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Mind Gym Playbook

Turn chapters into actionable mental reps

Translate the book's most highlighted sections into on-ice ready routines. Drop them straight into practice, assign to leadership groups, or reach for them on the bench when momentum swings.

Actionable
Built so you can run the book’s concepts rink-side in under five minutes.
Coach-Friendly
Print, drop into your practice plans, or assign to leadership groups.
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Every drill is indexed so athletes can surface the right reset in seconds.

Prime Your Inner Game

Build the 60-second reset ritual Mind Gym introduces to clear noise and refocus on the next task.

1 minuteDeploy between shifts, during timeouts, or whenever your heart rate spikes.

60-Second Centering Breath

Use controlled breathing plus a one-word cue to reset confidence between shifts or before faceoffs.

Run the drill

  1. 1Plant both skates flat, sit tall, and close your glove over the stick to create an anchor point.
  2. 2Inhale through the nose for a 4-count while silently saying “expand.”
  3. 3Hold for 2 counts, choosing your next play in a single word (e.g., “attack,” “calm”).
  4. 4Exhale through the mouth for a 6-count while lowering the shoulders and feeling the bench beneath you.
  5. 5Open your eyes and repeat the action word out loud before jumping the boards.

Game-time cues

  • Pair the inhale with pressing your tongue to the roof of your mouth to slow your breath.
  • Reset your grip each repetition to signal the physical release of the previous play.

Build Unshakable Confidence

Translate the book’s confidence playlist concept into a pre-game visualization you can repeat anywhere.

5 minutesRun nightly or pre-game; repeat the first clip between periods for a quicker dose.

Three-Clip Confidence Tape

Stack three 20-second highlight memories to anchor the belief that you can answer any momentum swing.

Run the drill

  1. 1Select three clips: a skill play, a toughness moment, and a leadership moment.
  2. 2Close your eyes, play clip one in your mind, and narrate what you saw, heard, and felt in first-person present tense.
  3. 3Repeat for clips two and three without rushing—the sensory detail locks in confidence.
  4. 4Finish by standing tall, tapping your chest twice, and saying your personal power phrase.

Game-time cues

  • Load your clips into your phone’s favorites folder so you can review the real video on the bus.
  • If you do not have video, sketch the moments quickly in a notebook to make the images sticky.

Turn Setbacks into Fuel

Mind Gym teaches the “mistake ritual”; this drill helps you execute it in under two minutes after tough shifts.

2 minutesUse in the tunnel after a turnover, on the bench, or immediately post-game.

Rapid Game-Tape Reframe

Capture the lesson, lock in the adjustment, and re-enter the game without replaying the error.

Run the drill

  1. 1Name the mistake in one neutral sentence (e.g., “I turned the puck over on the breakout”).
  2. 2Identify the controllable (e.g., “scan before I receive” or “keep knees bent”).
  3. 3Visualize executing the correction once in your mind at game speed.
  4. 4Verbally trigger your next-action phrase and step back toward the ice or whiteboard.

Game-time cues

  • Keep the reframe card in your stall so staff can point to it instead of piling on verbal feedback.
  • If you are a captain, walk the player who made the mistake through the same steps to model the reset.