Every girls hockey player wants to be successful. Whether that means going to the Olympics or moving up a level, you want to take your performance to the highest level possible. But what does success in hockey really mean to you. How do YOU define success?
Here’s how the dictionary defines success:
success:
1. the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
2. the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
3. a successful performance or achievement.
4. a person or thing that is successful.
Success doesn’t always mean winning. Success means something different to all of us. The dictionary may give us a universal definition, but each of us needs to have a personal definition as well.
=> What would make you next practice a success?
=> What about your next off-ice training session?
=> And what about your next game?
If you are a first-line player who is expected to score every game, your definition of success for your role on the team is going to look very different from the stay-at-home defenceman.
If you are a goalie, success won’t always mean getting a shut-out. Especially if you are playing the first place team and you are near the bottom of the standings.
In order to be a girls hockey success story, you need to create your own definition for success for every training session, practice and game.
Share your definition of success below.
Your friend and coach,
~ Coach Kim
My definition of success is achieving the goal that I set for every game, practice or off-ice session. My goal that I’m focusing on all season is to not let in any weak goals, either a weak shot, bad rebound, etc. My goal that I’m focusing on every game is catching all the pucks that go by my glove in the netting of my glove and not the palm.
For my team our goal is to win EVERY single game this season, because we know we easily have the ability to, we just can’t screw up. My goal for the game I’m going to in 30 minutes is to get a shutout. I’m going for that goal but as soon as they score one goal I think if it was one I could have stopped, if it was a beautiful deflection then in my mind if I don’t let in anymore goals I’ve had successful result in my game because I achieved my season goal of no weak goals.
My definition of success is achieiving something. If you have achieved your goal, you have been successful. My everyday goal is to do the best I can. Sometimes I’m successful, sometimes I’m not. If I’m not, I usually know why I wasn’t.
Today I had a long practice. When I was done, I did my TFH program, plus 4 50 yard sprints, extra front planks that change into push ups, 20 hour glass drills, Z’s, M’s and 40 push ups. My Bulldogs won last night. Dartmouth has a really good goalie. She had over 50 shots on her and she only let in 3. I wonder if she considers herself successful even though her team lost.
See ya!
Amy
I would classify today’s game as a success, I didn’t get the shutout, but it was an unlucky bounce off my players leg right to the other team and they got a nice shot off. I played the puck twice and I was making clean movements around my crease.
Hi Kim!
Thanks so much for all your great points in your blog. Its always great to hear things from different perspectives. I especially like this post, I think that it is important to know what success means to you. I’m going to spend some time deciding exactly what it means to me.
I can always tell when im most into the game or practise and i feel that I have been successful when I have tried my hardest and given it everything I’ve got!