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Three-Second Memory: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies
The Mental Game

Three-Second Memory

Not the biggest save — the ability to be completely ready two seconds after the worst one. It's the most important skill your goalie owns, and it's trainable.

The Mental GameWatching Through Your Fingers: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Watching Through Your Fingers

Goalie parents are nervous wrecks and almost all of them think they're the only one. Here's why, and what to do with it — because it travels further than you think.

The Mental GameVisualization Isn't Woo: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Visualization Isn't Woo

What good high school goalies actually do in the car before they play, why it works, and how it's taught to a ten-year-old without anybody rolling their eyes.

The Mental GameBrave on Purpose: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

Brave on Purpose

Courage in the crease is built, not born — and being afraid of a hard ball thrown at you is not a character flaw. Here's how it actually gets trained.

The Mental GameThe Mental Game — Theirs and Yours: a LAX Goalie Hub article for parents of youth lacrosse goalies

The Mental Game — Theirs and Yours

The position guarantees public, repeated, visible failure. That's trainable — and so is the part where you watch it happen.