Braden Holtby's All Access Pre-Game Preparation

we break up playing go into three primary components the physical part of the game the mental part of the game and literally the emotional part of the game every one of them is more demanding than almost every profession on the planet goaltending unfortunately is under spotlight a lot you get a lot more credit than you deserve a lot of time and we get a little more criticism and sometimes spot-on to it so it's just one of those the you know it's everyone can see you can't hide anywhere if you're a goalie it's pretty pretty evident if you make a mistake you usually when I'm trying to find a room you're like sprinting around the whole building doing appreciate that you want to make sure you're staying healthy and that has to do with not overstretching just keeping your body in the warmed up state instead of going in cold you add things just here your body's tight in certain places something I've learned along the way obviously your sight your ability to pick up things quick and the ice is a big part of our game warm yourself up doesn't come naturally every game so you have to find a way to to force your body into into realizing it's time to focus for a who knows himself very well he knows what he needs to be successful he knows how to prepare is a very cerebral guy and when you put all those things together his routine is years and years in the making it did not happen one day or one season and he knows what works for him obviously that I played this level is the top guys or you don't see that in the HL both type of shots releases playmate humility you have to be mentally tough mentally strong you've got to know how to reboot your computer when you give up a goal you have to be ready for the next shot there are very few of us will do our job in front of 18,000 people and millions on television and it's not just to do it for one day we're doing this day in and day out and in the NHL 82 times for playoff

Channel: Washington Capitals

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Keywords: Washington Capitals, NHL, National Hockey League, Ice Hockey, Caps, caps red line, holtbeast, braden, holtby, Braden Holtby (Ice Hockey Player), preparation, pre-game, goalie

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Length: 4min 32sec (272 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 09 2015