Mike Margolies - JuniorHockey.com Contributor

So how does a sport psychology consultant prepare to go work with a team? I thought it might be good to talk about preparing to work with a hockey team from my perspective. I think this is important to understand because there are no ...

Recently there has been some discussion on mental skills training among some of us that are practitioners of the dark arts. (You will need to read my book "The Athlete within You"  to get the inside joke, as I often refer to my ...

I've worked with a lot of athletes and teams over the years as a sport psychology consultant and this is one of those areas that is really important if you are a player to understand in order to get to the next level and find the zone. ...

I've noticed a number of negative articles related to poor choices players have made news with as of late. This is of course nothing new and since I've been helping athletes for three decades you might say I've seen quite a bit of it. I ...

Last week I wrote about mental toughness in a little different light. I talked about the fact that the mind signals fatigue before an athlete is actually physically done in. You can re-read this at Training Camp: Get a jump on ...

Junior A Hockey Pre-season Camps are starting up all over North America. It's an important week for players. For many it is a brand new experience. For others it's a move to a new team. Most will feel at some point that they need ...

I want to tell a story first. I am reminded of a story and feel compelled to share. It is about a major steam ship that is at anchor here in the Puget Sound. It is broken. Something is wrong on this billion-dollar ship with ...

My book was just reviewed by one of our local newspapers her in Washington, The Issaquah Press. It drew a response from an organization that follows my blog site The Athlete within You (yes like the book). It was about career ...

I was gathering more information on a story to write about here from the Olympics. It involves the two focal points in London for NBC and a good deal of the world. No it is not Field Hockey. I am referring to Phelps and ...

Whenever the Olympics roll around I love to listen into the commentary. A great deal is always about the psychological aspects of competition. Yesterday they talked about how the most celebrated beach volleyball players in ...