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Level 3 book lessons
Breakdowns from the Level 3 Goalie Manual & Practice Guide (Advanced Technique).
Level 3 · Lesson 1
Post Integration: VH, RVH and Overlap
Three post positions for sharp angles and pucks below the goal line. Learn which one the puck calls for, and how to get out of each one.
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Level 3 · Lesson 2
Reading the Play: Rushes, Breakaways and Zone Time
Use clues from the puck carrier and the situation to know what's likely before it happens, then react quickly to what actually does happen.
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Level 3 · Lesson 3
Angles Between the Dots: Down the Wall and Across the Ice
Change the angle and depth on time when the puck moves down the wall or across the ice, and crowd the puck with your hands when it's in tight.
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Level 3 · Lesson 4
Rotations: Standing and in the Butterfly
Turn your head, chest, hands and hips to stay square to the puck before you move, standing up or in the butterfly: look, rotate, then push.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.1
Weight Centered During Movement
Keep your weight over the middle of your body while you shuffle, T-push, slide and recover, so you stop on your spot, square and set.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.2
The Right Stance at Both Ends, and a Direct Route Between
Start and finish every move in the stance the play needs, take the shortest path, and know when a low-to-high play calls for a curve instead.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.3
The Trailing Shoulder When You Rotate
When you rotate into a slide, bring the trailing shoulder around with the lead so both arrive together and square, with the holes sealed.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.4
Cheating Your Hips as the Puck Goes Down the Wall
As the puck carrier goes down the wall, keep your chest on the puck and let your hips cheat toward the slot, where the dangerous pass goes.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.5
Loading Your Push Leg on a Wide-Angle Drive
When a wide drive reaches the load zone, load your push leg in the stance you're in, then push on a pass or cut and release straight down on a shot.
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Level 3 · Lesson 5.6
High-to-Low Slides
On a shot-pass from the point to the back door, read it, rotate, and slide diagonally back to the post instead of straight across.
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Level 3 · Lesson 6
Puck Handling
Stop dump-ins, set them up for your defense, and use your hips to fool the forechecker. Stop it first, then play it.
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Level 3 · Lesson 7
Game Management and Communication
Run the game from the crease: set the pace your team needs, help teammates with your voice, and lead with your body language when things go wrong.
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Level 3 · Lesson 8
The Confident Goalie Mind
The habits that keep you steady through good games and hard ones: the Reset, process goals and self-talk.
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Level 3 · Lesson 8.1
Visualization
Picture simple saves in detail before you make them: through your own mask, slow first, then at game speed.
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Level 3 · Lesson 9
Hip Health for Goalies
What the butterfly asks of your hips, the habits that protect them, and a 15-minute off-ice routine.
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