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MINDSET DRIVE TOUGHNESS GRIT COMPETE LEVEL 6 min read
Killer Instinct in Hockey

Killer Instinct In Hockey Is All About Having Your Opponent On The Ropes And Being Able To Put Them Away.

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
PURPOSE AWARENESS MINDSET 4 min read
Hockey is My Happy Place

Okay … You’re A Few Games Into The Season And My Question Is … How’s It Going?

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
PURPOSE AWARENESS DRIVE GRIT COMPETE LEVEL 5 min read
Hope, Faith, & Hard Work!

What Do You Believe Is Possible For You And Your Team This Season?

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
FOCUS PURPOSE MINDSET PREPARATION 5 min read
WARNING: this one persistent thought can put you flat on your face and ruin your hockey future

Core beliefs are like magnets. They are always waiting to attract evidence which confirms them. The more evidence they collect, the stronger they get.

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
FOCUS PURPOSE DRIVE PREPARATION 4 min read
Are you DRIVING or RIDING?

I’m in the process of writing a book on mental toughness in hockey and in doing my research I find that there are so many specific areas of mental tou...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
FOCUS PURPOSE MINDSET DRIVE PREPARATION 6 min read
5 surefire ways to get off to a fast start and find yourself on a top-line this season!

You’ve spent a good part of the summer getting ready for the upcoming season and maybe you know everything about your team and coach because you’ve pl...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
MINDSET DRIVE COMPETE LEVEL PREPARATION 8 min read
5 tips you need to know before hitting the ice for tryouts

Tryouts are an incredibly important time of the year … the problem is, they’re right after a long tough season … maybe you won it all and are feeling...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
FOCUS DRIVE PRACTICE TOUGHNESS COMPETE LEVEL 2 min read
3 Little Known Secrets how Elite Players get SO MUCH MORE out of Practice than the Average Player

Every elite player improves their skill because they chose to consistently practice in a way that lets them maximize their practice effort. they don’t...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
FOCUS AWARENESS MINDSET DRIVE RESILIENCE TOUGHNESS GRIT PREPARATION 3 min read
Why It’s So Tough To Coach Mental Toughness

I’m doing a lot of research lately on mental toughness while I put together a coaching program that I’ll be sharing soon.

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
MINDSET PRACTICE COMPETE LEVEL PREPARATION 4 min read
The Mind of Champions

Getting to the gold medal game at the world juniors is quite an accomplishment. But it’s too bad that when it’s over there will be one team that is cr...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
AWARENESS MINDSET DRIVE 3 min read
Attitude of Gratitude

Hockey can be like that in general. you’re always striving and working hard to get to the next thing. You have a plan and you’re on a mission to becom...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
MINDSET DRIVE PRACTICE COMPETE LEVEL 10 min read
Getting More Ice Time

There is no more disheartening feeling than when the coach looks down the bench to find the player they want to put in the game and when he looks at y...

Kevin Willis, PhD Kevin Willis, PhD
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