Mental game of hockey articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance and consistency in hockey.
Knowing How to Contribute to Your Team How do you define peak performance? There is some confusion around the concept of peak performance. Peak performance is often associated with crunch-time play such as a crucial save late in the game, scoring a game-winning goal in the closing seconds, clearing a loose puck in front
Remain Confident Under Pressure Would you consider your team highly confident? What contributes to team confidence? Athletic confidence runs the gamut from low to high. At the far left is a lack of confidence. When you have low confidence, you will have low expectations of success and high doubts about your abilities. For example,
Self-Confidence in Hockey If you were to rate your confidence in hockey from 1-10, what score would you give yourself? Imagine how much different you would feel, think, act, and perform if you rated yourself one or two points higher. If you rated your confidence a 6-7, you would be somewhat confident heading into
Play Hard, Not Safe When Leading Do you or your team have difficulty closing out games when you have a lead? There are two reasons hockey teams fail to close out games: a lapse of focus/ effort or the fear of losing. 1. Lapse of Focus – Hockey is a fast-paced game, and it
Having a Strong Mindset until the Final Buzzer Have you ever played a game where your team lost the lead, despite having a big lead, and allowed the opposing team to mount a comeback late in the game? Falling apart late in a game is a result of a faulty mindset. Some hockey teams
Preparing for a Ready-To-Go Mindset Are you prepared to play when you are inserted in the line-up at the last minute? What is your mindset when you are told you are going to play an hour before the puck drops? If you are not prepared, anxiety can skyrocket when your coach suddenly tells you