About Taylor Cook
FORMERPRO.NOWCOACHING.
I spent my career as a competitive goaltender across three countries. When the playing career ended, I started helping athletes with the thing I'd always known mattered most: the mental game.
10+
Years elite experience
100+
Coaching hours
The Journey
THE JOURNEY THAT BUILT THIS.
Early Years
BRANTFORD, ONTARIO
A PASSION BUILT YOUNG
Born in Brantford, Ontario. I fell in love with hockey young and never looked back. By 2012 I was competing with the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres, staking my claim between the pipes.
University
2014 – 2019
ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY. MAKING HISTORY.
Five seasons in USports with St. Thomas University. We made history — the program's first-ever AUS Championship title in 2019, and two trips to Nationals. I picked up the Cathy Wadden Commitment Award and a nomination for the James Bayer Memorial Award.
Professional Career
NORWAY
GOING PRO. GOING INTERNATIONAL.
After university I moved to Norway to compete in the top professional women's league. Back-to-back seasons playing the best hockey of my life, in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
The Hard Part
2021
THE HARDEST SEASON. THE BIGGEST LESSON.
A knee injury and reconstructive surgery meant eight months of rehab in a foreign country, far from home. The hardest thing I'd been through in sport — and it taught me more about mental performance than any textbook could. I came back and kept competing.
Transition
2021 – 2023
THE MENTAL GAME WAS ALWAYS THE REAL GAME
While still competing I started studying performance psychology — not because I planned to coach, but because I needed it myself. I earned my high-performance coaching certification and started working with athletes who wanted the same thing.
Now
2023 →
BUILDING THE THING I WISH I'D HAD
Taylored Minds is every tool I've personally needed, tested, and refined — on the ice and off it. I work with athletes, coaches, and teams who want to close the gap between how they train and how they perform when it actually counts.
What I Believe
THE PRINCIPLES
BEHIND THE WORK.
Identity before tactics
Before we work on what you do, we work on who you are. A grounded athlete identity is the foundation everything else is built on.
Practical, not just motivational
You leave every session with something concrete to use. Not inspiration alone — actual tools, routines, and frameworks for real game situations.
You're not broken
Mental struggles in sport are normal — every athlete faces them. My job is to help you understand yours and build the skills to move through them.
"I coach from experience, not just from a textbook. Every tool in the Taylored Mindset™ framework is something I've personally needed, tested, and refined — on the ice and beyond it."
Taylor Cook — Founder, Taylored Minds
YOUR BEST SEASON STARTS
WITH A CONVERSATION.
Tell me what's going on and what you're hoping to work on. I'll get back to you within 3 business days.