Teaching, Coaching and Mastering the Mental Game of Hockey. Dr. Wayne Halliwell University of Montreal

Transcription

1 Teaching, Coaching and Mastering the Mental Game of Hockey Dr. Wayne Halliwell University of Montreal

2 Today s athletes are different - Understand them - Empathize with them - Communicate with them - Connect with them - Inspire them

3 HEAD (Mental) HEART (Emotional) BODY (Physical)

4 MAKE DREAMS BUILD ACHIEVE

5 The Journey Passion

6 It is a terrible human waste to have sight without vision Helen Keller

7 Keys to Success Awareness Control Knowledge Choices

8 Awareness Self-awareness Situational awareness

9 Self-awareness What are my strengths? What do I need to improve? What kind of player am I? What chair do I sit in?

10 Identity as a Player Offensive Defenceman Green, Rafalski Defensive Defenceman - Pronger, Foote 2-way Defenceman - Lidstrom, Markov Offensive Forward - Savard, Satan Defensive Forward - Draper, Helm 2-way Forward - Crosby, Datsyuk Power Forward Franzen, Holmstrom

11 Identity as a Person Commitment Work ethic Attitude Responsible Leadership Humility

12 You can fool the fans You can fool the media You can fool the coaches You can t fool your teammates because they know

13 You can t fool yourself Satisfy the man in the mirror

14 Help them GROW - grow as athletes - grow as players - grow as people

15 Daily Decisions Determine Destiny

16 M.E.D.C. Make Every Day Count

17 Olympic Mindset Confidence and Consistency Constantly searching for Improvement!

18 Set stretch goals Improvement is a process

19 C O N F I D E N C E M E N T A L T E C H N I C A L T A C T I C A L P H Y S I C A L

20 Train Your Brain Unchain Your Brain

21 Thinking habits - We are all creatures of Habit - Be aware of your thinking habits - Break old thinking habits - Create new thinking habits

22 Thinking Habits awareness? I have to have a good game I better start scoring I have to get a goal I hope I have a good game I hope I don t screw up

23 "Mind vitamins" Self-talk Visualization Focusing Breathing

24 N.H.L. Mental skills 99, 87, 77, 48, 37, 26, 19, 17, 9, 1

25 Anecdotes Have a store of stories Harvey Dorfman Coaching the Mental Game

26 Consistency, work ethic, and pride are the keys to success Wayne Gretzky #99

27 Control what you can control Sidney Crosby # 87

28 Breathing # O2 Take deep breaths between shifts on the bench Steve Thomas - "Get pucks in, get pucks out, and take deep breaths"

29 A,B,C S FOR GOALIES Alert Big Calm

30 "Trigger words" Alert Big - Calm Square Challenge Battle See the puck

31 "Trigger words" Move your feet Drive the net Stay on rebounds Track back hard Win the battles Stay with it

32 SUCCESS IS A CHOICE

33 Success doesn t happen by chance Success happens by choice!

34 We are not born as winners or losers, we are born as CHOOSERS

35 How good can I be? What will I do today?

36 Train with a Purpose Practice with a purpose

37 ATTITUDE

38 Work ethic is a skill Harry Sheehy Raising a Team Player

39 If you aren t working hard, someone else is, and one day, the trwo of you will meet

40 HAVE TO ATTITUDE WANT TO GET TO

41 Adapting and Adjusting - Quick feet = foot speed - Quick hands = hand speed - Quick brain = mind speed

42 Focus control Mind Past Present Future

43 Relax Ready Review Refocus Regroup Release Replace "Bouncing back" using the R's

44 Thoughts, emotions, focus, breathing, body language, effort, battle level, reactions, attitude, communication, leadership, hydration, nutrition, sleep perspective, balance, decisions

45 Other Can t Controls Coaching decisions : - ice time - not dressing - linemates - position - team systems

46 Coping skills 1. Don t point fingers 2. Deal with it! 3. Focus on what you can control 4. Stay in the solution 5. Figure it out!

47 Struggle and Emerge Notre Dame College Wilcox, Saskatchewan

48 Focus Short Sharp Compete Discipline Battle Intensity On-ice Off-ice

49 Mental Preparation Be in the moment Stay in the moment Own the moment

50 In The Moment Immersed Absorbed Engaged Connected

51 Emotional preparation Enjoy the moment Savour the moment Embrace the moment

52 PRESSURE You can FEEL pressure or You can APPLY pressure

53 PRESSURE Be Comfortable being. Uncomfortable

54 Finding ways to lead Out front 19 Help Care Beside Behind

55 FIND A WAY - To LEAD - To CONTRIBUTE - To BE PROACTIVE - TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

56 Talent is not enough Young guys need to : - bring energy - leave an impression - grab opportunities - not sit and wait - be proactive and have a plan

57 Motivational R s Recognize Reinforce Reward

58 Use effort-based language when giving praise to athletes Carol Dweck MINDSET

59 IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO! ME