isn't it much more enjoyable to feel good DURING the warm up, or use the practice time as effectively as possible?

Off-ice warm up is very important in order to get the most out you because you simply can't activate your nervous system fully by doing only on-ice warm up.

In the "In The Zone" instructional video series I will show you how to activate your nervous system by doing a yoga movement patterns with special breathing, plus a full goalie-specific warm up.

Keywords: goalie zone, in the zone, goalie warm up, goalie preparations

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