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In Episode 341 of the Glass and Out Podcast, we’re joined by the Goaltending Development Coach for the Vancouver Canucks, Ian Clark.
Clark has been with the Canucks since the 2019-20 season and previously served as the club’s goaltending coach from 2002-2010. In between, he was a member of the coaching staff with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
During his time in the NHL, he has mentored the likes of Roberto Luongo, Sergei Bobrovsky, and Thatcher Demko, to name a few.
He also operated a successful goalie school for several decades, helping launch the careers of many other high-profile puck stoppers.
Clark has also launched the From The Crease app. FTC provides both goalies and coaches with a top-to-bottom playbook for developing all aspects of the position. Users are given video explanations of drills, the ability to track their progress, and a progression-based curriculum that keeps aspiring goalies focused on the right details at the right stage of their development.
You can check out the app here.
Listen as he shares why we need to train goalies to handle pressure, why coaching shouldn’t follow a template, and his seven ingredients for great goaltending.
Video Timestamps:
- 0:00 TCS Live
- 0:50 Telling if a goalie is in the zone/Preparing for big moments
- 5:50 Focus areas for big moments
- 10:40 Advice for talking with goalies
- 13:40 Goaltending style and structure
- 19:25 Don't coach a template
- 24:05 Relationship building
- 30:20 Goalie development around the world
- 36:10 7 ingredients of great goalies
- 42:35 Dominik Hasek
- 46:40 Non-hockey activities for goalies
- 51:35 Sergei Bobrovsky/Developing a reads game
- 55:20 Evaluating young goalies
- 1:03:15 From the Crease
- 1:10:40 Value for Minor Hockey coaches
- 1:15:20 What coaches shouldn’t do with goalies
