Hockey mindset articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance and consistency in hockey.
Does a Bad Game Effect your Game & Future Performances? A bad game has the potential of having a long-lasting negative impact. Can you think of times when you were called for a penalty or a bad pass in your defensive zone that led to a game-winning goal? How did you feel afterward? You
Winning Mindset Against Your Biggest Competition Before you are about to play a hockey game, how do you decide which team is better? The question may sound absurd since the game hasn’t even been played. However, many hockey players approach games with assumptions about their opponents, impacting their performance on the ice. For instance,
Are You “Growing into Your Potential?” For a hockey player, “growing into your potential” is the process of developing and utilizing your inherent abilities, talents, and capabilities to their fullest extent. Growing into your potential is getting the most out of yourself, day in and day out. The process of growing into your potential
Why Some Teams Struggle to Finish a Win? Winning is never guaranteed when your team leads by a couple of goals in the third period. You can probably recall many stories where a hockey team experienced an epic collapse when having a significant lead. Some teams collapse late in games because they switch from
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,
Mentality is Your Attitude or Way of Thinking. The mentality a player takes into a hockey game will determine how they play. In fact, you can’t outplay your mentality. You can’t play at your peak when you believe you have little talent. Your mentality affects everything, including your internal images, self-talk, feelings, physiology, confidence,