Mental training guide for the ice hockey goalies
Vehviläinen, Simo (2012)
Vehviläinen, Simo
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201302122261
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201302122261
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This product based Bachelor’s thesis is a guide called Mental training guide for ice hockey goalies. The guide was made primarily for Finnish ice hockey goalies and goalie coaches. The goal is to give them a guide that they could use as a part of every day coaching.
The guide was made because there is big need for mental practices in a goalies game. Coaching in ice hockey focuses mainly only on physical skills and that’s why there is a need for the mental practices in a field of hockey. The guide gives goalie coaches and goalies different techniques to improve their mental skills and knowledge about the mental side of the game.
The goal of the guide is to give goalies and goalie coaches essential information about the mental skills that goalies need to perform well in games. The guide also gives practices for everyday use to help goalies to improve their certain mental skills.
The guide consists of twelve different mental qualities. Those qualities are personality, self-esteem, goal setting, self –confidence, imaginary, emotions, stress and anxiety, game preparation, game plan, feedback, flow and motivation. Those mental qualities are selected to this guide based on my own experiences and discussions with different goalies and goalie coaches.
The guide also includes a follow up tool that helps goalie coaches and goalies to find out their mental skills problem areas and also gives them a way to see how they improve with the skills.
The guide was written in Finnish to be as easy to read and understand as possible because it is mainly made for Finnish goalie coaches and goalies.
The guide is easy to read and also athletes and coaches from other sports could easily use this information in their own sports.
The guide was made because there is big need for mental practices in a goalies game. Coaching in ice hockey focuses mainly only on physical skills and that’s why there is a need for the mental practices in a field of hockey. The guide gives goalie coaches and goalies different techniques to improve their mental skills and knowledge about the mental side of the game.
The goal of the guide is to give goalies and goalie coaches essential information about the mental skills that goalies need to perform well in games. The guide also gives practices for everyday use to help goalies to improve their certain mental skills.
The guide consists of twelve different mental qualities. Those qualities are personality, self-esteem, goal setting, self –confidence, imaginary, emotions, stress and anxiety, game preparation, game plan, feedback, flow and motivation. Those mental qualities are selected to this guide based on my own experiences and discussions with different goalies and goalie coaches.
The guide also includes a follow up tool that helps goalie coaches and goalies to find out their mental skills problem areas and also gives them a way to see how they improve with the skills.
The guide was written in Finnish to be as easy to read and understand as possible because it is mainly made for Finnish goalie coaches and goalies.
The guide is easy to read and also athletes and coaches from other sports could easily use this information in their own sports.