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Substance Misuse

What You Should Know Substances can impact your health and performance. Everything in moderation is probably fine.…except meth. It’s important to go out with…

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Substance Use: Performance & Recovery

What You Should Know No one sets out to have a problem with alcohol or drugs. But between pressure, injuries, poor sleep, and the…

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Depression, Performance & the Mental Game

What You Should Know • Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. It can feel like fatigue, frustration, brain fog, or disconnection. • It slows…

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Confidence Reset Post-Injury

What You Should Know: Coming back from injury impacts your timing, but more importantly, your confidence. Research shows that fear of re-injury is one…

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Breaking Out of a Slump

What to Know Slumps happen because focus shifts to stats and outcomes instead of the habits that create them. Over‑thinking = tight muscles, slower…

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Mental Health 101

What You Should Know Playing in the NHL is high-pressure, high-stakes, and nonstop. Feeling off (mentally, emotionally, physically) doesn’t mean you’re weak, it means…

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Playing Under Pressure

What to Know Pressure doesn’t mean something’s wrong. It means it matters. High arousal can narrow focus or trigger panic depending on how you…

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Managing Negative Self-Talk

What to Know • Self-talk shapes confidence, decision-making, and performance. • Negative self-talk can lead to overthinking, doubt, and poor execution. • Elite athletes…

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Focus & Attention

What you should know Focus gets torched by long shifts, bad calls, turnovers, getting chirped, or thinking about your last play/shift. It’s normal. But…

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Goal Setting

Why It Matters • Players with clear goals consistently outperform those without. • Goal setting improves motivation, attention, and execution. • Process-driven athletes have…

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Napping for Peak Performance

What’s the Optimal Napping Time? 20-30 mins for most people Why Cap It at 45 Minutes? • Avoid “sleep inertia.” Waking during deep sleep…

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Game Night Sleep

What You Should Know Better sleep = better performance . Deep sleep boosts reaction time, memory, and mood. Sleep deprivation decreases reaction time by…

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Visualization

What to Know Visualization activates the same brain regions as physical performance. Regular mental rehearsal improves skill execution, confidence, and consistency. Pro athletes should…

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