Recent hockey psychology articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance in hockey.
The Ultimate Sports Parent Radio Show at www.youthsportspsychology.com interviews Steve Shapiro, coach for the Phoenix Mustangs, a non-profit youth hockey organization. Steve Shapiro discusses the challenges young athletes and parents face with playing time and how parents and players should discuss playing time with their coach. Mental game coach Dr. Patrick Cohn provides commentary. Listen to the
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Do You Trust Your Skill Come Game Time? 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 practice countless hours to
Making Your Intensity Consistent in Hockey 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
What Mental Game Skills Did Minnesota Use? 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
Regaining Confidence After a Bad Hit in Hockey 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