The Goalie Development Pathway
Do you want to know what it actually takes to play Division I? We counted the leagues, the ages, and the published height of every goalie in the CHL, the USHL and NCAA Division I, and mapped the ladder of what your goalie should be doing from U15 all the way up to junior.
Open the guide →Tip: start on page 3. The birth-year table tells you which season your goalie is actually in, and everything after it follows from that.
While you're here, these are free too
- Pro Vision · Hand-Eye TrainingTracking drills you can do at home with a tennis ball and a wall. Open →
- Lower Body Mobility ProgramTen minutes a day. Hips and thoracic spine, where a goalie's movement actually comes from. Open →
- Skate Like a ProEdges, crease movement and the push mechanics that separate levels. Open →
- The Pro Warm-UpWhat to do in the twenty minutes before puck drop, in order. Open →
- The Drill CatalogOn-ice drills with the coaching points that make them worth doing. Open →
- The Reset RoutineWhat to do in the ten seconds after a goal, so the next one doesn't follow. Open →
- The Tryout GuideHow goalies actually get evaluated, and what to show them. Open →
- The Gear GuidePads, chest, gloves and pants. Sizing and fit, without the sales pitch. Open →