Mental training for hockey players articles and sport psychology tips for hockey players, coaches, and sport parents to improve mental performance in hockey.
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
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
Momentum Changes in Hockey Momentum is critical to your hockey team’s success. When your team feels like you’ve got momentum, you feel everything going for you. Your team can’t make a bad play or miss a shot on goal. You play fearlessly. Momentum in hockey keeps your confidence high and the puck out of
Embracing The Pregame Jitters Most every competitive hockey player experiences what I think are positive pregame jitters – the feelings of excitement or intensity prior to a hockey game. Some hockey players experience more than just jitters; they under perform due to performance anxiety – a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach. Pregame
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:
Welcome to Hockey Psychology! I’m Dr. Patrick Cohn, owner of Peak Performance Sports, LLC in Orlando, Florida. I help hockey players, of any level, and their coaches and parents improve mental game skills and mental toughness for competition. I also help you mentally prepare to perform your best at game time and get the most out