Building confidence in hockey articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance and consistency in hockey.
Developing a Stable Level of Confidence Confidence is a tricky thing for most athletes. It can come and go… Many athletes ride a roller coaster with their confidence, rising and falling with each play, shift, or period. If you have fragile confidence, you can easily ride the mental roller coaster. High expectations, perfectionism, doubt,
Building Confidence With Mental Preparation All athletes know confidence is the top prerequisite for optimal performance. In fact, athletes usually attribute successful performances to confidence and point to a lack of confidence as the reason for under-performing. Why does confidence seem elusive? Why do so many athletes struggle with confidence? Let’s take a look
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