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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

Our Services

mindSET Method ™

Private Coaching

Keynote Speaking

Team/Organization Consulting 

Testimonials

I have been dialed in.

Jared S. | Athlete

I Know

Remmy M. | Athlete

It has translated onto the ice.

Ian D. | Athlete

My self awareness has completely changed.

Bryce H. | Athlete

I have a conscious mind.

Nick S. | Athlete

More confident and focused

Steve N. | Director of Yale Jr Bulldogs

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Rich in outcome. Poor in process. ⠀ Wanting to w Rich in outcome. Poor in process. ⠀ Wanting to win isn’t the problem. The problem is that results get almost all the airtime, and then we act surprised when players can’t describe their process #iykyk ⠀ Really think about what I’m sharing here and what you know about any form of development. If we’re rarely, if ever, practicing talking about process, then how in the world do we expect players to think about process? It’s as simple as that. ⠀ If we want players to speak process, the adults have to become fluent. Myself included. ⠀ Swipe through, then try the exercise on slide 19. Write three of your own this week and tell me what you actually noticed. ⠀ Mindset Method Group. Ages 15+. 20 spots. Starts November 8. Link in bio. ⠀ Research referenced: Williamson et al. (2022), goal setting in sport meta-analysis, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. ⠀ #play4THATfeeling
“Your confidence should come from your process, “Your confidence should come from your process, not from the result” @devin_cooley ⠀ So what does that actually look like? Here’s a thought exercise. ⠀ IF a player eats well and gets the right nutrients during the week, THEN notices they have a lot of energy for the game, THIS LEADS TO a lot of confidence during the game. ⠀ IF a player gets enough rest during the week, THEN notices they feel clear-headed heading into the game, THIS LEADS TO a lot of confidence in their process during the game. ⠀ IF a player studies their shifts, THEN notices the natural patterns that show up in those shifts, THIS LEADS TO a lot of confidence in what they know they’ll instinctively do in the game. ⠀ IF a player works on feeling how their shot comes off their stick, THEN starts to feel more skill and control, THIS LEADS TO a lot of confidence shooting when they want to in the game. ⠀ IF a player connects with their teammates and builds a meaningful relationship with their collective thought process during the week, THEN notices it’s getting easier to read off each other, THIS LEADS TO a lot of confidence during the game. ⠀ Every one of those is a thought process. ⠀ So many players say they don’t want to think. But they are thinking. They spend hours thinking about scoring, points, who’s drafting them, who’s committing them, and what team they’ll play on next year…It’s October. ⠀ They’re thinking about the end and not about what leads to the end #iykyk ⠀ That’s the battle within. Nobody has given them the language, or the reps to build their own process language. It’s unique to every player, so it has to be practiced and developed. ⠀ That’s why I built the Mindset Method Group. Twenty players. Starting November 8. We build your process language so your confidence has somewhere real to come from. And ironically, that process leads to the outcome you want. ⠀ LINK in bio. ⠀ #play4THATfeeling 🎥: @dfocalgary
I may not have been around for the Renaissance, bu I may not have been around for the Renaissance, but apparently my haircut was😂 #tbt Just over 30 years of knowing each other. It’s incredible when you’ve known somebody for so long how quickly they can help you readjust your own #mindset Even when it’s hard, you’re pushing, and you’re doing your best to be a pro in all that you do…that person who knows you better than you know yourself can say something that makes you stop, reflect, and go, “Oh. You’re right.” This morning, she reminded me: “That’s the point of the commitment.” She’s the only one who could have said it and had it land the way it did. Grateful for my Queen this morning. For the readjustment, for walking through this life with me, and for seeing something in the guy with the Dutch boy hair😂❤️ #play4THATfeeling
Primary vs secondary. Junior A defensemen. Simple Primary vs secondary. Junior A defensemen. Simple question: when you pull the puck to the middle off the blue, what’s your primary thought? “Get a shot on net.” So we flipped one thing. The primary thought becomes: pull the opponent out of position. Same feet. Same pass. Different intent. Now the secondaries show up on their own. Flank on the wall. High slot tip. Shot on net. D to D. That’s the part most people will scroll right past. The words, images, and perspectives you carry into a moment set the expectation. The expectation decides where your attention goes. Where your attention goes decides the speed of your mindset. One word can change the load of your mind #iykyk When you know what’s worth thinking about and what’s not, the noise drops. And the less you carry, the more you see and the more you create. Here’s the irony. The whole point of mindset performance is to reduce how hard you have to think. But you have to think hard first to earn that. You do the work to know your own thought process, so in the moment you don’t have to. Knowing the process is greater than trusting the process. The research backs it. Attentional focus studies show that changing a word or two in an instruction shifts how athletes perform. And elite players read the opponent first. That read opens the options. That’s Simplify My Game. “I fear not the man who’s practiced 10,000 kicks once. I fear the man who’s practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Know your one kick. The rest becomes natural. What’s your primary? Are you breaking it down to that degree? This is what we dial into inside the Mindset Method group. We kick off November 8. LINK in bio #play4THATfeeling
Registration is open. The MindSET Method Group. 1 Registration is open. The MindSET Method Group. 12 weeks, 20 players, starting November 8, for players U15 and older who are already doing the work and want the part nobody has coached them on. Players, parents, everything you need is on the page. How it works, what it costs, and what I need from you. Comment GROUP and I’ll send you the link. It’s in my bio too. #play4THATfeeling
Everyone’s sharing the outcome. Devin Cooley sto Everyone’s sharing the outcome. Devin Cooley stops 34, says he “felt nothing,” and says he was just unconscious out there. Now go back and listen to what he said about the TV timeouts and in between periods: “Don’t smile. Don’t talk to anyone. Just focus on your game. Let your unconscious brain do it.” He’s consciously telling himself what he wants to do unconsciously. And listen to why. He knows that when he starts having too much fun, smiling and talking to everybody, he goes from unconscious goalie to conscious goalie, and that’s when he gives up seven. That rule came from knowing his own pattern. Don’t copy his rule. Find yours. That’s the work. This is the part so many people miss on these videos. You’re looking for the outcome and not the process. He worked very hard to earn the right to feel that as an NHL performer. Flow isn’t “just go out there and don’t think.” Freedom needs structure. The more you understand how to think about your own thinking, the faster you get to what he’s feeling. But it takes time. It takes work #process #iykyk Full interview ( via @sportsnet ) is reshared on my page. Go watch it again with this in mind. Group program starts November 8th. Hope to see some of you in there. #play4THATfeeling
Who this is for. A player U15 or older who is ser Who this is for. A player U15 or older who is serious about the game, who has had a season where his head got in the way, and who is willing to do the work between sessions. Who it is not for: anyone looking for a quick fix. 12 weeks. Starts November 8. 20 players total. Link in bio.
Here is what players tell me at 18, 19, 20. “I Here is what players tell me at 18, 19, 20. “I wish I had learned this earlier.” Not the skating. Not the shot. The part between the ears that nobody sat them down and taught while they were still coming up. That is what the MindSET Method Group is. 12 weeks, live, starting November 8. 20 players, U15 and up. Link in bio.

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