I get a lot of questions from girls hockey goalies on how to take their performance to the next level. While I know I can help them with the off-ice training and preparation they need to become an elite goalie, I can’t speak from personal experience.

So I went out and talked to a true expert on what it takes to become an elite women’s hockey goalie.

Last season, I did an interview with 3-time Olympian, 5-time World Champion and 2-time World Championship MVP, Sami Jo Small. She is not only a great goalie, but a terrific on-ice instructor, motivational speaker and role model in the world of women’s hockey. She also happens to be pretty darn smart to - she has a degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

Here’s your link to the 23 minute interview I did with Sami:

=> Click Here To Listen To The Interview With Sami Jo Small

Please note: This interview is NOT just for goalies.

Sami may be crazy enough to let players shoot pucks at her head, but she also shares some amazing insights and stories of how she was able to get to, and stay at, the highest level of women’s hockey in the world for over 15 years.

She also probably has the most obscure story of how she got “noticed” by the national team that I’ve ever heard (talk about being in the right place at the right time).

To hear exactly what this strong female role model has to say about working hard and dreaming big, click the link below:

=> Sami Jo Small Interview

Enjoy!

~ Coach Kim

PS - The goalies who are coming to the Total Female Hockey Experience in August will have Sami as their goalie instructor all weekend. The players are stuck with me as their off-ice instructor and my good friend Brooke (former NCAA Player of the Year and Team USA evaluator) as their head on-ice instructor.

There are still a few spots left - but you’ll need to act fast if you want to join us for this game-changing girls hockey camp. Click on the link below for all the details:

=> www.TotalFemaleHockeyExperience.com

Today I am going to go outside the female hockey world and share with you one of the best hockey success stories I have heard and seen in a long time.

This player is an NCAA National Champion and the US College Hockey Player of the Year. He is a goalie and he is his team’s captain.

At 5 foot 6 and 150 lbs, he is the smallest player in NCAA Division 1 Hockey. He also has such severe asthma that he has to breathe into a machine before and after every single ice session and off-ice workout. He may be small and he may have asthma - but he doesn’t suffer from either.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a male or female hockey player or what position you play. You have to watch this video. You will be inspired to take your game to a whole new level.

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What would be your immediate reaction to getting the hockey opportunity of a lifetime? Excitement? Fear? Both?

Last Thursday, Canadian Women’s National team goalie, Kim St. Pierre, got that opportunity when she joined the Montreal Canadiens on the ice for practice. And she took it all in stride.

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I have been getting a ton of questions from goalies about putting some goalie-specific training tips here on Total Female Hockey Club. I promise that your information is coming - but in the meantime, I wanted to share a goalie success story with you.

Back in May, I had a chance to work with all of the goalies at the Under 18 national team training camp. One goalie stuck out among the group - she was so shy and quiet and she had a “deer caught in the headlights” look on her face for most of the camp. She admitted that she didn’t have much experience with fitness testing and seemed worried that she wouldn’t be able to make it through the week.

She pushed herself as hard as she possibly could for those four days. She fought and clawed her way through it - all the while with a huge smile on her face. She may not have been a fitness testing superstar, but she definitely left an impression. She showed no fear - she may have been scared to death on the inside, but she didn’t let that get in the way of pushing herself to her limit.

And you know what happened when I saw her a month later at our next provincial camp?

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