http://stoppucks.com/2008/07/how-valuable-is-game-experience/ Hockey Goalie Resource Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:36:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://stoppucks.com/2008/07/how-valuable-is-game-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-908 admin Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:36:48 +0000 http://stoppucks.com/?p=31#comment-908 Testing Comment Functionality. You should always strive to start at the highest level possible, but never sacrifice playing time if you don’t think you are going to start. If you or your child is a goalie that is still playing youth hockey and has to make the choice, it is important to keep everything in perspective and know that if you aren’t getting playing time, no matter what level it is, you are making a huge mistake. There are so many goalies who have been late bloomers and haven’t been picked for the top team (where they probably would have backed up) and ended up playing a lot of games and getting that game experience, and the result turned out to be that this goalie is used to playing in games and is a “gamer” who excels under pressure. If you haven’t experienced the pressure of playing in a lot of games, how can you expect to excel under pressure at the next level. Testing Comment Functionality. You should always strive to start at the highest level possible, but never sacrifice playing time if you don’t think you are going to start. If you or your child is a goalie that is still playing youth hockey and has to make the choice, it is important to keep everything in perspective and know that if you aren’t getting playing time, no matter what level it is, you are making a huge mistake. There are so many goalies who have been late bloomers and haven’t been picked for the top team (where they probably would have backed up) and ended up playing a lot of games and getting that game experience, and the result turned out to be that this goalie is used to playing in games and is a “gamer” who excels under pressure. If you haven’t experienced the pressure of playing in a lot of games, how can you expect to excel under pressure at the next level.

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