The day in a life for most goalies is as follows:
Show up with the team, suit up, maybe do some stretches or conditioning with the team. If the goalie is lucky, a coach or shooter normally may attempt some type of routine or ball placement warm-up. 95% of the shots come from topside, with no obstructions or feeds from behind. (We’ll get to that later.)
The rest of the day will be spent at the wrong end of shooting drills, 3 v 2’s with numerous shots, 4 v 3’s with numerous shots, or 6v6’s with a time and room to the body. A chorus of “are you OK keep?” or “my bad” will soon follow after. If you have two or three goalies they wait their turns for the same abuse.
Next we may have some ride and clears where you may learn how to run for your life and toss a “Gilman” clear. “get his elbows” is routinely the battle cry or “send it”. Of course I’m exaggerating a bit, but you get the message.