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Your Mental Game and Game Time Trust
January 31, 2010 By 8 Comments
Your mental game of hockey helps you balance both learning skills and performing in competition. Do you have trouble bringing your practice game skills to competition?Many hockey players tighten up, over think and try too hard during competition, which can cause them to under-perform.You … [Read more...]
Intensity Boosts Your Mental Focus in Hockey
January 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Playing with the proper intensity is important to play your best hockey. Your intensity might not always be consistent. Some games, you might be psyched up and ready to play while other times, you might lack interest or feel bored, which hurts your ability to concentrate.When your intensity … [Read more...]
Momentum Shift Helps Wild Comeback
January 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
The mental game of hockey is critical when you're down big in a game and need a miracle. The Minnesota Wild were down by 4 goals with one period left playing at home. But they mounted a massive comeback in the third period and won a shootout against the Chicago Blackhawks. Was this a focused … [Read more...]
When Hockey Confidence is Fragile
December 31, 2009 By 3 Comments
I receive emails everyday from sports parents and athletes asking for help with their mental game and it often is about questions on confidence. And hockey parents want help too with their young hockey players. Here is an example of a hockey psychology question I received from a hockey parent … [Read more...]
Hockey Confidence: How to Take Control
December 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Self-confidence in hockey is the number one asset when discussing your mental game. Self-confidence separates great athletes from the good athletes. Self-confidence is how much you believe in your ability. Many hockey players have fragile self-confidence, or lose confidence easily after … [Read more...]
Hockey Psychology: Riding Momentum
December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Momentum is critical to your hockey team’s success. When your team feels like you’ve got momentum, you feel everything going for you. Your team can’t make a bad play or miss a shot on goal. You play fearlessly. Momentum in hockey keeps your confidence high and the puck out of your end of … [Read more...]
Hockey Mental Game and Pregame Jitters
December 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Most every competitive hockey player experiences what I think are positive pregame jitters – the feelings of excitement or intensity prior to a hockey game.Some hockey players experience more than just jitters; they under perform due to performance anxiety – a sinking feeling in the pit of … [Read more...]
Self-Confidence to Play NHL Hockey
October 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Every successful professional player in the NHL has an enormous amount of self-confidence in his ability. The million-dollar question is “How do you become confident and keep your confidence even in the face of adversity?” Confidence is the belief in your ability and it can include two … [Read more...]
