Gaining Confidence

I've done a lot better the past few days. I'm getting more comfortable and a little more used to the speed of the practices, although I admit I'm still struggling a little, but I'm not being so hard on myself anymore. I know I'm in a good spot. I have a lot of people behind me who believe in my potential, and I have a lot of things going for me that other hockey players don't. The coaches have started working with me, giving me drills to work on by myself. They will help me improve my footwork and movement with the puck. I've been going into the gym after practice every day as well, so I always come home exhausted, but I like it. I know all my hard work will pay off as long as I continue to work hard. Today we spent 3 hours on the ice! Every day is a grind, and the weeks seem to go by so fast. I'm really starting to get into a rhythm, though, which I think is helping my confidence on the ice. One of my goals at the beginning of the season was to get better every day. And I don't know if I can say that's exactly what's happened so far because there are a lot of ups and downs from day to day, but I'm confident I'm better now than I was at the start of the season, and we're only 3 weeks in...