Photo Credit: Skate HQ “Fear and trust ride the same teeter totter; when fear goes up trust goes down, when trust goes up fear goes down” – Walter Aguilar As a coach, do your players fear you or trust you? When your players fear you you will get compliance, when they trust you you will […]
Stressful thinking creates catabolic energy – an energy that can show up as anger or victim thinking that will create tension, worry, fear and other negative emotions that will significantly limit their performance. Read part 1 of this series here Stress in minor hockey players blocks creativity, intuition, flow, and decreases confidence. They may find […]
“Success is a science, if you have the conditions, you get the results” -Oscar Wilde The start of a hockey season can be one of two things for a hockey player; an exciting opportunity or a very stressful experience. Often it comes down to perspective and being able to manage the distractions that can […]
“The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it’s your thoughts that create these false beliefs. You can’t package stress, touch it, or see it. There are only people engaged in stressful thinking.” – Wayne Dyer We all know intuitively that when we are under stress we show up […]
Featured Image credit: Chris Mast “As any athlete knows, momentum is the most unstoppable force in sports. The only way to stop it is if you get in your own way, start making stupid mistakes or stop believing in yourself.” – Rocco Mediate When a team has momentum, it means a team has things going […]
Photo courtesy of Chris Mast/Everett Silvertips “Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life” Eckart Tolle – Author: Power of Now Hockey is played in the now. Once the game is over, it becomes part of the past. If it was filmed, it […]
When you are in a creative state, you forget the habit of being yourself”- Joe Dispenza It happens to all goal scorers at some point during the season or their career; the prolonged scoring slump. The goals that came so effortlessly at one point now feel like a lifetime away. Five games turn to ten, […]
“Trust Men and they will be true to you. Trust them greatly and they will show themselves great” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Coaching can be a very stressful experience. Winning and losing outcomes can become all consuming to a coach. This can cause a coach’s performance to be negatively affected by their inability to manage […]
Every year coaches just like you get to coach a new batch of talented hockey players. That is the circle of life in the hockey world. You have veterans who have had the opportunity to adjust to your league’s higher level of competition and are effective contributors to your team. However, there is a type […]
“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day” Jim Rohn In hockey arenas, there seems to always be “that” hockey parent. The one who yells and screams at the referees, coaches and even their own kid. They are often over attached, takes things personal, is very self righteous as their version […]
