Chris Driedger on how to rest and reset before puck drop… and Mindset Guru Pete Fry explains how to use it to anchor confidence
Chris Driedger was in the midst of a breakout season with the Florida Panthers when the NHL season paused in mid-March because of the Coronavirus, and among the things he pointed to for his success were routines developed over the years to keep himself mentally engaged.
Driedger, who was 7-2-1 with a .938 save percentage that included a shutout in his first NHL start back on Nov. 30, pointed to a visualization routine during the national anthem as one example, but also talked about how he reset himself before the puck drops after a break.
“I’m going to be honest I feel like those little routines have kind of saved me a couple times this year,” Driedger said during an hour-long interview for the InGoal Radio Podcast.
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Driedger names the exact reset mechanism he uses to re-engage before puck drop after a period — and what he's learned he has to do first to make it work is in the next paragraph.
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