Thanks for the advise. Sorry for taking so long to get back to this. I have gotten a bit of education in the importance of balance in hockey (especially for goalies). I knew that balance was important but I didn't realize how important. Who ever looks at a goalie and says "he's got good balance". It's a pretty subtle. In conversation with a goalie coach I found out that balance is the foundation for everything the goalie does. The one thing a goalie can do that will most effect his overall game is develope his balance. So with that in mind I'm going to get a balance board for both my kids to train on and see how much a difference it makes. I saw an example during a training session where each goalie was required to skate on one leg and jump over hockey sticks laying on the ice. The A level goalies wiped out whereas my sons B group that does this all the time had no problem. The A level goalies have at least a year more experience and were very upset when they flopped and fell their way through most of the drills.