Mental Performance Coaching for Hockey Players Who Dominate in Practice but Freeze When It Counts
I specialize in hockey mental performance coaching for competitive athletes who want their game-day performance to finally match what they do in practice.
Does This Sound Like You?
✓ You dominate in practice, but in games you play tight, overthink every mistake, and feel like a different athlete.
✓ One bad shift, play, or rep spirals into a full-game meltdown—you can’t let it go.
✓ You’re tired of hearing ‘just be confident’ or ‘shake it off’ without anyone teaching you how.
✓ You know you’re capable of more, but your mental game keeps getting in the way.
Most athletes think confidence and focus just “show up” on game day.
The truth? Your mental game is built the same way your physical game is—through simple, repeatable reps.
When you don’t train your mind, you:
Rely on streaks and “good days”
Hope you don’t make a mistake instead of knowing how to reset
Let pressure, coaches, or parents control how you play
When you train your mental skills on purpose, you have a clear plan for what to do before, during, and after every game.
Here's What Most Athletes Don't Realize
Mental blocks don’t just cost you goals, points, or playing time. They cost you:
Confidence: You start questioning if you’re actually good enough.
Opportunities: Tryouts, showcases, and big games where you don’t show your real ability.
Joy: The sport you used to love starts to feel like stress, pressure, and anxiety.
Future options: College coaches and scouts only see the version of you that shows up under pressure.
The Real Cost of Mental Blocks
How Mental Performance Coaching Helps Hockey Players Play Confident Under Pressure
When you train your mental game, you:
Bounce back from mistakes in one shift, one play, or one rep—instead of carrying them all game.
Trust your training instead of overthinking every move.
Play aggressive and free instead of scared to mess up.
Handle pressure from coaches, parents, and teammates without shutting down.
Feel proud of how you compete, not just how you perform on the stat sheet.
“I see the difference when she’s competing but more importantly she has told me she feels the difference.”- Parent of a Think Strong Athlete
The 5 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery
1. Confidence Building
Daily habits and pre-game routines that build real, earned confidence—not fake hype.
2. Focus Under Pressure
Learn where to point your ‘mental flashlight’ so you stay locked in on the right things at the right time.
3. Mistake Recovery
Use a simple 3-Step Reset so one mistake doesn’t turn into a bad period, game, or season.
4. Emotional Control
Tools to manage nerves, frustration, and anger so your emotions don’t run your performance..
5. Mental Toughness
Train resilience and ‘next-play mentality’ so you can compete no matter what’s happening around you.
This Isn't Therapy or Motivation - It's Skill Training
I’m not here to give you a pep talk or tell you to “just be confident.”
I’m a certified mental performance coach with 10+ years of experience working with competitive athletes. We:
Break your mental game into clear skills
Practice those skills with simple drills and routines you can use before, during, and after games
Track your progress so you can see your confidence, focus, and resilience improving
How Mental Performance Coaching Works for Hockey Players
2. We build your Mental Game Plan
If we’re a good fit, we map out a simple plan for your mental game: what to do before games, how to reset after mistakes, and how to stay confident under pressure.
4. Adjust, track and level up
We review what’s working, what’s not, and tweak your routines so your confidence, focus, and mistake recovery keep getting stronger over the season.
1. Quick Call to see if it’s a fit
Your (and/or your parent) book a short call so I can learn about your sport, level, and what you’re struggling with.
3. Weekly coaching + real-time tools.
We meet regularly on Zoom. Each session you get one or two clear tools to use in practice, games or pre-game that week- no fluff, just things you can actually do between shifts, plays or reps.
“My son absolutely loves working with Kristin. He doesn’t open up to many people, but he feels completely comfortable with her—and that means everything to me. He comes out of every session energized and engaged, and after his tournament this weekend he told me he used several of the strategies they talked about.”
Ready to Stop Playing Scared?
Your mental edge starts now. Every practice, every game, every opportunity - you're either building mental strength or letting it slip away.
The choice is yours: Keep hoping your mental game improves on its own, or start training it like the skill it is.
Your physical training got you this far. Mental performance training will take you where you want to go.
Book your assessment session and discover exactly what's holding you back from consistent peak performance.