Reframe the Tough Shift Drill
Mindset
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Build a resilient mindset by training players to cognitively reframe a poor shift as a learning opportunity immediately after it occurs.
What you need
- hockey stick
- puck
- ice
Your focus
A fixed mindset treats a poor shift as evidence of inability; a growth mindset treats it as data for improvement. Training the reframe habit immediately after a tough shift prevents the negative spiral that compounds poor shifts into poor games. Players who can identify one thing to improve after a bad shift are far more consistent performers across an entire game and season.
During a scrimmage, coach designates certain shifts as teaching shifts, artificially giving one line a particularly difficult matchup.
When the tough-shift line comes off, coach asks the lead player: give me one thing you will do differently on the next shift.
The line must implement the stated improvement on the very next shift.
Coach evaluates whether the reframe was implemented.
Helpful cues
- A bad shift is not a bad player, it is one shift
- What are you doing differently next time? Say it before you sit.
- The reframe is what separates players who grow from players who plateau
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Coach provides two options for the reframe and players select which applies to their shift.
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Add the next challenge
Each player on the line must give an individual reframe, not just the lead player, requiring collective growth mindset.No account needed
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