Hockey Goaltending for Young Players: An Instructional Guide

by François Allaire

This book is an indispensable guide on preparation and training techniques specifically designed for young hockey goalies. The author provides a four-year development plan, which highlights the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552091635
• ISBN13: 9781552091630
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Francoise Allaire is a genius on ice!

I bought this book for my son who has been a goaltender for 8 years. He has absorbed everything he could on goaltending and found this book to teach a vast amount of information that he had never heard of, techniques that were immensly helpful and positive for goaltending. After reading the book he attended the goalie camp which was awesome. Francoise and hs staff were very personable and charismatic, taught the attendees with alot of patience and with a system where they could understand and retain the information easily. This family is highly behind Allaire on his books, videos and teachings! Thanks Francoise for sharing your knowledge and giving so much of yourself to the goalie minded youth of today!

An excellent guide for non goalie coaches

This is an excellent book for goalie coaches & coaches at the rep or house league level who require assistance in establishing a training and development program for young player and can be applied to adults as well. I have written a guide for adults as we are built differently. email if u r interested and is for both men & women

A great teaching tool for the coach

I've been a hockey goalie during 18 years. Now it's time for me to get involved in a different way... as a coach. The young goaler has a lot to learn and a coach can do a lot of damage if he doesn't communicate properly the techniques. The book is a very good tool for the coach. It describes clearly the basic techniques and there are a lot of pictures that illustrate them. I coach 9 yo kids, and I've been able to use many of the drills described in the book.

A very good book for Head coaches/kids/parents.

This is a very good book for non goalies (parents, coaches & kids starting out to play goal. It provides a good plan for developing skills over a three to four year plan. It is geared for the serious coach (rep) & young goalie, but not for adult beginners. After teaching goaltending for 15 years , I developed a guide for adult beginners men & n women and you can contact me at the email below for other info. The Allaire book is an excellent technical starting point and have used it myself, HOWEVER ADULT BEGINNERS ARE DIFFERENT

Great Beginner Book

The goaltender is the most neglected position on the hockey team. The rationale may be coaches not knowing where to start. Patrick Roys' former mentor Francois Allaire offers a structured program that takes away the guess work involved. The coach follows the program in progression with a purpose instead of just keeping the goalies busy or having them face a barrage of unproductive shots.