Goalie superstitions

[SpearsGoalie]

hey goalies i was just wondering what your superstitions were because i know lots of goalies that are very superstitious both in lacrosse and hockey
for instance i know a few guys that will tap the pipes on each side for good luck on the pipe saves
let me know what you do
if you do so.

[GO GAELS GO]

some golies avoid lines lol

[laxgoalie07]

i pray before the game and during half time and i always tap the post left to right and black socks is the way to go

[SpearsGoalie]

i pray before the game and during half time and i always tap the post left to right and black socks is the way to go

yeah i pray too.
Black socks huh ill try that next game thanxz.

[NBClaxgoalie07]

i always tap out part of a song on the pipes every time i come into the crease, then i play it through my head the whole game.
It gets u in a rythm.
when i've played without doing that i dont have the same rythm


and i wear my jersey inside out after a loss and until we win again
people tell me thats wierd all the time but it gets to my head and gives me more hunger to win

[Expressgoalie01]

Tap each pole three times. I don't know it's just something it does.

[lastDefense15]

tap the pole up top twice, never ever pick up a coin that is tails side up (on game days), aviod the lines going into goal at the beginning of games, after halftime, or after timeouts, and sorta sing to myself when the ball is on the other end of the field to keep my mind clear...

[pclax41]

yeah i pray too.
Black socks huh ill try that next game thanxz.

what, you don't have a brain of your own? black socks may work for him but who says its gonna work for you.. its not a tip.. he was just saying what he does

[pclax41]

i always tap out part of a song on the pipes every time i come into the crease, then i play it through my head the whole game.
It gets u in a rythm.
when i've played without doing that i dont have the same rythm


and i wear my jersey inside out after a loss and until we win again
people tell me thats wierd all the time but it gets to my head and gives me more hunger to win

are you allowed to wear your jersey inside out? i thought the number has to be visable by the ref at all times

[Trilax03]

yeah i pray too and wear my st. christopher and a goalie lacrosse stick that my friend got me for my birthday on a chain under my shirt (so i don't get called for jewlery) and i tape the posts b4 the game, half time and after each goal (sounds wierd but i guess it's a mental thing.)

[moondog]

I wear exactly the same clothes--undershirt, etc.

[pclax41]

not superstitions just things I do:
I agree with the clear mind.. I try to avoid conversation game-day just cause i want to stay focused on the game and not bull ****ting with my friends about who cheated on who or who dumped who or who failed a test..you get the point.. the only convo ill have is about lacrosse and previous games.. it kinda bugs my g/f lol.. i try to get to bed early 2 days and the day b4 a game..GOTTA have my black wrestling team sweatpants.. after the goalie hand shake ill walk to the cage not turning around to face the the field until i get to the crease..rarely i'll mark the crease..i like wearing my shirt I got from goalie camp but usually its any lacrosse shirt that im wearing on a gameday
oh yea.. i dont know why this happens but I have to ..not cause its a superstition but because nature calls, take a dump b4 everygame.. every game, anywhere between 30-10 mins to start im in the crapper

[PuLsE_SpEeD]

I sing the last rap song I heard before the game.

I always wear knee high blue socks.

I MUST have my red nike super speeds.

[FitzGoalie]

i always wear one black sock, and one Hannukha (sic) sock (i'm not jewish, though). before the game, i absolutely do not allow anyone to say anything about any game that i did well in. then when i finally get on the field, i jog up to the goal, holding my stick backwards, (facing it) smack the left pipe, then the right, then the top one as i trun to face the field. then i occasionally let loose a warcry. after that i trace my arc into the dirt with my foot, and pace around the crease until the face off. yeah...i'm kinda weird like that.....

oh yeah, and i make sure there are no balls in the goal....i find it very hard to concentrate on preventing balls from getting in the goal if for some reason, theres one already in it.

[GarysGod]

i have a very long "tapping" ritual i do everytime i enter or re-enter the crease and other very odd things

[RichWutLax]

tap the crossbar two times with my glove every time i get in my crease

[Coach_Goldberg]

tap left pipe, first then right pipe everytime I enter the crease before a game or practice. I don't do this during a game. After a goal is scored on me, I always bang the right pipe pretty hard. Had to get a titanium shaft b/c of this. All the other ones would break.
I always make my marks on the ground before I get started on a warm-up. After the goalie hand shake, I also pace back to the crease and can't make eye contact with anyone until I am in the crease.

Kind of a not so good habit I do is that I bounce up and down very fast on my toes everytime the ball is in the attack zone. I know that this is not the best technique, and some coaches have tried to get me off of this before, but to me I feel that being in constant motion makes it easier for me to transition to the ball. As opposed to being poised and exploding at the ball on a shot, I like to be in motion constantly. It helps to have very quick feet to do this.

[stinisonfire]

what, you don't have a brain of your own? black socks may work for him but who says its gonna work for you.. its not a tip.. he was just saying what he does


It might work for him, lay off. We goalies are weird.

[pclax41]

It might work for him, lay off. We goalies are weird.

speak for yourself.. im a goalie and i dont think im wierd

[Keeper#8]

i play in sweats with my pockets out... Some how it gives me piece of mind thinking that some day it will help stop a shot...

[SpearsGoalie]

i play in sweats with my pockets out... Some how it gives me piece of mind thinking that some day it will help stop a shot...

never know dude thos lucky saves are few and far between but ill take any save
i have had the ball hit my foot and roll al the way up my leg in my pantsand got stuck behind my chest pad. the gay refs called my on the 4 second crease rule cuz i was lookin aroundtryin to find it and they said i wal B-Sing

[laxgoalieWE4949]

i wear my cleats with one pink lace and one red lace

[sfieldlax3r]

speak for yourself.. im a goalie and i dont think im wierd

you may not be wierd but no goalies are sane

[SachemsGoalie40]

i stretch on my own, and every one thinks this is weird but if we are playing with say white lacrosse balls i only like to touch white lacrosse balls during my warm up not yellow or orange, and if a kid takes a shot with a different color ball i won't even attempt to save it...everyone gets mad and then i yell at them and after a goal i go to the restraining line and tap sticks with my d men and they can only touch my stick first and not each others until they touch my stick, just something we do

[laxcanada]

i have 10 roseary beads tied to my head, a lucky penny glued to the end of my shaft and i always put my right leg pad on first(i play box)
and when i get in net i grab both posts, hit my legs twice each and do my little dance

[SacoBXlaxgoalie]

i tap each pipe once with my shaft say an "our father" spin my stick in my hands 5 times
when i make a save i tap the head of the closest d-man and if i let one in i het my stick somewhat hard on the ground and yell when anyone blames somebody but me


while keepiong peace in my head

[pclax41]

you may not be wierd but no goalies are sane


haha i'll agree with that

[WoodDuck14]

wow, i had no idea you golies had so many rituals. once i played golie in a scrimage and talked smack the entire time. like if a middie was cutting i'd be like "take a shot i dare you" and " You got nothin'". It really psyked me up, and got in the O's minds.

[laxbro56]

I listen to "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister before every game, mark my crease every game, tap the pipes before I step into the crease and when I turn around I stare the other goalie down until the whistle then I never look at him until the next face off, every face off. You'll be surprised how often they look back! At half time I untie and retie my kleats, and also take each sock and switch it to the other foot!


BC all the way baby!

[pclax41]

I listen to "We're not gonna take it" by Twisted Sister before every game, mark my crease every game, tap the pipes before I step into the crease and when I turn around I stare the other goalie down until the whistle then I never look at him until the next face off, every face off. You'll be surprised how often they look back! At half time I untie and retie my kleats, and also take each sock and switch it to the other foot!


BC all the way baby!


never noticed.. but i only played you once (and that tourny so twice)

[WPSLAGoalie28]

After the goalie handshake, i jog to the restraining line then turn around and give each pole a pound. I always tap the right pipe, then left pipe, then crossbar when i get in the crease. I always sing journey when were on offense, always wear black football socks folded over the back of my spikes unless were on astroturf. O and the best one always get a nice long back rub before the game.

[DoubleZero]

At half time I untie and retie my kleats, and also take each sock and switch it to the other foot!

never seen u do that and i play with you lol

[MormonLaxer14]

being mormon i pray before each game with the team (in spanish too) but when i get to the crease i tap the left pole because that is my weak side

[TCreeker]

wow, i feel like an idiot... i don't do jack that's special

[NewbyLaX]

I listen to Boom from P.O.D. and then whatever song comes after that one (mp3 always on auto, i dont like being told the order in which songs to listen). But being a goalie sucks *** so i switched but my coach wouldn't let me and i had to play today (we got two goalies) so todays ritual was...dont even move, let every shot go in...it was funny...teammates agree, no one likes coach

[pclax41]

I listen to Boom from P.O.D. and then whatever song comes after that one (mp3 always on auto, i dont like being told the order in which songs to listen). But being a goalie sucks *** so i switched but my coach wouldn't let me and i had to play today (we got two goalies) so todays ritual was...dont even move, let every shot go in...it was funny...teammates agree, no one likes coach

yeeeaaa.. so thats pretty dumb..

[pclax41]

I remembered one more "superstition" slash "ritual" I have..
so my mom is not allowed to go to my games.. EVER.. every time she comes to one of my games or wrestling meets (when it was season) I would lose.. no joke.. i don't know why.. but everytime my moms there I suck and she knows it... so she doesn't go

[goaliedude13]

I also do the knee high black socks and dig a little hole at the top of the crease(done it since i was a freshman and i just do it without thinking) and i always wear warrior wet turf Burn CLeats.

[NewbyLaX]

I remembered one more "superstition" slash "ritual" I have..
so my mom is not allowed to go to my games.. EVER.. every time she comes to one of my games or wrestling meets (when it was season) I would lose.. no joke.. i don't know why.. but everytime my moms there I suck and she knows it... so she doesn't go

Most likely a nervous thing (one of those nervous things your not aware of, or that you have no idea your nervous) like, u try to do better and impress her because shes ur mom, and the pressure builds on you and u dont do good. im sure if she were to show show up without u knowing, u would do fine. that happened to me, i dont know when my mom or dad come and i dont look for em either.

[pcgoalie]

i dont wash any of my gear until after a win. Also, each time we switch sides, i practice every position i would use to make a save. I try not to talk on gamesday.

[pcgoalie]

oh yeah, i forgot. i tap a sign of the cross (it's a catholic thing) on the post before each half.

[pclax41]

Most likely a nervous thing (one of those nervous things your not aware of, or that you have no idea your nervous) like, u try to do better and impress her because shes ur mom, and the pressure builds on you and u dont do good. im sure if she were to show show up without u knowing, u would do fine. that happened to me, i dont know when my mom or dad come and i dont look for em either.

haha i dunno man ..maybe.. but like my grandparents (who i respect more and would want to impress more) can come.. my girlfriend and friends can come but when my moms there its just no good and i wouldn't want to take the chances of her showing up without me knowing with playoffs around the corner .. id rather let her stay at home.. she can watch the tapes lol

[pclax41]

i dont wash any of my gear until after a win. Also, each time we switch sides, i practice every position i would use to make a save. I try not to talk on gamesday.


haha same here.. except the gear... i wash it after a loss (makes more sense) u want to keep the win on the clothes.. but when you loss its time to wash it and get a new start you know.. i kind of do that,where i practice my position... and I try not to talk on gameday's too.. i said that way back when the thread started..but ur the only person since then that also said they dont talk
.. unless I missed a few posts

[xCrazyRedx]

Well on my team its a tradition for goalies to wear their kilts to school but never on the field, except at the first and last game.

I always have to pace when I'm waiting for action.

Plus, I like to sing when the ball is coming at me i wouldn't call it superstition it just knid of throws the other team off guard while putting my players in a good mood.

[Lkantola]

at tense points i tap left pipe 3 times then right 3 times and cross bar once (while we're on O) and I always wear the same boxers and Each morning when i leave my room, I close all the doors and turn off all the lights. I get pretty OCD on game days.
But i dont lose so its cool right? well not yet anyway

[westlakelax17]

when ever i get in the goal i tap the left and right posts and the top bar

[laxbro56]

never seen u do that and i play with you lol
I do it after Judson takes us aside and warms us up, right around when Jason says "give me like 10 more" thats when I do everything

[UCANCALLMEGOD]

i run around the crease 3 times and then do 3 pullups on the top bar

[THALAX]

I dont eat eggs or oranges the day of a game. VERY BAD LUCK

[pclax41]

i run around the crease 3 times and then do 3 pullups on the top bar

haha the cage doesnt fall on top of you?

at practice i was joking around..tried doing a pull up facing the back of the goal and it started to tip..

but then again.. i tried doing it facing the field and that worked..

[pclax41]

I dont eat eggs or oranges the day of a game. VERY BAD LUCK

haha now any goalie that sees this isnt going to eat eggs or oranges.. just cause U said it was BADLUCK lol and if they happen to eat an egg or orange a game day and they lose by coincidence they're gonna blame the eggs and oranges lol its a mind thing..

i can say drinking dr. pepper on a gameday is bad luck and if you believe it.. it becomes real

[Lkantola]

ah! well now its set, no eggs, oranges, or dr.pepper before games

atleast ill be winning :agree:

[ronocx53]

I have worn the same shirt for every game, the last two seasons.

I also never warm up with colored balls

[nylax65]

I tap the right pole with my stick, then left pole, then spin my stick fowards. Also if something bad happens I tap my left cleat then my right cleat with my stick. Don't ask me why, but I wouldn't be All-World if I didn't do it.

[IrishGoalie]

Ok i drink dr.pepper everyday and when we have games i drink it before hand and we win.

[RamLacrosse]

Im not a goalie but we have to wear jerseys before games and I wear the opposite color jersey i waer during the game. Everyone else is the opposite

[GarysGod]

when "goalies cross", i pound the other guy and lightly slap his chest protecter and keep walking a away to my goal. last week the ref stopped me and made me look like an IDIOT for walking away before everyone shook hands, but its my thing.

[laxgoaliegjw]

Sometimes to get in the other goalies head i'll give him a hug when the teams line up and goalies cross. I also tap each pipe including the cross bar once when returning to the goal before every quarter.

[auslax_goalie]

sleep in my shorts the night before, it works for me

[jaw22]

I must see every face off. No matter what. I yell screen if my attackman is in the way of me seeing the faceoff.

Other than that, I really don't have any, just not stepping on the crease I guess.

[pclax41]

I must see every face off. No matter what. I yell screen if my attackman is in the way of me seeing the faceoff.

Other than that, I really don't have any, just not stepping on the crease I guess.


same here... but for me thats just to see who wins.. and to know which way the ball is gonna go.. like if the other team wins the faceoff im not gonna get in my ready stance... you know?

[CavsDefense]

When I see the beginning of the face, I bend my knees and get really low to the ground, almost level with those who are taking the face. Just something I do.

[esmgoalie2000]

i always tap right left up then hit my butt end on the left post and if i hit it right its good luck but if i slide or miss it ticks me off just some ierd stuff like that i also pray

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

I always pray/read a passage from my holy book to myself before the face off. Right after I gear up, I go straight to the crease and just stand there looking out for a few moments.

[nemesis562]

i try to beat the other goalie to the goal.

[Stonewall35]

In box, when I reach the goal, I tap the crossbar with the head of my stick. Then, I turn around and tap the right goal post with the shaft of my stick. Finally, I step in front of the crease ready to pick up a possible loose ball coming my way.

In field, when I reach the goal, I tap the crossbar with the head of my stick. Next, I turn around and tap the left goal post with the head of my stick, followed bt tapping the right goal post with the shaft, and then tapping the crossbar with the head.

[NEMESIS_keeper]

well Red Bull before every game, just like in the last year or two everytime i have a big rival i think of Varsity Blues with Billy Bob in the lockroom chanting "As I Walk Through The Valley of Shadows and Death, I Will Not Fear No Faggots From Bangville." haha well minus the Bandville part, add like the town we playing... alwas laughs and gets the butterflies out. as so after i head shot i bang my face mask on the pile.

[canadians_eh]

I high step around my net.

[claxbucky]

I get out to the field (early of course), jog a lap with my game stick in my left hand, backup in my right. Throw down my game stick right outside the box, and walk through the box to start my warmup. I always have to finish the warmup with 5 saves. And the same goes for half-time. After crossing w/ the opposing keeper, I hold my stick with the head width perpendicular to the ground, jog 10 steps, stop, 5 steps walking, flip my head so it's parallel to the ground, and walk to the top of the crease. make the cent er mark, tap left pipe w/ the shaft, right w/ the shaft, left w/ the head, right with the shaft, & top w/ the shaft. Then I take a big step out (about 1 1/3 yards) and crouch down, waiting for the whistle. I also hum the theme from "Last of The Mohicans".

[SawyerLaxGirl44]

I guess I have rituals that I never really payed attention to before. This season I HAD to wear my cleats (first year in 3 years) becuase they were 'lucky' Actually wore the same underwear and bra on gamedays along w/ the same undershirt. ALways wore a bandana, but only one that was white or blue (school colors)

When I get in the crease I face the net, tap the crossbar, the right, the left, shake a lil bit, turn around and start screamin like a mad woman.And after I get scored on, usually do the tapping again.

Oh, I also avoid the talking thing, always drink ALOT before goin to bed the night before. Go to sleep waaay earlier than normal. Have an amazing breakfastand drink throughout the day. ooooh how I miss game-days :-)

[Katosov]

I drink like 3-4 rockstars before each game and a redbull before each practice. The team tried to stop it but the coach said it makes me faster and if I'm bouncing around in the cage.

[headlinenewsrox]

for each penalty shot on the 8 m i pick up each leg bending at the knee kick back right then left then right then left. then i bend down and touch my toes then i jump then i hit my helmet against my shoulder left then right left then right. and i always wear knee high socks

[wcwarriorlax]

what i do is i say a prayer ( it varys) tap poles wit mi d man den let out a war cry after o ya and at the golie hand shake ill stare down the otha keepa and he almost always lets in like a 15 yard goal rite off da gun o ya and i start to get the chorus to lose ur self in mi head wen da balls in r zone

[PinnacleGoalie]

haha now any goalie that sees this isnt going to eat eggs or oranges.. just cause U said it was BADLUCK lol and if they happen to eat an egg or orange a game day and they lose by coincidence they're gonna blame the eggs and oranges lol its a mind thing..

i can say drinking dr. pepper on a gameday is bad luck and if you believe it.. it becomes real

totally true man lol now im not going to be able to eat eggs oranges or even drink dr pepper before a game. lol thanks a lot!

[laborde92]

well i always tap the pipes bt dont know if it is a superstion(sp)? but i always puposly crouch and put my head on the ground and stretch my groin and pray also dig my foot on the crease line or else i fill like im not all there and i tape my hear of teh stick t each top and bottom corner

[atmusfear]

yeah i pray too and wear my st. christopher and a goalie lacrosse stick that my friend got me for my birthday on a chain under my shirt (so i don't get called for jewlery) and i tape the posts b4 the game, half time and after each goal (sounds wierd but i guess it's a mental thing.)


i have one of those saint christopher necklaces too. right on....

[SeanO39]

I always wear a black leg band just below my right knee. Even if I'm wearing sweatpants. Before I play any games I get on a wall about 3-5 yards out and start slowly throwing one of those reflex balls off just to get my reflexes sharp. Then I take a few steps back and bring out the real ball and start whipping it as fast as I can. The coach then warms me up out on the field. PB and J's are the way to go for pregame food.

[nykeep23]

Okay I run around the crease twice, get in goal. Tap each side pipe twice starting with the left pipe. Then I throw a quick tap to the top crossbar. Then I get a little jump in. It's a little crazy, but it gets me going. And the crowd loves it

[POCK3Ts]

i warm up without my jersey on and put it on right before i go on the field. also i when i go to the goal i cant step on anylines and when i get the the crease i tap the left post and slide my shaft on the crossbar and tap the right post. i also never where eye paint no matter what or how sunny it was

[Mikehenry8742]

when "goalies cross", i pound the other guy and lightly slap his chest protecter and keep walking a away to my goal. last week the ref stopped me and made me look like an IDIOT for walking away before everyone shook hands, but its my thing.

yeah after i shake hands i just walk away towards the goal, ignoring everyone else.

[RichWutLax]

i try to beat the other goalie to the goal.



hahaha i do that too ... if there like half way to there goal i run there hahaha

[goalie1215]

i put in my contacts before every game. it think they are good luck because when i wear them, i play better. weird i know

EDIT: now i tap the left pipe, crossbar, then right pipe at the begining of every quarter.

[NC_Goalie_Girl]

I always listen to hard rock as loud as it goes on my ipod on the walk to the field and in the locker rooms. It gets me really amped for the game and helps block out other distractions. I also tap each pipe twice.

[Warriorlacrosse]

It might just be me (Attention-deficiet-disorder,o.k.) but when we are winning by like 4 points I will run the ball up to the mid-field line, all day in my classes I will mumble crap, now my teachers think I'm crazy I tap the bars to.

[jkriz45]

i wear black socks and a brown arm band

when i get into goal i make the sign of the cross on the posts, get into position, then tap the left and right posts

[jkriz45]

i wear black socks and a brown arm band

when i get into goal i make the sign of the cross on the posts, get into position, then tap the left and right posts

[eatsleeplax11]

i know this may be weird but 5 min before the game i put the ball on the ground and just sit and stare at it
this really helps me to only watch the ball on the field not to worry about other things like wht the players are wearing or their stick and things like that

[laxgod1790]

i put in my contacts before every game. it think they are good luck because when i wear them, i play better. weird i know

Maybe thats because you can see better...... :grin:

[auslax_goalie]

i do the matt russell thing when he gets to the cage(if u dont know what it is find out)
i think i only do it because he does it and sometimes i forget to do it
doesnt bother me really

[MGLAX]

I always put my maroon knee high sock on my right foot then the left. If I mess up i redo them. I got the socks at the beginning of the season and the day I got them I had my first spectactular game.

[Goalie#%]

speak for yourself.. im a goalie and i dont think im wierd


Denial. All goalies are wierd

[1tyme]

i eat lots and drink lots on game days and when in the game i try really hard not to think of the score i uno why but every time i do i let one in and i always put coke or any pop for that matter and i step in it for more traction(box goalie)

[sticksave23]

I usually put my right glove on first. i also try and avoid idle chitter chatter before a big game

[laxngoalie]

I jog around my crease after the handshake and at the beginning of all the quarters and then tap the pipes and the ground in the shape of a cross
I also wore one under armour band over my left shin
dunno why but i did it only the last two games and we upset both teams

[BIGDGOALIE]

one beat the other goalie to the cage,
face the endline do a upright buterfly then go right leg streach and then a left leg streach
hit left right and top pipes

[Goalie18]

I sprint to the crease and jump into it w/out touching the line. Then i tap each post and hum to myself the last song that pumped me up. I sing it in my head through the whole game :monkey:

[thewall29]

at the begining of each period i will tap the side posts once and lightly headbutt the crossbar

[thewalldemont]

haha dr. pepper i'll stay away....i always tap the post ...mainly when we lose possesion and the other team brings the ball down my way---i tap each post 2x---and some times i'll do a quik jump or 2 when we have possesion --u no to keep the blood flowin----go bolles lax

[#16Chaddy_Aus]

i beleive that the other team has a button that they press and it makes the pips go in so that out team misses

[EHSLAX12]

screwed up on this post.

[SCSSLaxGoalie]

When the goalies shake hands I like to get in the other goalies head and maybe say something weird to him like have a good game babe. I Never warm up with colored balls. I tap the right post when I get to the crease because it is my weak side and I am a Lefty. I never let anyone say anything to me about how good I was the last game or something. I like to listen to reggae or alternative music before a game because it gives me rythem and chills me out.

[SCSSLaxGoalie]

When the goalies shake hands I like to get in the other goalies head and maybe say "have a good game babe" or something like that. I never warm up with colored balls. When I get to the crease I tap to the right pipe because that is my weak side and I am a Lefty. I never let anyone tell me how good I was the last game or something before a game. Getting ready for a game I like to listen to reggae or alternative music because it gives me rhythm and chills me down.

[laxgoalieking]

i always have to rock the same knee high green socks no matter what team im playing for. I never wash my sweat gear or equipment after a win only after a loss

[lublax77]

i wear calf high white socks but they cant be tight, also whenever i go onto the field or i do some thing good or bad i rub the post and talk to it

[Veno89]

i always wear the same pair of lacrosse shorts underneath my playing shorts every single game i play, and always tap my face mask with the head of the stick before the game, and every quarter.
i never let ppl compliment me after any game i play good.

[soucie_90]

I never take a shot before i stretch, i always put my left side equipment on first, lots of tapping the posts, never take my helmet off except intermissions and always wear the same sneakers, im sure i have more..

[bpercival]

Everytime in training I look at my posts and go cmon boys lets win this thing hahaha

I also wear high white sox only in games though, and I have a theaory that you can warm up your shins by taking an attack stick nd hitting each shin the times, but you doing it so ud gra the stick and do it. And talking to the goalie I always try to give him something weird to think about so I say you ready for this when were shaking and stare him down cause i know hes going to go to the crease and say wtf am i ready haha mind games!

[lax-ative91]

i always have to make a save on the last shot of warmup

[joobs]

i listen to the same songs on the bus/in locker room. i speak to nobody and have the same person always warm me up. after hand shake i run back to the cage and hit the top of the pipe and then right after face off i tap right left right. i also wear the same cleats........kind of gross i know.

[Sev408]

I screw around as much as I want. The minute I step on the game field in full pads becomes serious time. I have done this from day 1 in highschool and it got me recruited to college and through my college days. I get the jokes out before the game and focus 100% when the whistle blows. Come to think of it, my mind is completely clear, I keep up with the task at hand and dont even think about the previous shot a player took whether it went in or I saved it. I stay in the now and not the past.

When you go from HS to college you cant have stupid crap like wear black socks or some other random item. If you coach demands all players wear short white socks then you do it.

So what happens then? Does that make you a worthless goalie? :nofear:

[oldboxtender]

Day of game, be by myself. No talking to anyone. Plenty of visualization of how I want the game to go. Before the first faceoff, I have already played the game in my head.
Left side equipment on first. Warm up, first one on the floor always with a ball in my stick. End of warm ups, have a ball in my stick until I get off the floor then I toss it to a nearby kid. Game time tap the right post first with the butt end of my stick, grab the left post with my left hand and back up so the cross bar is firm against my back. I stare at their best player and tell myself "I own him today" until he finally does shoot on me and I then tell him "not today junior, I own you today".
During play I screw with the other teams heads. Stop in play, I have been known to ask the nearest forward if someone stepped in their stick pocket because it looks like it is screwed up. I then ask them that isn't your normal pocket is it? I mean because of how you shoot and pass, it must be broke. That shift they are messed up... with some of them, it throws them off all game. Then some get mad and try to shoot at my head... but that is okay... it is over the net.

[EHSLAX12]

always keep my torque in my bag for someone to warm me up, i shot 10/10 1 game and every game its with me i did well.
tap posts before play resumes on my half of the field; left tap, then right.
listen to some hard songs and some more rythmic songs. i have a playlist mixed with rap, alternative, metal, and some rock. somethin to get me loose but to get into a relaxed mood.
always punch my pocket during warmups and right before game. most people probably do that too but i do it when i dont need to.
and above all, LUCKY CUP with my compression shorts!

[Pumalax7]

first of all i wear the same underwear each game (washed of course) and the same socks. when i go out to shake hands i shake the other goalies hand then beat him to the goal. tap the right, then left, crossbar, left, right, left, right then i hop up and down until the face off.

[MAGOALIE1]

left sock, right sock, left shoe, right shoe and so on. walk to the middle when shakin hands and run right to the cage. talkin to my pipes a lot keeps me relaxed.

[bmxinspired]

im constantly tapping the posts but i wouldnt call that a suprtstition more of an addiction haha. but during every face off i kneel on the crease line until the ref calls posession, its a luck/superstition/rutine thing i guess

[OldPtboBoy]

My son only taps the outside of the posts. Nothing is supposed to touch the inside. He is the first on the floor and no one is allowed to touch his gloves.

[TrapDoor]

After my team scores 2-3 goals in a row, I pretend like I'm saving a shot from all 7 holes so I don't lose focus. Also, my gloves have to be perfect; not too tight, not too loose.

[lax_nb]

I usually give each one of my team mates a good stare down in the dressing room, i dont know why i guess it makes me feel like where on the same page.
Then on the floor i tap right post, then left. Then i try to find the person with the funniest expression on their face in the crowd. Stare the other goalie down before the face off. And if gameday is on a school day, ill alawys have a lacrosse ball in my bookbag.

[Lacrossebum03]

Tap the pipe that the ball is on for reassurance. Other than that, I just focus on the game.

[AxemenGoalie]

When I walk into my goal before a game starts (box):

-tap the left post (as in when I'm walking to the goal and standing looking at the goal) with my goalie stick
-turn around
-tap one post with my freehand, the other with the shaft of my stick
- step to the top of the crease and get into the regular stance (as if getting ready for a shot), and then stay in that stance until the ref blows his whistle for the opening faceoff so that the game begins

Also, I slam my stick hard onto the floor 3 times whenever my team scores, and I point to the goal scorer.

[CFGoalie5]

before the game i tape my wrists with lime green tape and when i get in goal, i tap the posts always left side first.

[laxgoalie409]

Always wear a kilt on game day (Im a guy, but I got the scottish blood in me), never enter a crease without scuffing up the top of it with my cleat, even in practice, tap the crossbar with they head of my stick, tap the posts with the shaft, then push the net up with my helmet, and crouch down to stretch a little more while the faceoff is taking place.

[LeKKeR]

I usually give each one of my team mates a good stare down in the dressing room, i dont know why i guess it makes me feel like where on the same page.

i personally hate when teammates give me the serious staredown. i just laugh at them cause i can't get into the whole serious mindset. don't get me wrong, i'm not knocking on anyone.

as far as what i do...there isn't much. before the game i just make sure people don't come up to me and try to get me all pumped up and yadda yadda yadda "THIS IS ALL YOU MAN!" blah blah blah. my only superstition is after the hand shake i say a prayer to my best friend that passed away (he was a fellow lax player) and to my family and friends. after that i tap the pipes in whatever order (just have to tap em) and i'm all set :grin:

[aisixers376]

before every gaem and after halftime i touch all 3 pipes and i spin my stick when the opposition is coming once or twice

[EastCoastDeft]

im a hockey goalie and i dont pee before the games. another thing i do is that i jump (in all of my goalie stuff) up and down 25 times

[RenagadeGoalie]

i take a shower and pray b4 the game. i dont talk to anyone and listen to my ipod blasting "pump up" music rite b4 the game while im getting warmed up.i tap all the pipes staring witht he left one then the top one then the right one. then i pray one more time, say lets go defense lets hold em boys, then the game starts.

[Laxdawg14]

i wear tube socks w. sweats pulled up.
and before every faceoff i take off my left glove and put ut under my armpit untill the ball is raked out

[datLAXnukka#38]

i think i got a prety weird one... when i shake i hands i try 2 do some weird handshake to play with the goalies head after that i go run around the crease once...step over the line pray n tap the posts in the sign of the cross

[cnyminder]

I clink the pipes every time a rush comes down the feild.Also i do this after i clear the ball.The goalies my on team call clinking the pipes is goalie music.

[UVALAXR2011]

tape wrists-right first, black mid socks-right first, cleats/turf shoes-right first...basically everything first...heres a list...
1. cleats
2. tape wrists
3. cup
4. chest
5. listen to ipod
6. gloves
7. helmet
8. warmup

[Evilducky_00]

I got a four-leaf clover in my stick and I wear my kilt as a cape during warm-ups. And when I get in the crease I walk into the net turn around tap each post step out of the goal than get in my ready position.

[carmelgoal069]

ok this is wut i do and it works pretty good for me i tap rite pole first with mi head then left pole wit mi inside shaft then say number 1 or number 3 which one do u wanna b. i no its gay saying but mi bro n i were trainin n i got really tired cuz i jus got bac from mi game n we put numbers up on mi wall n used it as a goal :p

[laxplaya98]

i always before every game retape my stick... then after i shake the other goalies hand i jog back to my goal.... when i get to the restraining box i do butt kicks all the way to the goal to get my legs loose... then i turn around tap left, right, left, right, left, right, left left, right right, left left, right right, left left, right right, top left, top right the the crossbar take on step forward and do a standing squat..... the before the faceoff i always yell "lets go ____<whoevers taking the faceoff guys name...

if anything good happens for my team i tap the left post then the right post


really complicated but hey it works

[cnspittslax]

i always listen to the song Here Comes the Boom by Nelly, and no one can talk to me during the song, or i'll have to reastart it

[Ballinman]

Nothing is better then a pregame ritual in the restroom, If I don't use the bathroom 30 minutes before a game, I would'nt be able to sprint. I always stay hydrated and always drink through my school water bottle. When it comes game time, I always have to wipe my face and brush my hair back,so its not annoying in my helmet. I put all my pads on in a certain order; gloves are always last. On the field, after the goalie handshake, I run to my cage and set up quick as possible, tapping my two pipes. Then I gather the defenseman to yell them a movie qoute from "300". If I don't do these things I tend to no get focus and believe in failure. I love being a goalie.

[Ghilliemarine]

I run around the crease before faceoff's. Also cup check myself to remind me to be fast so they don't hit me there again.

[Laxman3221]

Ah, I had a girl in college who bought me a shot for every save I made...didn't want to miss any..

[Chicken Little]

Tap each pipe with the butt end of my stick twice, from left to right then right to left. Any goal that goes in I have my dmen hit me nice and hard on the top of the head, so as to remember it. Don't accept any good comments, but before game only think of exactly what I need to do. Don't touch the crease on the way in and out. Before the first shots I take, back up into the net, behind the line and crouch so I can see everything in my crease symmetrically. Cut an arc into the playing surface below my feet, but only if I do it with both feet. On game day I try not to talk in warmups or before we start, but on the sideline and during the rest of the day, get crazy and try to psyche everyone up. Keep a ball in my bag the whole day on gameday. Sleep with a ball under my pillow the night before. Take a dump 45 minutes before the game. Stretch and warm up only with the head of my stick facing the sky, and have everything as symmetrical as possible on me, in the crease, in my field of vision, etc. That's pretty much it, but on gameday, I get intensely O.C.D., everything has to be perfect or I will fix it or not go in cage. For example I have to take an even number of shots in all places in warmups and if there is an extra or something I let it go by. Take an even number of steps on both feet on my way to the crease- if I start with one, I end with the other, but for anything else that can't be symmetrical, do it both ways, equal times. Take three five-hole saves to end warmups. That's pretty much it.

[BCGoalie56]

Everytime in training I look at my posts and go cmon boys lets win this thing hahaha

I also wear high white sox only in games though, and I have a theaory that you can warm up your shins by taking an attack stick nd hitting each shin the times, but you doing it so ud gra the stick and do it. And talking to the goalie I always try to give him something weird to think about so I say you ready for this when were shaking and stare him down cause i know hes going to go to the crease and say wtf am i ready haha mind games!
Barrett Percival you make me laugh! I say a quick prayer to my passed love ones and ask for guidance and help, then I point to the sky as to end my prayer and hand it off to those I just prayed to/for. Then I tap the left pipe looking at the face off and yell the last name of my face off guy.

[g04L13 iNSANiTY]

I won't talk to anyone game day and I think it helps me concentrate only on the game (and also everytime I do it my teammates play amazingly good but I tried not doing it once and they sucked and we lost really badly)

[laxgdawgger010]

I always wear the exact same outfit, a wrist band on my forearm that says get it, got it. I also hit the right Pipe than the left pip than the right ppe anytime theres a change in possesion, when the other team crosses the half field line, and before and after faceoffs

[Lacrosse4life31]

speak for yourself.. im a goalie and i dont think im wierd

im a goalie and my coach and teachers call me wierd. :crazy:

[SSHSGoalie33]

I wear Long White Socks, my Record with them is 12-1

[LaxStick123]

The night before every game, I use a special shampoo and pack my lax bag in a certain way(cp first, helmet, gloves then cup). Also, i wear a special kind of boxers during the day. On the bus, I do not talk to anyone, i just listen to the conversations going on. I warm up as usual and right before the game starts, I drink my "pre-game" water. During the line up, I stare at the other goalie and I don't stop, i an relentless. If he looks away, even for an instant, I know I've got in his head and he doesn't perform as well. After we cross, I sprint to the crease, slowing as i get near. I enter slightly to the right while making a "U" turn as i cross the goal, observing the cleat tracks, taking note to the arc, how far the person stepped out etc... Then, I yell some encouragement to the face off guy.

I do the same thing every time

[bplaxg33]

I started a new superstition for myself this season 3 games ago when i ate mac and cheese before possily my best game of the year in a 5-2 win have ate mac and cheese the last 2 games as a result of that game and have won both which is big since we are now in our conference playoffs.

[lax110]

I have a gameday hat i only where on gamedays, i swear to god it works i havent lost a game when ive woren it.

[G10TSM]

I only enter the crease from the back right to start the game. So after the hand shake, I jog around the left side, behind the goal and into the crease. Tap each pipe and start the game standing on the crease line.

[kalata05]

i try not to talk very much on the ride down and just listen to music and concentrate and sleep

[Hatch]

It might work for him, lay off. We goalies are weird.

Actually i would say We Goalies rnt weird. We Goalies r INSANE!!!!!!!

And i normally pray, that it

[LaXShaWtY]

d00d... bass. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[juskellaxin]

tap the pipes left then right then top...then crouch and stretch each leg to a 5 count, then 2 laps around crease. Never let tape of stick touch pipes...bad juju

[FitzGoalie]

i've decided that i need to learn to do a cartwheel. i can imagine nothing more intimidating than doing a cartwheel on the way to the goalie handshake.

[EricL]

i've decided that i need to learn to do a cartwheel. i can imagine nothing more intimidating than doing a cartwheel on the way to the goalie handshake.
Ha! Wouldn't a flip be better?

[BOMBERd-pole]

i tap the left post, then right, get into my ready position and spin my stick once; i do that twice
also if a shot hits the posts or crossbar i thank it outloud and if i can ill rub it a little to show my gratitude lol

[CTwiltongoalie1]

I wear calf high white nike socks, and for day games I have the FO guy paint triangles on my face (not the Mikey Powell kind, I like 'em isosceles). I also never participate in the pre-game fast break drill with the team, I sit on the bench with the injured kid and watch the other team's warm ups.

[OHSgoalie10]

Oh man, I'm basically OCD on game days. I wear the exact same under armour team shirt and socks for every game. I always fix a PBJ sandwich to eat or lately i've been going to chipotle before games. I NEVER let other people touch my game stick. Don't talk to people except iff about past games or about the other team. I have to put eye black on and lip balm to keep from chapping.

[thekeep4]

every game spin around while jumping then jump and touch the crossbar with my hand.

[Lacrosse4life31]

i do what bomber-Dpole does, except if i save a REALLY easy shot, i say "NICE PASS KEEP EM COMING!"

[TRSgoaliechick]

I am one of the JV girls lacrosse goalie at TRS... when i was on freshamn team...we meditated before each game...we went to confrence but lose last round (15-2-1) and we all believed if we didnt meditate that we would lose and we did....

[PA-Goalie]

I blast techno on my ipod atleast 30 minutes before the game...the bass puts me in a rythm. also whenevr the other team scores a goal, the d and i circle up on the crease, decide how the goal was scored, who was in the wrong, and make sure it doesn't happen again.

[laxgolie487]

I GET WARMED UP LIKE NORMAL THEN GO SIT BYMYSELF YEP ALLL ALONE AND THINK ABOUT THE GAME AND GET SYCED

[THE_1protector]

i always tap the posts left to right with the head of my stick then i hit the ground with the butt end . then im ready to go.

[owliefun]

i always tap the pipes. ALWAYS.

[laxgthreeone]

I always :

Wear my knee high white socks.

Pray on one knee when I get in the crease.

Tap pipes/crossbar.

I pray before every quarter.

And I Tap Piped/Crossbar every quarter.

[NBCLAX23]

putting balls in the net during practice is very bad luck also i put a crosse on my ballstop

[nb-lax-20]

i have to eat the same thing, wear the same thing, pray, and basically anything i notice i do in routine on a day we win.

[JazzyJake]

i do ALL SORTS of things
when girls come with the team i ALWAYS hit on them, not to hit on them, but just to get the other guys riled up, i dance in the crease no matter what, honestly, i am the cockiest jerk ever in the crease.
i sing to the attackmen....everything from SOAD to killswitch.
sometimes i'll walk up and start stroking their shoulder...that really freaks them out.
it's all about being the strangest person you can be.
the more the concentrate on something else, the less they concentrate on working together, and getting the ball in the net.

as for rituals...i always wear my chucks to the field, i never take my ADHD meds on game days, and i always shotgun an energy drink minutes before the game.
it's usually a bawls.

[EHSLAX12]

I always :

Wear my knee high white socks.

Pray on one knee when I get in the crease.

Tap pipes/crossbar.

I pray before every quarter.

And I Tap Piped/Crossbar every quarter.

i dont pray but i do mutter something, im not gonna say it here. i put my head against the right pipe and look down, say my words, then tap right pipe, top, left. then i just play my game. after each quarter ends and i go back into the net, i do the same thing.

[eldoradogoalie]

I jump up and i hit my helmet against the cross bar as hard as i can before every game and i pray every time i step into the cage i cross myself up and focus

[melaxgoalie8]

i put a used cotton swab from my ear before the game and put it in my pocket. When i started that i have scored a goal every game or had a shutout ever since and that was 15 games ago

[kgoal95]

i never wear a mouth guard during practice tap left and right poles twice and get pumped talk trash i getts the other team mad so they take any shot the can and the wall stops them:banghead: get get past me!!!

[brickwall500]

I Don't Any More-But USed To Do Silly Things Like That-
-Impossible Is Nothing-

[CelticLaxer]

I make a "sign of the cross"- tap the ground with the butt end outside the crease, then smack the crossbar with the head, left pipe with the shaft, right pipe with the head, then turn around to face upfield, then finish by hitting pipe to my left with the shaft, then pipe on the right with the head. It started with my very first game just as a way to reinforce my feel for the pipes, but it quickly became a ritual for the beginning of every quarter.

Whenever possible, I try to get a pre-game nap or listen to side 2 (from the tape cassette days) of a favorite album ('The Seventh One' by Toto- I'm old).

And in college, I always played better when 1 particular teammate (who wasn't too good) insulted my play before the game.

[Sjrlax69]

lol i have so many superstitions, it turns out i have obsesive compulsive disorder lol =D

[laxgoalie4life]

yeah just the usuall hit the pole as much as i can helps me think that im getting in the other teams head. also i always sing, dance and jump around like a crazy person during warm up. my team laughs at me every game but i just gotta do it, even if there isint music. it seems to work 11-4 record aint bad

[laxgoalie4life]

we are all wierd and if your not, impresive. . . im so bad that even my parents think im crazy. . .arnt they supposed to tell you that your normal?!

[laxgdawgger010]

i always have to wear some moderately long socks, I have to enter the crease at a run or jog, I ask my pipes and cross bar to be good to me and than I tap each pipe and the cross bar once

[laxgdawgger010]

i always have to wear some sort of moderately lengthed sock, preferably black. I always have to enter the crease at a jog or run. I than ask my pipes and cross bar to be good to me and I type each one once. My cleats also have to be tied at the exact right tightness and have to remember this great goalie quote before I put my helmet on.

[comet36]

i always start the night before by getting in the same routine. usually a large junk meal like sausages, burgers, beans and potato waffles followed by a banoffee pie and pepsi max. mmmmmmmm!! followed by a healthy diet of watching lax stuff on youtube and a few games, strumming my guitar and finally watching an action movie. game day get out of bed 2 hours pregame have a nice breakfast and a couple of bananas and plenty of water. wear the same clothes, listen to the same music do the same warm up, step into the cage, mark out positioning and tap the pipes once each. then im ready and focussed

[RedDeerLax]

3 things:
1 RIght side of equipment first.
2 Do everything an even number of times like tap shin pads (box golie here) or posts)
3. Touch top of cross bar, middle of goal line, left post and right post like sign of the holy spirit and say "In the name of Jesus, No wepon formed against me shall prosper, And every turn that rises against my judgment you shall condem" (DMX-Lord give me a sign). Then lay that in my head like someone said to get a rythem.

[BHgoalie50]

well this is a ritual i do with my d poles and it helps the defense in general but we sing, during the game we will sing when the balls on offense., from rap to country to rock, we will sing it all. it also kinda freaks out our attackmen

[CTwiltongoalie1]

I like to sacrifice twelve fattened bulls to Poseidon before and after every game, you know, for good luck.

[aviator7]

every cow is holy

[TRgoalie2010]

my team meditates and then i tap the sides of the goal...it makes some people intimidated.

[BigNasty]

i CUT A SMALL A HOLE IN MY NETS OF MY GOALIE STICKS AND I WET MY STICK 4 GOOD LUCK SO FAR IM 85% WIT 20 SAVES (iM THE BACK UP GOALIE)

[CHLaxgoalie3]

Personally, i really don't have many superstitions... But rituals. I'll dig out some lines by the crease with my cleats that are lined up with the pipes. And I always get my D together and we all get fired up. Then I basically tap the pipes, crack my knuckles and get my head in the game.

[laxgdawgger010]

same exact outfit for me: green mid calf socks, shorts, same underarmour lax shirt, eye black. Have to jog into the crease, can't walk in, ask my pipes for luck before the game and after half time and tap each pipe and crossbar facing them. Weird I know but w.e.

[stslax]

I roll my sweatpants up,pray, and listen to music before a game.

[Nor*Cal Goalie]

I usually listen to music before a game, like in the car or something, and then tap out the tune on the posts. Yea, sometimes I avoid lines, but thats only if I had a game previously when my save percentage was under 50. I get kinda paranoid after a bad game, so I'll cange everything I remember doing 0_0

[matty1613]

Dude goalies are weird and fearless and the only way we can become fearless is by keeping to our weirdness and rituals lol. I don't talk to a soul before the game I listen to music and usually throw a ball in the air and catch it watching the ball carefully then usually I have a mix that I play on random once a certain song comes on doesn't matter what time it comes on I don't listen to music and get dressed. Once I shack the keepers hand I sprint to the net and spin twice into the crease, tap the cross and off low then ready to get my game going. Sometimes I let the frst shot in purposely to let the jitz out of my system it's weird but we won states I guess I did something right lol.

[BucsBrickWall]

1. Right side first.
2. Same Songs
3. Night Before: pre game mix, music to visualize myself playing well.
4. Gameday: Gameday mix. Dance party music, completely throws attackers off.
5. wake up to my "goalie wall"
6. Lucky bandana MUST be worn in EVERY game.
Gametime:
1. Only my coach warms me up (WORKS SO GOOD)
2. Don't talk to anyone
3. Look at a ball for an eternity (just a ball on the ground surrounded by grass)
4. Think ok, you've got this
5. Completely shut down and focus: it's gametime
6. ON a free position, look directly into the attacker's eyes. when they look away, I know I won.

Now that I look, i have a lot. haha

[Wyvern75]

i have a very long "tapping" ritual i do everytime i enter or re-enter the crease and other very odd things

Yeah, pipe tapping was a big one for me.

I never entered the crease without reaching out and tapping the pipe opposite my stickhead while facing the goal and then turning my back to the net and tapping the other pipe.

Also, tapping the dirt on each side of me whenever our team scored.

[oviedolax]

whenever i get slammed in the legs with a shot, i jog around the crease

[utkdave]

Tap the left pipe first then the top then the right then i squat down say a few words then my defenders tape the same poles while im squatting and then its game time

[crosdog729]

I tap the posts left to right once the ball comes down the field so I get moving before I take a shot.

[btgoalie]

sign of the cross with the pipes then strech quads idk shy it just feels right

[attacktictix 3]

I pound my pocket after every time my stance is disturbed and if i get it in the legs and get a dead leg i jog around the front of the crease and jump around.

[NC_Goalie_Girl]

I pound my pocket as well whenever the balls not on our side.

I also wear the exact same outfit every game day. I wash it after every game but I wear the same sweatpants, undershirt, spandex, etc...

[mcnutty93]

I tap the left and right posts with the but 2 times each and the head 2 times each

[laxballer92118]

i put eyeblack on my face to cover my whole cheeks, i sit and pray right before my team runs out of the locker room. i sprint to the goal after the goalies meet, i squat as low as the face off guys do during every face off. After every goal, my team or the other team, me and my defense meet and have a conversation about how that game is going.

[McLaxGoalie]

I don't depend on superstitions to save me in goal

[BucsBrickWall]

it's not to save us.

we do it all, it's just a mental thing.

[oviedolax]

i put eyeblack on my face to cover my whole cheeks, i sit and pray right before my team runs out of the locker room. i sprint to the goal after the goalies meet, i squat as low as the face off guys do during every face off. After every goal, my team or the other team, me and my defense meet and have a conversation about how that game is going.

i do the squatting thing too

[Thatgoalie]

This has the potential to get a little lengthy but here goes:
1. Same eye black pattern every time.
2. Sweat pants have to be a very specific pair and they always have to be shortened and taped at the same point, right below the kneecap.
3. Cleats go on left then right, then tied.
4. Must have cutoff sleve headband.
5. Gloves go on right then left.
6. Not allowed to wear a red undershirt on game day even though its school colors.
7. Drench my head in water during every time out and before game.
8. Always stare at the other goalie during cross.
9. Sprint to restraining line, 1/2 turn, then jog backwards into goal. Grab crossbar with left hand, then hit pipes left, right, left, right, left, up then jump and land in a crouch before faceoff.
10. I always have "headstong" by Taproot playing before leaving the locker room.
11. Forgot about the most important thing. after I get to the crease, tap the bottom of the sticks with defensemen, say "give me a little stick", tap the heads of the sticks together, say "give me a lot of head."

[I_am_the_wall]

I have what i think is the best ritual for getting in the goalie mindset. At the begining of the game i start saying one of bruce lees immortal lines. "your mind must be not thinking yet not dreaming" of course he was referring to martial arts but it makes me stop thinking but focus alot on the game and by like 5 minutes into the game my mind will go into totally goalie mode my body does what its been taught and my mind is completely clear. i gotta thank my dad for that one he is a massive bruce lee fan

[medico42]

At the start of each half, I run from our sideline to the restraining line, than job backwards to where the top of the men's crease would be before stopping.

The only other really strange thing (strange to me at least) that I do is that during 8-meter shots I dig my left foot into the ground the best I can before the whistle and try and rip out as much grass as I can.

[IDLaxStar]

I don't warm up or stretch with my team. The other goalies and me stretch out together. Then we get our warm ups and i am the last one to get warmed up. I never get serious before games or talk to my other team mates a lot. I like to stay loose and not serious. I play worse when i'm mad or serious. I take a butt load of shots before the game. Then When its time for the line up before game i don't think about anything at all. Then i run jog to my crease hit the right post left post then cross bar then i repeat it.