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Welcome to
CANADIAN GOALTENDING ACADEMY
Your source for PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION.
Learn from a pro who has played it, lived it and has devoted himself to teaching it.
"Today's training for tomorrow's goalie".
The most important position in hockey is too often the most over-looked. Not at Canadian Goaltending Academy. We passionately strive to meet the needs of every goalie who walks through our door. We strive to train and educate each goalie on how to successfully play the position in today's game. Our experience and resources come from the highest level of hockey played on the planet, the NHL. We maintain a close relationship with NHL Goalies, Goalie Coaches, and Scouts sharing ideas & opinions on how to properly prepare not only the elite goaltender but also the beginner and up and coming goalie as well. It is our pleasure to offer you the highest quality of training you'll find anywhere.
Ray Dyke Director of Operations / Head Instructor
Mike Rosati President / Founder / Head Instructor
CANADIAN GOALTENDING ACADEMY
The importance of quality training and instilling good practice and game habits is vital to the development of any goaltender. Because of our playing experience, we understand that, Thanks to our teaching knowledge, we are able to address it.
1st and foremost at Canadian Goaltending Academy the focus is and always will be crease speed, the emphasis however is control. Speed without control leads to sloppy goaltending, which in turn leads to nothing but trouble:weak goals,inconsistent positioning, poor rebound control & slow recovery and transition to name a few. This is one aspect of the position that we will not overlook.Whether it is a young goalie who needs to correctly execute the movement first through repetition and then add the element of speed,or an older goalie who must learn to harness that speed and add patience to his or her game, we will not hesitate to stop a drill in order to correct and give proper instruction and advice.
2nd of all, Net Awareness is another area that must be and is addressed in our training formats. When a goalie understands what is behind them, or how much net they are covering, they can confidently maintain their positioning and make a controlled save. A goalie who is uncertain about their positioning will often do more than necessary in attempting to stop the puck. In doing so they actually expose more holes, over compensate and cover less net and risk getting beat on the initial shot.
3rd and perhaps most importantly, Vision. Goalies need to develop the skill of seeing and tracking the puck in order to properly time their save selection. Dropping into a butterfly block or sliding on every situation is not going to efficiently work all the time. Understanding where the shooter is and recognizing at what angle the puck is approaching the net at will allow the goalie to decide if they need to go down and activate their legs or if they can simply hold their position and allow the puck to come to them.
O/T As directors of this company Ray and I assure you that everyone on our staff is a goalie and has trained and is still training vigorously with us. By knowing our drills and systems, this allows all of our staff to be on the same page and allow us to have consistency in teaching, demonstrating, and execution. We are all well aware of the difference between training and executing a drill for an 8 year old verses an 18 year old or a Pro. We all take great pride in assisting in the development and creation of good habits for any of our students regardless of their gender or level of play.We take pride in having the ability to correct mistakes and at the same time praise good work and good effort. It is our job to teach not only the Elite , but to develop all levels of goaltenders. All of our goalies have the ability to be a living testimonial to what good teaching and knowledge can bring them providing they believe in it, trust it and continue to work at it while they grow, mature and gain more experience. We can only show them the way. It is up to them to play the games, make the saves, believe in what they do and yield the benefits and success that comes with hard work, discipline, desire and dedication to the position. The elevation of their game, skill level and confidence is why we do what we do on a daily basis.
We dedicate this web site to Anthony Rosati and Mal Dyke both Fathers with out whom it would not have been possible to be the men we became with out them. You are always in our hearts and will always be missed
Copy Right 12/3/2008 Canadian Goaltending Academy
