HG SGS / SMALL GROUP SESSIONS

*AVAILABILITY AT RALEIGH AREA RINKS SCHEDULED MONTH TO MONTH 

CARY ICEHOUSE

ICEPLEX 

WAKE FOREST AT THE FACTORY

MORRISVILLE “NEW” WAKE COMPETITION CENTER

RALEIGH CENTER ICE 

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The HG Small Group Session was developed as early as 40 years ago. Bill was a U14 goalie and attended practices with his Coach Darren Wilcox to help train a younger goalie on Darren’s dads u12 team. Coach Wilcox played in the WHL, SJHL and CIS as well as developed the WESTERN CANADA GOALTENDER SCHOOL in 1983. Bill was one of the first instructors at WCGS. Coach Wilcox even helped Bill harness the Hybrid Style of goaltending you see today. We worked a great deal on the butterfly and incorporated into play.

The development framework of WESTERN CANADA GOALTENDER SCHOOL set up the station work framing you see at HG today.

The SGS incorporates a healthy dose of Puckhandling, Warmup Movement and Edgework. The integration of pucks as a focus point as the goaltender is moving, setting, reading, tracking, stopping and recovering using this point in space.

The SGS allows a high repetition environment for high execution, physical and neural pathway conditioning and resetting after a missed repetition that mirrors the workload of a game. It allows the goaltender to train with variably controlled reps, mirror and see other goaltenders of different levels, it allows a leader, a follower or peers pushing the pace scenario but always a focus on each individual.

We focus on puckhandling, footwork, positioning, body control, tracking, depth control and spacial awareness, pivots, traffic, tips, save selection, controlling the puck, covering, setups, competing, adjusting to speed, breakaway scenarios, reads, passing lane control, a controlled first save, a consistant recovery and readiness for next pass out, walk out or shot sequence. Always a starting point, a framed save and a finish point. We always end with a “finisher” to lock in our learning process.