Hockey confidence articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance and consistency in hockey.
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. Self-confidence is how much you believe in your ability. Many hockey players have fragile self-confidence, or lose confidence easily after mistakes. I recently received the following
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 confident and keep your confidence even in the face of adversity?” Confidence is the belief in your ability and it can include two areas:
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 or blades? Do you become full of self-doubt, worry, and forget plays in big games? You should ask these important questions to