An Easy (and Fun) Way For Goalies To Improve Hand Eye Coordination

Posted on Saturday, July 5, 2008

When I was younger and was obsessed with making it to the next level, I read something out of a book that said that the great Russian hockey goalie Tretiak would constantly be bouncing a racquetball whenever he was walking outside in order to keep his reflexes and his hand eye coordination sharp. I thought this was a great idea and decided to do the same. For a while I carried a racquetball around in my pocket, but it was a little big, so eventually I bought one of those cheap little bouncy balls. It was perfect because it fit into my pocket and it was also very small so you had to focus more on catching it. It might sound like a stupid little tip, but I really think it helped…give it a shot and you might notice improvements in your own hand eye coordination.