Fantastic video as usual! The way the kids raise it consistently on their backhand still leaves me in awe. I clearly need to put more work into that. The RVH exposed segment makes me ponder on how ready a goalie needs to be to get out of that position as soon as it is no longer the optimal save selection.
LOL. Down in the RVH in beer league yesterday afternoon, and a forward tried to put it off my face. He got a cup check the next time he was in front of the net. ;)
@@RolandMillington remember it isn’t a “head shot” if your head is below the crossbar……your helmet is part of net coverage when you are off your feet. Just duck your head out of the way and let it in….. it’s “just” beer league…..😎 If a Major League Baseball player leaned over and put his head dead in the middle of the strike zone, would he be righteously indignant if the pitcher beaned him?
@@FutureProGoaltendingUSA All very true, Coach. In fact, it’s true in much the same way that my cup check was just my expression of concern that a fellow player on the ice was properly protected from incoming pucks from the point while screening me. And yes, it was below the crossbar, and yes, I moved my head tighter to the post to make sure it didn’t go in. It’s just beer league, but ya still gotta compete, right? 😏😁
That pre-practice talk must have been great.. So, today Colton you cool with being in a video? Oh yeah Coach that'll be great, what we doing a video on? Oh, Just going to teach how the RVH can be exposed and how shooters can utilize it to their advantage but also show Goalies how it can be the wrong option based on puck position. You good with that? Yeah coach, sounds like fun!. Oh, btw I'm gonna need you to RVH and let me bounce a couple pucks from dead angles off your dome... Wha.....
@@PivotalG that is EXACTLY how it went. Colton is one our junior counselors and loves appearing in these things…… and I never use lesson ice for these videos so he doesn’t miss out any time from how weekly training.
@@3FishProductions weird luck but the first puck I shot from the bottom of the dot went in and then when I shot the part down in the corner behind the goal line, that first shot also went in off his ear. I guess shooting 200 pucks a day for 35 years may cause that…😎
Pimpin, not sure why stick handling is done with Turco grip.. There’s multiple ways, but if one learns the underhand way, then Turco grip very easy…never do things easy…do them correct and right..:)
I'm very good at stick handling and never use the turco grip unless I'm doing a pass, or clearing the puck. I pretty much stick handle with one hand and use the trapper as support. Even as a player I've learned to stick handle with one hand and even shoot, it just feels more right to me.
Although the concepts being shown are fantastic, teaching the “ear shot” because of the vulnerability of the RVH just encourages concussions. Why? Most kids or older players don’t have as a daft touch as shown. Most will blast the puck. Tendy helmets aren’t designed to absorb impact, only to deflect, right? IMO, more people are into hitting or fighting someone trying to do a Michigan than someone using a tendys skull for a rebound shot. Odd…Nothing but long term damage to the Mellon. Just my opinion ✌🏻
Simple solution. Only use the RVH when you should and you’ll never get a concussion. If you choose to ignore that and purposely put your head below the crossbar it is 100% on you and the goalie has earned their concussion. I retired from the NHlL because of concussions so I understand this issue better than the casual fan.
I mean the same can happen in the butterfly when a guy wizzes the puck past or near your ear on the blocker or glove side, it could hit you there. It isn't a 'direct' hit so it isn't as a bad. You're also not forced to use the RVH and it is really over played. A lot of the really good players can exploit the faults with the RVH for easy opportunities, one of them being banking shots off your ear. I tend to rarely use RVH unless it is a behind the goal line situation, otherwise I'm going either on post, or overlap, or VH but I only do VH glove side. Just avoid RVH if you're not willing to accept the risks.
Can’t afford individual goalie lessons so this is where my young goalie gets most of his instruction. He’s come a long way thanks to you.
@@Max1616fire thanks for the kind words
Fantastic video as usual! The way the kids raise it consistently on their backhand still leaves me in awe. I clearly need to put more work into that. The RVH exposed segment makes me ponder on how ready a goalie needs to be to get out of that position as soon as it is no longer the optimal save selection.
Even little goalie can move on the ice with way more power and precision than I could.
5:45 Shooter McGavin.
Doing the same exact thing 200 times a day for 35 years will make this a point and shoot automatic goal…
LOL. Down in the RVH in beer league yesterday afternoon, and a forward tried to put it off my face. He got a cup check the next time he was in front of the net. ;)
@@RolandMillington yup…. That’ll show ‘em.
@@RolandMillington remember it isn’t a “head shot” if your head is below the crossbar……your helmet is part of net coverage when you are off your feet. Just duck your head out of the way and let it in….. it’s “just” beer league…..😎
If a Major League Baseball player leaned over and put his head dead in the middle of the strike zone, would he be righteously indignant if the pitcher beaned him?
@@FutureProGoaltendingUSA All very true, Coach.
In fact, it’s true in much the same way that my cup check was just my expression of concern that a fellow player on the ice was properly protected from incoming pucks from the point while screening me.
And yes, it was below the crossbar, and yes, I moved my head tighter to the post to make sure it didn’t go in.
It’s just beer league, but ya still gotta compete, right? 😏😁
That pre-practice talk must have been great.. So, today Colton you cool with being in a video? Oh yeah Coach that'll be great, what we doing a video on? Oh, Just going to teach how the RVH can be exposed and how shooters can utilize it to their advantage but also show Goalies how it can be the wrong option based on puck position. You good with that? Yeah coach, sounds like fun!. Oh, btw I'm gonna need you to RVH and let me bounce a couple pucks from dead angles off your dome... Wha.....
@@PivotalG that is EXACTLY how it went. Colton is one our junior counselors and loves appearing in these things…… and I never use lesson ice for these videos so he doesn’t miss out any time from how weekly training.
i know coach loved sniping that first try
@@3FishProductions weird luck but the first puck I shot from the bottom of the dot went in and then when I shot the part down in the corner behind the goal line, that first shot also went in off his ear. I guess shooting 200 pucks a day for 35 years may cause that…😎
Pimpin, not sure why stick handling is done with Turco grip..
There’s multiple ways, but if one learns the underhand way, then Turco grip very easy…never do things easy…do them correct and right..:)
I'm very good at stick handling and never use the turco grip unless I'm doing a pass, or clearing the puck. I pretty much stick handle with one hand and use the trapper as support. Even as a player I've learned to stick handle with one hand and even shoot, it just feels more right to me.
Although the concepts being shown are fantastic, teaching the “ear shot” because of the vulnerability of the RVH just encourages concussions. Why? Most kids or older players don’t have as a daft touch as shown. Most will blast the puck. Tendy helmets aren’t designed to absorb impact, only to deflect, right? IMO, more people are into hitting or fighting someone trying to do a Michigan than someone using a tendys skull for a rebound shot. Odd…Nothing but long term damage to the Mellon. Just my opinion ✌🏻
Simple solution. Only use the RVH when you should and you’ll never get a concussion. If you choose to ignore that and purposely put your head below the crossbar it is 100% on you and the goalie has earned their concussion. I retired from the NHlL
because of concussions so I understand this issue better than the casual fan.
I mean the same can happen in the butterfly when a guy wizzes the puck past or near your ear on the blocker or glove side, it could hit you there. It isn't a 'direct' hit so it isn't as a bad. You're also not forced to use the RVH and it is really over played. A lot of the really good players can exploit the faults with the RVH for easy opportunities, one of them being banking shots off your ear. I tend to rarely use RVH unless it is a behind the goal line situation, otherwise I'm going either on post, or overlap, or VH but I only do VH glove side. Just avoid RVH if you're not willing to accept the risks.