Peak Goalie
www.peakgoalie.com
Eric Hagarty: Head Coach Endicott College
Sean Quirk: Head Coach Boston Cannons
Be straightforward with yourself about what makes coaching goalies and playing the position a challenge.
Some ideal goalie qualities:
Athletic ability (physical attributes)
Athletic intelligence (technical aptitude)
Character
Mental toughness
Independence
Leadership
Talk with your goalie about what these ideas would “look like”—in other words, what kind of situation might provide your goalie with the opportunity to demonstrate mental toughness (to you, her teammates, and herself). Make your relationship with your goalie the visible model of your relationship with every person associated with your program.
Who are they?
Motivation/needs
Relationship to authority
Learning style
Academic and athletic history
Few head coaches have the time or resources to lavish attention on their goalies. We must learn to be efficient with the time we can find for them.
Goalies need neither be “crazy” nor “coddled.”
While there is no “one way,” part of what we encourage our goalies to think about is learning to discern between “what’s comfortable” and “what works.”
Three Core Ideas
service of achieving and sustaining balance and consistency (of both method and result).
service of making a complete play on the ball, using both hands and hips.
service of empowering the player to understand that their approach to the position is built from a series of choices that they make—
20 The Scoop / Spring '18