I used this "tapping off" technique last night for the first time in a game. Held the best team in the league to two goals. I like it!! Thanks, steve. I'm sold!! :)
The geography of the ice used to properly throw me off in the old Ayr arena. I swear it was about 10 feet narrower than my home rink, the lines on the boards were all on slightly different angles and that definitely caused problems for any goalie that wasn't "tapping off" and playing their angles based on the board/ice markings. The guys doing the lines in Strathroy sound like the guys doing my local barn's lines now... I too have a tendency to "close" my trapper into my chest like Raycroft did, and I hadn't even realized it until I filmed my play. I miss the old puck machine we had at the store, we'd demo gear and launch pucks at each other for hours after close. It was all fun until someone got a puck in the pills, then it was hilarious.
@@FutureProGoaltending On the topic of arena oddities, the old Zurich arena having chain-link fencing instead of glass well into the 2000's... That added some extra spice to an already interesting playoff series
noahjay2002 No crap as a kid we had a Zam guy 65 years old fully lit every day regardless of time. We had the old school zam with open hopper and conveyor running over it dropping off snow. Well one day he hits a post peg that was screwed in the cement through the ice that he didn’t see. Went right over the steering wheel head first into the snow holder on the zam, feet flailing in the air, as the conveyor thingy kept grinding away.. I thought for sure we were going to see the Zam eat him...
Great video Coach! I love the Gallagher show at the end. Watching the kiddos heads flinch as they get sprayed by the watermelon was hilarious. Those pucks were moving! Thanks for sharing the technical info about box control. I never realized how important tapping off was. I always thought it was just a goalie tick or some strange habit guys had. It is really nice to be informed and it really does make sense. Thanks again for sharing.
@@FutureProGoaltending that is great. I cant get enough of it. Its so awesome to have the knowledge of an NHL goalies advice at your fingertips! Loving every minute of it. Really appreciate all your doing and I know how much time and effort goes into these videos. Thank you.
Great Video coach. As an older beer league goalie I have always played the zones using landmarks as you mentioned. Now that I am coaching youth hockey I hear you mention tapping off allot. Maybe you could share a video on proper tapping off technique to gain your angles or how to instruct young goaltenders on that technique. Keep up these great videos!
Another Great Vid! I started using the ‘tap off’ method about 15 yrs ago.. It helps my angles & knowing where I am positioned related to the net & play! Also, why are U in my head? I just watched BOTH of those movies while in WFH lockdown 😱🤣🤣 Classic movies!
FutureProGoaltending ~ 😂😂😂Who’s Streaking?.... ‘There’s more coming!!’... Or what I say to myself in the crease.. ‘Your gonna Die Clown!’ Oh man, Good times!
My son would ask me how to relax, how to stay focused. I told him to stand in the middle of the net and use his goalie stick to sweep the crease clean by starting in the center where he was standing and moving the snow against the posts. I told him he could do this while watching the play, and if it comes back to his end, wait until they cross the blue line, then move out from the center of the net staying square to the person who has the puck.
Great video on box control. I hope my feet get used to being in skates again. Cause I have a hard time just standing there like that watching due to it right now. LOL.
Stay pretty deep in the paint until the threat becomes real. Then get to top of crease. Staying above the crease on distance passes is recipe for losing angle.
Brand new goalie here. What technique do i use to go from out to in? I don’t see goalies c cut backwards in that case, i just see them drift backwards. How do you do that?
That would be so refreshing after a hard skate. Any chance of me getting my wife on the ice at 10pm on a Sunday after a beer league game to operate a puck machine? 🤔
Starting with shoulders on cross bar as line rush approaches your blue line. Then depending on what side you either lightly tap glove on glove side post and step out to top of crease. Or on blocker side, lightly tap with shaft of stick and step out well positioned on blocker angle.
Love your videos. My son discovered a passion for ice hockey goal tending. The thing is I don't know much about ice hockey, so I go around UA-cam to get some info he can use (he's 8 years old). I understood everything in this video apart from "tapping off". Do you mind explaining what that exactly means?
Vincent Regis it refers to simply lightly touching the post with the shaft of your stick as you begin to challenge. This keeps you centered without having to look at the post. On the glove side you tap off with your glove
Vincent. Please go to the description of this video! There is a free 344 page ebook that covers EVERYTHING that will be very helpful to your son, including a chapter on tapping off.
When a goalie starts back on the goal line as the rush develops they will tap one of the posts lightly without looking at the post and step forward on the angle facing the shooter/ puck. This helps position themselves properly in the middle of the net. You use the stick shaft to tap off on blocker side attacks and your trapper on glove side attacks. If you watch any high end goalie, this is always done.
More great information. Thanks, Steve. Quick question: would playing the rush inside>out be similar to the "red line, blue line" mental cue that Ben Scrivens explained in his Players Tribune piece? After I read that, I changed my approach to playing the rush to not even thinking of committing to an angle until the puck carrier had crossed the red line.
Main Street Chiropractic & Laser Pain Relief, LLC Waunakee sorry, just lightly tapping the post with the shaft of your stick before stepping out to challenge. On the glove side angle you just do the same thing but use your glove. Please download my free ebook listed in video description. It goes into this in great depth.
Ryan A not generally... however if you get a ringer with higher experience you may need a little more if they are in a shooting situation. For the average bender tip of crease would be good. I’m digging into situational positioning in tomorrow’s video.
FutureProGoaltending I always thought the rule of thumb was go out as far as you would for a slap shot from the point. If you get beat by a slapper from the point when you’re ankles on the crease then something’s wrong or your small as heck.
It all depends. If it is A guy who played pro or major junior and he is teeing it up an extra foot wouldn’t hurt. Or if it just a 59 mph floater you wouldn’t have a problem
I used this "tapping off" technique last night for the first time in a game. Held the best team in the league to two goals. I like it!! Thanks, steve. I'm sold!! :)
I’m glad this worked well for you! 99% of NHL goalies play the rush like this...so you are in good company.
These are the best goaltending videos on the internet Steve, thanks for making great content.
Thanks Doc! Also Download free Essential goaltending ebook is description.... over 340 pages and tons of photos and graphics.......
The geography of the ice used to properly throw me off in the old Ayr arena. I swear it was about 10 feet narrower than my home rink, the lines on the boards were all on slightly different angles and that definitely caused problems for any goalie that wasn't "tapping off" and playing their angles based on the board/ice markings. The guys doing the lines in Strathroy sound like the guys doing my local barn's lines now...
I too have a tendency to "close" my trapper into my chest like Raycroft did, and I hadn't even realized it until I filmed my play. I miss the old puck machine we had at the store, we'd demo gear and launch pucks at each other for hours after close. It was all fun until someone got a puck in the pills, then it was hilarious.
It is funny how many old school rinks just winged it. Belmont arena was about 30 % smaller than regulation and the angles were never even close.
@@FutureProGoaltending On the topic of arena oddities, the old Zurich arena having chain-link fencing instead of glass well into the 2000's... That added some extra spice to an already interesting playoff series
So helpful, what a great channel!
Thanks Alex
Yes Zamboni guys love their pop.
noahjay2002 No crap as a kid we had a Zam guy 65 years old fully lit every day regardless of time. We had the old school zam with open hopper and conveyor running over it dropping off snow. Well one day he hits a post peg that was screwed in the cement through the ice that he didn’t see. Went right over the steering wheel head first into the snow holder on the zam, feet flailing in the air, as the conveyor thingy kept grinding away.. I thought for sure we were going to see the Zam eat him...
You’re my boy Blue. This is absolute gold. I love this stuff and really appreciate it.
Bruce Sibert thank you
Great video Coach! I love the Gallagher show at the end. Watching the kiddos heads flinch as they get sprayed by the watermelon was hilarious. Those pucks were moving! Thanks for sharing the technical info about box control. I never realized how important tapping off was. I always thought it was just a goalie tick or some strange habit guys had. It is really nice to be informed and it really does make sense. Thanks again for sharing.
Jack Muren thanks for watching! You’ll love tomorrow’s video 17 minutes!!! NHL video clips analyzed. ANGLES 301!
@@FutureProGoaltending that is great. I cant get enough of it. Its so awesome to have the knowledge of an NHL goalies advice at your fingertips! Loving every minute of it. Really appreciate all your doing and I know how much time and effort goes into these videos. Thank you.
Thanks Jack
Great Video coach. As an older beer league goalie I have always played the zones using landmarks as you mentioned. Now that I am coaching youth hockey I hear you mention tapping off allot. Maybe you could share a video on proper tapping off technique to gain your angles or how to instruct young goaltenders on that technique.
Keep up these great videos!
Shane Smith thank you
Ty for the angle Vids
You are welcome
The KING of goalie coaching.
felix flodman I don’t know about King, but thanks..
Thank you so much for this video!
Glad it was helpful!
FutureProGoaltending I haven’t even watched the full video yet and I’ve learned lots
Appreciate it
Another Great Vid! I started using the ‘tap off’ method about 15 yrs ago.. It helps my angles & knowing where I am positioned related to the net & play! Also, why are U in my head? I just watched BOTH of those movies while in WFH lockdown 😱🤣🤣 Classic movies!
Goalie Reaper lets go streaking!
FutureProGoaltending ~ 😂😂😂Who’s Streaking?.... ‘There’s more coming!!’... Or what I say to myself in the crease.. ‘Your gonna Die Clown!’ Oh man, Good times!
As a sign we are getting old there are actually kids who have never seen “old school” or the Austin Powers movies....
So ‘Sad’ but So ‘True’... Dang it!.. I did it again 🤦♂️😂😂
Outstanding video 💯💯💯
Thank you
Love the Old School movie poster !
You’re my boy Blue😎
Another great one! keep them coming
Tony Iozzo Thanks for watching Tony
Great video 😊👊🏽
Richie Kim thanks for watching
FutureProGoaltending your welcome brother you have awesome videos and great tips keep them coming 😊👍🏽
Angles 301 tomorrow....... situational positioning, falling in love with the backdoor pass and, the importance of holding your ground. ...
FutureProGoaltending ok awesome I look forward to seeing that sweet thanks
GREAT vid. Thanks!
Thank you sorry
My son would ask me how to relax, how to stay focused. I told him to stand in the middle of the net and use his goalie stick to sweep the crease clean by starting in the center where he was standing and moving the snow against the posts. I told him he could do this while watching the play, and if it comes back to his end, wait until they cross the blue line, then move out from the center of the net staying square to the person who has the puck.
Willowdale Scooter great advice
Great video on box control. I hope my feet get used to being in skates again. Cause I have a hard time just standing there like that watching due to it right now. LOL.
Thank you..
Thank you, it helps me a lot👍
You are welcome!
Thanks, I'll try to implement this to Benjamin. He has ice-time on Friday but I have to work 😒
Hockey is For Fun great to hear
Great tips! Any advice for maintaining your angle on d to d passes? I tend to lose my angle on these plays.
Stay pretty deep in the paint until the threat becomes real. Then get to top of crease. Staying above the crease on distance passes is recipe for losing angle.
at my rink we can't even think about using the faceoff circles to align ourselves because our circles have faded away into nothingness
Brand new goalie here. What technique do i use to go from out to in? I don’t see goalies c cut backwards in that case, i just see them drift backwards. How do you do that?
They are c cuts when you go back and forward
That would be so refreshing after a hard skate. Any chance of me getting my wife on the ice at 10pm on a Sunday after a beer league game to operate a puck machine? 🤔
I have asked my wife many times to dress up in the gear and let me unload the puck machine at 100....
Can someone please explain what tapping off is? Can’t find anything in Keek’s other titles?
Starting with shoulders on cross bar as line rush approaches your blue line. Then depending on what side you either lightly tap glove on glove side post and step out to top of crease. Or on blocker side, lightly tap with shaft of stick and step out well positioned on blocker angle.
Check out my masterclass…. Link in bio on our instagram. Goes into comprehensive detail on this and EvERY goalie technique and tactic
Love your videos. My son discovered a passion for ice hockey goal tending. The thing is I don't know much about ice hockey, so I go around UA-cam to get some info he can use (he's 8 years old). I understood everything in this video apart from "tapping off". Do you mind explaining what that exactly means?
Vincent Regis it refers to simply lightly touching the post with the shaft of your stick as you begin to challenge. This keeps you centered without having to look at the post. On the glove side you tap off with your glove
Vincent. Please go to the description of this video! There is a free 344 page ebook that covers EVERYTHING that will be very helpful to your son, including a chapter on tapping off.
the execution of freddy the watermelon 😂
He has died many times over the years
@@FutureProGoaltending I kinda like the playstyle of sergei bobrovsky what do you think of him?
@@icegoalie7285 when he is good he is good but when he is off wow…. I have a home in South Florida so I have watched him in person a ton.
What does it mean to tapping off?
When a goalie starts back on the goal line as the rush develops they will tap one of the posts lightly without looking at the post and step forward on the angle facing the shooter/ puck.
This helps position themselves properly in the middle of the net.
You use the stick shaft to tap off on blocker side attacks and your trapper on glove side attacks.
If you watch any high end goalie, this is always done.
Thank you for explaining sir I like your channel is very informative about the sport of ice hockey!
@@qjackson904 👌🏿
More great information. Thanks, Steve. Quick question: would playing the rush inside>out be similar to the "red line, blue line" mental cue that Ben Scrivens explained in his Players Tribune piece? After I read that, I changed my approach to playing the rush to not even thinking of committing to an angle until the puck carrier had crossed the red line.
I’m not sure.. I have not read that....too busy coaching...😎
What is tapping out? Thanks
Main Street Chiropractic & Laser Pain Relief, LLC Waunakee sorry, just lightly tapping the post with the shaft of your stick before stepping out to challenge. On the glove side angle you just do the same thing but use your glove.
Please download my free ebook listed in video description. It goes into this in great depth.
😎👍🇨🇦🇺🇸🏒🥅 KEETS!!!
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Are we just supposed to ignore the fact Keeks said “falling in love with the backdoor”????
Ryan A 😎 that started in 1976
FutureProGoaltending I thought you woulda said in 1969.
Being 2 years old in 19-69 I would doubt it
FutureProGoaltending 76 it is then! Haha
Given the 3D space is there any reason for adult size goalies to be farther then ankle on the top of the crease?
Ryan A not generally... however if you get a ringer with higher experience you may need a little more if they are in a shooting situation. For the average bender tip of crease would be good. I’m digging into situational positioning in tomorrow’s video.
FutureProGoaltending I always thought the rule of thumb was go out as far as you would for a slap shot from the point.
If you get beat by a slapper from the point when you’re ankles on the crease then something’s wrong or your small as heck.
It all depends. If it is A guy who played pro or major junior and he is teeing it up an extra foot wouldn’t hurt. Or if it just a 59 mph floater you wouldn’t have a problem
I hope no one tried to Happy Gilmore that puck machine.
B Fish nope
research for science... poor freddy.
yes sir, poor freddie
Hahahaha! Those kids are gonna tell their grandkids about that watermelon!
Oh yes