Having a Growth Mindset as a Goaltender

Pete Fry | February 10, 2022 | 4 min read

A growth mindset — believing talents develop through hard work — leads to greater achievement than a fixed mindset, which treats ability as innate and unchangeable.
Improving just 1% per day compounds to more than 10X total improvement over 365 days, making daily incremental effort extraordinarily powerful for goaltenders.
A fixed mindset is protective and paranoid; avoid it by focusing on getting better every single day rather than protecting your current level.
Pete Fry's Goalie Mindset Power program is a 30-day system built on three decades of research into the habits and traits of successful goaltenders at all levels.
Goaltenders at every level — from minor hockey to professional — can develop mental skills that directly improve on-ice performance.

Goalie Mindset expert Pete Fry is back with more key mindset tips that will help you become a better goaltender. Pete played in the Western Hockey League for the Portland Winterhawks and the Victoria Cougars. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils. Today he works with goaltenders of all levels, from minor hockey to professionals, helping them achieve more on the ice through developing their mental skills.

The following is based on content from Pete Fry’s Goalie Mindset Power a ground breaking 30-day program dedicated entirely to helping goaltenders create a mindset that will guarantee results. Goalie Mindset Power has been developed from three decades of research into goaltending success, examining the habits and traits of winning goaltenders at all ages and levels.

A growth mindset is vital for success. Studies have shown that people with a growth mindset, which comes from believing that talents can be developed through hard work and effort tend to achieve more than those who feel their talents are innate – what we call a fixed mindset. Do you want to achieve more?

Learn more about mastering your goalie mindset from Pete Fry:

Thinking Big for Goaltenders

Start Your Day with this 10-Minute Morning Mindset Routine

The Mindset For Your Best Tryout Performance

The Mental Game: Massively increase your odds of playing pro

The Mental Game: Why do I suck?

Are You Using the 23% Rule?

The Three Mental Zone System

The Athlete Mindset

You can work directly with Pete on your goalie mindset. Consider joining the Goalie Mindset Power program or you can contact Pete directly.

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