Having Hard Times In Hockey?

We’ve all seen those players who are tremendously hard on themselves after a bad result. Their head hanging, stick dragging, beating themselves up.

This causes mayhem in their mind and leads them to experience what is known as performance anxiety.

No matter how encouraging their teammates, or their family, or their coaches are at lifting their spirits, that player’s lack of confidence in themselves is too much to see any of the positives from the game that just ended in defeat. Their confidence has dropped and their anxiety has risen. Does this happen to you too?

It may seem that all is lost, but once you are aware of what’s going on in your mind when you are anxious, you can deal with what’s happening.

In fact, you can use anxiety to help you to become mentally stronger, (who knew!?) Here's how:

It starts with realizing that anxiety is a sign from your intuition that you're focusing hard on the negative possible outcome:

What you can do is start to use anxiety as a tool to train your mindset to see those feelings of discomfort and defeat as feedback to help you redirect that negative energy. Ask yourself, what positive outcomes can you now use to refocus your attention on getting better results and build your Hockey Confidence?

See that feedback as an opportunity to refocus your mind on what you need to do to get the BEST positive outcome. 

Focus on what you do want to happen, not on worrying about what you don't want to happen.

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And, HERE you can see what other players are saying about their successes with Hockey Confidence.

Warmest, Izzy.

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