Thoughts After Main Camp

I'm emotionally exhausted. I made the cut to training camp, which starts on August 28th. Turns out, they took more than 23 players. I think they took around 30 players for training camp. I know I should be excited, and I am but I'm also disappointed about how much I heard from the coach afterwards. He basically told me the same thing I had heard after the camp in Denver in May. He says I need to work on a lot, and that I need to listen to him no matter how harsh he is in teaching me things. And I will. I'm probably the most coachable kid out there. He also told me that he thinks by Christmas I will be at the level I want to be at to play in the NAHL. Those are good things to hear, and I can tell that he is excited to have me as a Bobcat. At the same time, though, I sort of wanted to hear how much I've improved over the summer. I know I still have a long way to go, but I'm going to take it one step at a time. The next step is training camp, and I need to show up in better shape than I am in now. That's in 3 weeks...Part of me wishes I could start tomorrow, but it will be good for me to be up at the lake with my family for a little while now. I'm excited to be a Bobcat, and from here on out I'm gonna give it all to be the best I can for this team.