From: John Haley, The Goalie's Mind, Peak Performance Coach
October 10, 2008
1:19AM EST

Dear Goaltenders, Parents, and Coaches,

Today more than ever, young goalies have access to an endless number of excellent goalie camps, private instruction, training videos and manuals. As young goalies approach the competitive high school and college levels, there is often little difference in the physical capabilities of the goalies vying for the starting position.

The goalie with the best physical skills isn't always the goalie that makes the top spot or wins the most games.

Why is it that there are goalies with incredible physical skills who never make it to Division I college hockey or the professional ranks?

Why is it that we see goalies at the highest levels who don't seem to have world class skills, but are able to consistently keep the puck out of the net and win hockey games?

The difference that really counts lies in the goalie's mind.

It is universally agreed that goaltending is over 80% mental.   Unfortunately, over 90% of the training that a goaltender receives and puts into practice is focused on the physical game.

I know what you're likely thinking...

"Even if this is true, training the mind is difficult, time consuming, and hard to understand. I wouldn't know where to begin"

Let's face it, training your mind to play better as a goalie sounds good on paper, but can be very difficult and next to impossible to actually implement on a consistent basis. The truth is that this is the missing ingredient that will make the most significant difference in the level of achievement that you will reach as a goalie.

There are certainly many great goaltending psychology theories and concepts being talked about at goalie camps and in goalie instructional manuals and videos, but  without a proven, simple to implement system, most goalies skip over this critical area completely.

That is all about to change!

You are going to learn about a revolutionary new effortless  system that will enable you to skyrocket your confidence , completely eradicate all of your self-limiting beliefs, bust through the mental barriers that are strangling your progress, and replace your paralyzing fear of failure and destructive negative self-talk with the positive mental programming that is required to play at the top of your game.

Getting into The Zone

Getting into The Zone really means performing automatically- your mind and body are working in harmony. This happens when you are so confident, completely relaxed, completely free of inhibitions, so totally free of worries that you perform at your best automatically.

Even if you can't get into The Zone, or if you have trouble  staying   in The Zone, you can train your mind to get closer to The Zone, and significantly improve your performance.

The Aspects of mental training that can help you get closer to The Zone include controlling emotions, being calm and positive, increasing concentration and focus, feeling relaxed yet highly energized, and increasing confidence.

ABOUT ME

I was drafted during high school by the Edmonton Oilers in 1985.  I Played in college at R.P.I. and UMass Boston. After attending the Edmonton Oilers training camp in 1989, I played with the Erie Panthers and the Richmond Renegades of the ECHL.  While playing at these various levels, I constantly dealt with my own mental barriers that held me back from reaching my full potential.   I understood that it was my mind, and not my physical game that was holding me back, but I had no idea how I could change any of it. Nothing I tried seemed to make any significant difference, and I could not find any system that worked.

For this reason, I started studying sports psychology and more specifically, the psychology of goaltending, 14 years ago.   I have a BA in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts and I have studied every reputable peak performance related course and system that I could get my hands on.

I have taken my own lifetime experience as a goaltender, and combined it with my extensive psychology and peak performance education  to perfect this simple, yet powerful system that any goalie can easily implement on a consistent basis  . I can only wish that I had access to this system back in  my   playing days!

Fortunately for you, there is now such a system, and you have access to it right now.

  If you have been working hard on your physical game, but you still find that you can not predict when you'll get into what is commonly known as "The Zone," this system can help take you there.

  If you find that you play great one game, and then struggle during another game, then this system can help you.

  Maybe you find that you play great in practice or in games that do not hold a lot of significance, but you are not playing at your best during important games.

  Maybe for you the opposite is true; you have no problem "getting up for" and performing great in the "big game," but you play poorly against the easy teams.  If you deal with any of these challenges, then you need this program. 

Listen to a sample of The Goalie's Mind Volume II
(note: This is lower quality than the actual program. Also, on the actual program, each affirmation is stated 3 times).

In order to make the significant changes to your mind that are required in order to play at your fullest potential consistently, you need to completely re-program your mind at the subconscious level.That is where your core beliefs reside. Your core beliefs are the 'main controlling mechanism' for creating the goalie you become.

How do you re-program your subconscious mind? You need to feed your subconscious every day with appropriate positive self-talk or what is also knows as affirmations.

Studies show that the average person has over 60,000 thoughts on a given day. Unfortunately for a lot of people, these thoughts are negative. You are feeding your mind daily with negative self-talk that negatively programs your subconscious in a way that is completely opposite from the way that you want to, and should be, programming your mind in order to reach your full potential.

Now, think about the negative comments that you have heard over the years from your peers, your teammates, your coaches, your opponents, your teachers, and sometimes even your parents. This, combined with your own negative self-talk, has all led to the negative subconscious programming that is at the core of all of the mental barriers that are holding you back.

This revolutionary new system will help you to completely re-program your subconscious mind yourself. This system will install the right positive thoughts and beliefs- the same thoughts and beliefs that most of the goalies at the highest levels already have.

The real power in this system is based on the proven subconscious programming methods developed by the famed Bulgarian psychotherapist Dr. Georgi Lozanov. The method is called suggestopedia  . This method has been used for the past 40 years in Accelerated Learning courses all over the world.

The effectiveness of suggestopedia has been proven time and time again in several University studies around the world. It has been used to help students learn foreign languages 5 to 10 times faster than normal.

Today, suggestopedia is used to clear negative patterns and install the positive beliefs at the subconscious level- the positive beliefs that are required to excel at any sport. It is especially effective when used in athletics that require peak mental states in order to reach full potential- such as goaltending.

I have developed a system for goaltenders that utilizes a variation of the Suggestopedia methodology.   I have combined a relaxation program, specific 60 BPM (Beats Per Minute) and positive affirmations to form an effective system to help goalies to essentially re-program their subconscious mind quickly and with little effort.

Here is how this revolutionary new system works:

5 minute total relaxation program to put the listener into the optimal state to receive the desired suggestions. This state gives the listener a completely relaxed body, yet a totally alert mind. It is referred to as  alert relaxation . 

Listening to specific positive affirmations repeated rhythmically 3 times each, over the special "60 BPM Music". More on this in a minute.

The real power in this system lies in the proven Background Music.  This music by itself has been shown to slow the heartbeat, lower blood pressure, and reduce stress. This creates more efficient body rhythms. It's real power shows up when combined with accelerated learning systems.

Research has found that this 60 BPM music puts you into a state of alert relaxation - the optimal state to enable your subconscious mind to accept desired suggestions. It essentially opens communication pathways to the subconscious.

This is a completely effortless method that creates lasting changes to your subconscious belief system. You just have to press play every day and follow the instructions on the audio's.

This powerful system is made up of a set of goalie specific Audio Scripts that you obtain right here by downloading them as MP3's or by ordering them on CD. Complete instructions