Performance / Goaltending · 2026
Calm from the Crease
A performance guide for the position behind the position.
Part of the The Calm Series
Goaltending is a position of composure. A goalie who cannot regulate state cannot read the play, cannot recover from a bad goal, and cannot be trusted to show up the same way in the third period as the first. Most training never addresses this directly. The drills get longer. The workouts get harder. The part of the game that decides everything gets left alone.
Calm from the Crease is a practical guide to training that part. Breathwork, micro-mobility, and in-game reset techniques drawn from sports science and somatic practice, organized into routines that work before, during, and after competition. The book is built to be simple enough to use in a warm-up and repeatable enough to become a habit.
It is written for goalies, for the coaches who work with them, and for the parents who want to understand what their kid is actually managing out there. Pre-game preparation. In-game recovery. Post-game reset. A clear framework for building consistency, improving reaction, and protecting long-term performance in the crease.
The crease is a small space. What happens inside it is not.
- The one system you've never trained
- Pre-game: the state you walk onto the ice with
- In-game: resets between whistles, after goals, in overtime
- Post-game: recovery as a performance skill
- Tools for coaches and parents
- A framework for long-term consistency
Scott Steele writes about performing under pressure, drawing on two careers that usually do not share a shelf: twenty-plus years in enterprise technology leadership and a practice in somatic and breath-based training. He is an RYT500 yoga instructor, a certified breathwork facilitator, and a commissioner with the National Ball Hockey League.
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