A virtual, 6-week mental performance skills training series designed for youth hockey players aged 12 to 15. Each session includes a central theme, learning objective, and practical activity or discussion, with hockey-specific applications throughout.

If you want to take your hockey game to the next level, it’s not just about time on the ice — it’s about training your mind.
Heads Up Hockey is an interactive online skill training sessions that teaches mental skills proven to boost confidence, focus, and resilience.
Each week, you’ll explore a key topic, learn practical strategies, and try out real-world exercises tailored specifically for hockey players.

• Sharper focus under pressure
• Better confidence in your abilities
• Tools to handle nerves and bounce back from mistakes
• A stronger mental approach for practices and games

Perfect for players who want:

• To gain a mental edge in competition
• Support from an experienced coach
• A team-like environment to share and learn

• When: October 19 – November 23
• Schedule: Sundays, 6:30–7:30 pm (Central)
• Where: Online — join from anywhere
• Cost: $105 for all 6 sessions
• Includes: Handouts, homework activities, and personal feedback
• Group Size: Spots are limited for a more personalized experience

Objective: Understand what mental skills training is and how it impacts hockey. Understand why and how mental skills training can take your game to the next level, increase consistency, and dial in your focus. Learn the difference between mental health and mental skills. Self-identify several individual target areas to build skills to enhance game.

Objective: Players will learn how managing expectations and shifting attention to what they can control to reduce pressure, improve focus, and boost consistent performance on the ice. Learn to focus on what leads to positive outcomes as opposed to the outcome itself.

Objective: Learn how confidence is developed and sustained through action. Identify common confidence crushers and how they work to erode confidence. Learn practical skills to combat confidence crushers.

Objective: Players learn how to manage emotions, stay composed under pressure, and bounce back quickly from mistakes so they can make smart plays and perform their best in any situation.

Objective: Players will learn effective mindset approaches to practice vs. games and how to confidently trust skills for consistent game-day performance.

Objective: Learn mental advantages of a consistent Pregame routine to help athletes manage nerves, focus attention, and step into competition with confidence and how to use a Postgame routine to improve emotional regulation, reflection, and recovery to support continued development.

Dr. Allison Meyers is a Licensed Psychologist and former collegiate hockey player with a passion for helping athletes succeed on and off the ice. She combines sports psychology, nutrition, and performance coaching to help players eliminate mental barriers and play their best.

With years of experience coaching hockey and teaching yoga to athletes, Dr. Meyers brings a unique, whole-player approach to performance.

Allison Meyers, Psy. D., LP, MGCP