How Confidence Affects Your Game Plan Game plans are important for any team. Some teams base their game plans on their teams’ strengths. What can your team do well with the players you have? …
Your Mental Game and Self-Intimidation
The Mental Game Challenge of Self-Intimidation Self-intimidation is a common mental game challenge for hockey players. You lose confidence by making comparisons to your competitors. Most of …
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When Playing Time Presents Problems
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 …
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Hockey Confidence: How to Take Control
How to Keep Self-Confidence High in Hockey Self-confidence in hockey is the number one asset when discussing your mental game. Self-confidence separates great athletes from the good athletes. …
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Self-Confidence to Play NHL Hockey
How Do Hockey Players Develop Confidence? 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 …
Perform in Games Like You Practice
Taking Practice Confidence to Games Do you perform exceptionally well in practice and then "choke" in games? Do you become so nervous and filled with anxiety that you cannot "feel" your stick …