Thanks for your input! We left the Iceoplex in-house world a year ago because there wasn't any resolve to develop young goalies. Besides more in-house, we have done a respectable amount of goalie coaching, camps and clinics and even a practice goalie position since. With some exceptions, we have found most coaches player oriented and want our kid to just stay in net without any specific netminder development at all, creating and repeating bad habits. Our club has a dedicated goalie coach on contract, but only comes for a varying chunk of one practice a week. But who's complaining?
It has been a great opportunity for the Mariner's team to play in the A level at the Anaheim Early Bird Tournament and these preseason games. We got stomped, but better as a result. I was worried from the start (after experiencing two prior A level tournaments) that we had didn't have enough A level players, and the truth revealed itself. I'm just bummed for my son who really dedicated himself to becoming an A level little puck stopper. I hope we dominate this BB world, of course, but that's not going to happen if we don't ALL develop as a Team. We have the coaches and the kid's to do it, if only we could get the parents out of the way. But who's complaining?
Hockey Mom... what team does your son play for and what position?