Keep Your Power
- Build mental power before games through pre-game visualization to arrive focused and in control.
- After allowing a goal, avoid dwelling on the missed save — immediately shift focus to making the next one.
- Keeping your power means taking no mental energy from external events, teammates, or circumstances beyond your control.
- Pete Fry's Goalie Mindset Power is a 30-day program built from 30 years of research into winning goaltender habits and traits.
- Staying 'dialed on the task at hand' is the defining trait of goaltenders who perform consistently under pressure.
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.
How do you push through and keep that clear picture of where you’re going and stay dialed on the task at hand when things and even people around you seem to be falling apart? How do you keep your power as a goalie?
By keeping your power, I mean you’re in control, you’re moving forward, you’re not blaming problems on other things or exterior events. Your focus simply remains on the task at hand.
Learn more about mastering your goalie mindset from Pete Fry:
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
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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