In “Sessions with Doc,” Dr. Patrick Cohn answers your sports psychology and mental training questions about Building Mental Strength in Hockey. Visit Peaksports.com and click on contact us to submit your question for Dr. Cohn to answer in his mental game videocast or podcast.
Do you focus on everything that could go wrong in a competition and then stress out and lose your confidence? In my video this week I’m going to talk about how you can stay more mentally tough prior to a game or leading up to a competition and not catastrophize.
Here’s the question Dr. Patrick Cohn answers this week:
CHRIS ASKS:”I’m a ice hockey goalie and I keep recalling the times when I did not prepare well and I got benched. Ironically, I’m doing the same thing right now before I got benched before. I think the competition is too good, I can’t beat them. When I go on the ice I can’t play my best. I lose the game before it starts. I predict that I’m going to be out-shot, or I’m going to blow it because my team is not outmatching the other team. How can I have more mental strength before games?”
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