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Registration underway for 2011 camps

· Steve Carroll

We have posted our 2011 schedule of camps. This year, we are offering weekend programs at two convenient locations – Richfield Arena and Schwan Super Rink in Blaine.
You can check out the variety of programs at www.carrollgs.com.

Goalies at Carroll Goalie School.

This marks the 17th season we have been providing high-quality skill development programs for goalies of all ages and abilities.

Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, we are one of the longest running and most popular goalie development programs in Minnesota.

Each year, we update our curriculum and add new drills to make sure we are providing our students with the most beneficial development experience. Simply put, if we weren’t producing results, we wouldn’t be able to continue to attract the large number of goalies we do each year.

BUSY DURING WINTER
This winter, the Carroll coaches are busy leading goalie development programs and providing private lessons in several youth hockey communities. The Carroll Goalie School is providing goalie skills instruction for boys and girls in the Eagan, Burnsville, and Woodbury (Squirts and U10) programs as well as the REV girls program.

We are also helping many goalies improve their skills through private lessons in several youth hockey associations including Edina, Eastview, Mahtomedi, and Minneapolis Storm.

Drop us an e-mail if you are interested in learning more about scheduling private lessons.

Big turnout for girls high school clinic

· Steve Carroll
Coach Carroll talks to participants at the goalie clinic.

Our 16th annual goalie clinic from Minnesota High School girls at Richfield Arena was a huge success.

We had a great turnout with goalies from all over the state. Players from the Bloomington Jefferson High School team worked as shooters. The camp was held Oct. 29-31, which is the weekend right before their season started.

Carroll Goalie School Featured on Michigan Hockey Magazine

· Steve Carroll

A photo from the Carroll Goalie School was chosen for the front cover of the recent Michigan Hockey online magazine. The publication cover all levels of hockey in the Michigan area. How cool is that?

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Word about our popular program continues to spread throughout the upper midwest.
Great publicity like this will hopefully encourage more goalies from the Michigan area and other parts of the country to check out the Carroll Goalie School experience!

Minnesota Hockey Advanced Goalie Camp attracts 50 goalies

· Steve Carroll
Coach Carroll at Minnesota Hockey's Advanced Goalie Camp.

The sixth Minnesota Hockey Dave Peterson Advanced Goalie Camp was held in late July at the Schwan Super Rink in Blaine.

There were 50 high school-aged goalies at the four-day, three-night camp (25 boys and 25 girls.) The goalies were invited to participate based on their performance in the USA Hockey Advanced Festivals held during the spring.

As USA Hockey’s Minnesota District Goalie Coach-in-Chief, I served as director of this camp and I was one of the 17 college and high school goalies coaches who worked with the participants during the on-ice sessions.

Current Minnesota college goalies from the NCAA Division I and III schools served as on-ice demonstrators/counselors.

It was a lot of fun and a cool event to be a part of.

Watch video from MN Hockey Advanced Goalie Camp

Evaluating goalies during MN Hockey Advanced Program

· Steve Carroll

This past weekend, I was at Plymouth Ice Arena, working as a goalie evaluator for Minnesota Hockey’s Advanced Final 54 tryout for the Girls Advanced 16 and 17 Programs.

There were six goalies in each age group. We had the challenging task of ranking the goalies from top to bottom. The highest ranked goalies in each age group have a chance to be invited to USA Hockey’s National Development Camp along other talented goalies from throughout the country.

The other goalie evaluators were Mandy Cronin from USA Hockey and Aaron Haupert, an assistant coach for St. Mary’s University women’s hockey team.

We watched the goalies closely during scrimmages (and expanded warm-ups) and we had some excellent in-depth discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of each participant as we determined the final rankings.

Do you believe in miracles?

· Steve Carroll

Yes, it was 30 years ago today that the U.S. Olympic hockey team stunned the world by beating the Russians in Lake Placid on their way to Olympic gold. I was in college during that game and we watched with great interest the tape delayed replay of the historic game. Do remember what you were doing that day? Click on the video to hear what Olympic goalie Jim Craig remembers about that magical game.

Game performance evaluations popular

· Steve Carroll

One of the new goalie development services we are offering this year is becoming quite popular. The new service is called an individual game performance evaluation.

Here is how it works. I (or someone from my staff) provide a written evaluation of a goalie’s performance in a game situation.

This week, I watched games involving goalies at the U12A and PeeWee B1 level. I took notes throughout the games and then met with the goalies, their parents and coaches afterwards to discuss my observations.

Things I noticed and discussed included: rebound control, overall game awareness (when to go to bench on delayed penalties etc.), glove positioning, stance, following the puck with their eyes and where they positioned themselves in the crease area. These are some small, but important elements of becoming a successful goaltender that are often overlooked by most youth hockey coaches.

I hope to check back with these goalies in about a month to see what improvements have been made.

Send me an e-mail to learn more.

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