Hockey psychology articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance in hockey.
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Does Practice Make Perfect? Since “perfect” is an unrealistic ideal, the answer is no. However, practice goes far beyond perfecting technique. Practice creates habits. Practice hones your technical and tactical awareness. Practice improves conditioning, speed, agility, and power. Practice improves communication, builds team cohesion, and sets a team’s culture. Practice improves confidence, resilience, motivation,
What causes Some Hockey Teams to Panic? Have you ever played in a game where you had a solid game plan and felt confident in your ability to execute the plan, but the opposing team jumped out to an early lead? Many teams panic in these situations and lose trust in their game plan.
What is Meant by “Game Intensity” in Hockey? What factors affect game intensity? Game intensity is a team’s level of effort, energy, and excitement. Game intensity is being emotionally charged and physically engaged in the competition. Some hockey teams tend to start games flat. The players don’t seem to be fully present in the
Have you Heard that, “You Make your Own Luck?” Making your own luck is a matter of looking for opportunities and making the most of those opportunities. For example, if you played on the first line the previous year but had your playing time significantly reduced for the current season, one option is to
Your Thought Process After a Mistake To take it a step further, what are your thoughts if your mistake occurs late in a game, allowing the opposing team to score and win the game? Every player makes mistakes, and every player responds to mistakes differently. Your response to a mistake impacts the next play,
Ever Had a Coach that you Didn’t Mesh With? You may have thought your coach was unfair or unreasonable. Many athletes have a negative or shaky relationship with their coach. Having a conflict with a coach can make training and competing a challenge. When you feel a coach has something against you, you will