About

Bloodline Hockey

The Bloodline

Philosophy

For players to reach their full potential, they must make mental conditioning an integral part of their training regimen. By increasing awareness, harnessing your instincts, developing the right habits, and conditioning your mind, you will reach peak performance as an athlete and a person.

The Bloodline

Mission

Our mission is to enable good hockey players to become great players by unleashing their true potential through mental conditioning training.

Our Team

Vinny Malts

Founder / Coach

Who We Work With

Chicago Blackhawks

Danbury Hattricks

Roger Neilson Coaching Clinic

Our Services

mindSET Method ™

Private Coaching

Keynote Speaking

Team/Organization Consulting

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Dang...still think Sid would look sweeeet in a #Bl

Dang...still think Sid would look sweeeet in a #BloodlineHockey sweater, right!? We've got a little bit of cap space left, who else should we try to sign to our squad this season? Let us know in the comments 👇🏒🔁 #Play4THATFeeling #flashbackfriday

Extraordinary performers know it takes extra effor

Extraordinary performers know it takes extra effort to be better than ordinary💯

Learning how to thoughtfully prepare for meaningful and direct conversations with your coach is an extraordinary mindset performance skill.

“The 3 T’s of talking” is a foundational thought process we use with our students to help them mentally prepare for strong and meaningful conversations with their coaches throughout the season.

As you read through these simple strategies, think about how these can apply to your own mindset performance process.

How can you relate these strategies to current, or past conversations with your coach🤔

Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments, or DM me.

Remember: Own your mindset performance process by mindfully learning to control your thought process 👀🧠

It’s as simple as that💪

#play4THATfeeling

Love what this recent segment from @spittinchiclet

Love what this recent segment from @spittinchiclets represents for holding leadership accountable to their behavior👏🔥 (if you have the time, check out the rest of the segment on their page)

From what I have observed over the last 4 decades of July life in sports culture, most leaders actually prefer the power more than the responsibility #facts

Imagine what the world would be like if most leaders cared more about how their behavior impacts those they lead vs caring more about how those they lead do as they are told💯

Leadership is not easy.
Leadership is not cool.
Leadership is hard.
Leadership is not always fun.

Leadership should ALWAYS have to answer for their behavior and decision making…
…because that’s the art of true leadership.

Help those you lead understand the intentions of where you are leading us.

It’s as simple as that

#play4THATfeeling

Remember: NO ONE KNOWS where your life is headed.

Remember: NO ONE KNOWS where your life is headed.

I know there’s a lot of people who believe they know…
…because that’s what humans do 👀🧠

I personally remind myself of this everyday recently…

I don’t know what’s around the corner, but I know the path I’m on💯

It’s as simple as that

#play4THATfeeling

Posted @withregram • @usahockey 9/11/01 We will

Posted @withregram • @usahockey 9/11/01

We will always remember. #NeverForget

@cocogauff said it best this past weekend👏🔥

@cocogauff said it best this past weekend👏🔥

Thank those who add gas to your fire this week💯

Thank those who support you this week🙏♥️

It’s as simple as that

#play4THATfeeling

Are you loading up on your positive moments🤔 A

Are you loading up on your positive moments🤔

Are you paying attention to each and every positive moment you have as an extraordinary performer to help you manage when the feelings of negative moments happen🤔

This was a recent session I had with one of our NHL players.

We discussed the importance of building up your ability to consciously notice when positive moments happen, because when negative moments happen at the NHL level, they can feel emotionally intense💯

A useful mindSET performance exercise you could practice is to write down ALL the positive moments you can recall from your games and practices. No moment is too small. I consistently made good passes today, I felt consistently strong in my battles today, I consistently created offensive opportunities when I had them today, I consistently felt compact and ready in the net today, etc.

🚨If you have questions on whether something is a positive, please comment below or shoot me a DM and I’ll help you make sure you feel you’re on the right track.

By consciously recalling how many positive moments happened in your performance, you start to mindfully balance and manage the feeling of negative moments, because you have learned to recognize how much greater your positive output actually is.

It’s a practice extraordinary performers do not consciously engage with nearly enough IMHO.

Load up on your positive moments my friends and recognize the impact that is having on your mindSET performance process.

It’s as simple as that

#play4THATfeeling

#mindset
#mindsetcoach
#leadership
#positive vs #negative
#evolvingathletes
#extraordinary #performance

To all our first year players grinding it out in J

To all our first year players grinding it out in Juniors…Be patient.

Be mindful of how much your imagination takes over your experience.

It takes time to develop the consistent pace and rhythm required to be an effective contributor at the highest level of competition for teenagers.

Be mindful of how much your own perceived expectations get in the way of what got you to where you are right now.

We all have a limited capacity of what we can think about.

If you fill your mind with ideas that don’t have anything to do with your own process, then you have less room available to think about the ideas that are critical to executing your process.

You don’t know what the level is like…yet.

Give it time.
Embrace the challenging feelings.
Know they are only temporary.

A mindSET performance thought exercise to reflect on and ask yourself is: Am I looking at my position on the team the way the team is looking at my position for the team🤔 Or, am I expecting something more than what it expected of me, because of my own imagination🤔

These conversations have been coming up a lot with our first year Tier I and Tier II Junior players recently.

Please share this message with someone you know who may benefit from hearing it🙏

#play4THATfeeling

#juniorhockey
#mindsetcoach
#highperformance
#embracethechallenge
#pressuremakesdiamonds

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