Think Better

Bottom line is I need to think better. I make some good good plays during games, but I also make some plays that aren't so good. I want to eliminate the bad plays that are caused by my poor thinking. Defensemen should be the smartest ones on the ice, and when a defenseman makes a bad mistake, it's much more noticeable than when a forward makes a bad mistake. Even though we won tonight 5-1, I am still not playing as well as I would like to. I'm making too many mistakes. But I'm learning and trying to learn from all the mistakes I make. And I can tell that I am learning. When I get pulled over by the coaches about a mistake I made in the game, most times now I know what I did wrong. I'm trying to fix my mistakes and become better. I think I am being a little too hard on myself, though. I make a lot of good plays along with bad plays. Being inconsistent is part of learning. I need to work on my consistency, my quick thinking on the ice, and my positivity. I've found that when I'm positive on the bench and talking and energetic, that translates into my good play on the ice as well. When I'm quiet on the bench and on the ice, I usually don't play so well. It's pretty easy stuff to figure out, but sometimes it's hard to think about things like that in the course of a game. Two more games this weekend, and I'm going to focus on trying to eliminate my mistakes and stay positive with myself.