Sense Arena Review Based on What I Have Seen So Far

COMMON SENSE ARENA QUESTIONS I GET:

Should I buy Sense Arena? What is the difference between the Sense Arena and The Glove Club? How do they compare? I get those questions a lot. This article will answer to those questions

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENSE ARENA AND THE CLOVE CLUB?

The Clove Club is real life training, Sense Arena is virtual training. I think Sense Arena is a great product that is constantly improving and in certain situations I highly recommend it and in certain situations I don’t. More about that below.

PROS AND CONS OF THE SENSE ARENA + WHEN TO BUY IT:

My biggest hesitation with the Sense Arena is that I have seen the Sense Arena enforce bad habits and also not produce the same results as real life training for the time and effort invested in.

Also, do you really want to spend more time watching a screen that affects your dopamine production which affects many things (Google it)?

Especially on game days you can’t use the Sense Arena since you want to avoid phone/TV/computer or any other type of screens because watching screens will tire your eyes and make your tracking worse.

Based on my experience so far, real-life training gives much better results for the time and effort invested. So, if you have limited time and energy due to school, team practices, and everything else, then you want to put your time and energy into training that gives you the best return of investment which is real life training (lifting, running, jumping, coordination, ice training, etc.).

But if you are a beginner goalie from a small hockey country who doesn’t have more than a couple of low tempo ice practices in a week with players who can hardly skate, then I think combination of Sense Arena and The Glove Club drills will give you the best results.

It also makes sense to buy the Sense Arena when you don’t have an opportunity to do off-ice training due to facilities and schedule. For example, if you live in an apartment in a big city like New York where you simply don’t have a place to do training and can’t go to the rink early to do training on your own.

What I like about Sense Arena are the drills where you have real players shooting because that can actually improve your shot reading and you get you to see real life situations. But the drills where you have virtual bots shooting are almost waste of time because you are not getting a real read for the shot and you are not getting as many reps as you would with real life off-ice drills. On top of that you can get away with bad habits that real life coordination drills don’t allow you to do.

I think that when your overall real life training is good enough then you can start looking into extras like Sense Arena or you are from a small hockey country. But before buying a virtual gadget for a youth-junior goalie I’d spend the money on personal trainer to make him/her faster and stronger because if you have weak physique all the goalie clinics, camps, and gadgets aren’t going get you to pros. Not even the drills in The Glove Club.

If you read this far don’t get me wrong. I think technology is a great and nothing gets better if we don’t start somewhere. I have worked at some of the biggest IT companies in the world so I’m naturally early adapter when it comes to new technology. However, the technology must make things better and nothing should be bought just because it is shiny and new. If I believed the Sense Arena was better than real life drills I would be promoting it since they have an affiliate program (meaning that I’d commission for referred sales). You also want to take all of this with a grain of salt because obviously I’m selling my own product which I believe is better than Sense Arena based on what I have seen. This opinion can change in the future if I start to see Sense Arena producing better results than real life training.

CONCLUSION:

No one ever made it to pro by playing video games. However, the Sense Arena could a nice addition to all the other training you are doing and it may be worth trying depending on your situation. At the end you’ll know better how it fits to your training than I do because every situation is different. Also, if it gets you training more or helps you to get started it could be a great investment. Same goes for the Glove Club, hear rate monitor, Oura ring or whatever. At the end, you don’t really know for sure until you try. I think the biggest risk usually is that you buy something and don’t use. To tackle this I made easy to follow programs so your habit change would happen as smoothly as possible.

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