I think one of the hardest things for me as hockey player is dealing with defeat. Learning how to take the positive out of something negative and turn it into something constructive. Every time I play I want to be better and I want to do more. So when I play a game where I think I've played well but as a part of team played poorly it gets hard to distinguish between the things that I did well and the things I did poorly. I think being a perfectionist it makes it even harder to be constructive and positive about the way I've played. No matter how well I play I usually still find a way to be negative towards myself, although it's even worse when I play bad. I have to say though I have gotten better at not taking things too seriously. Like I mean I play rec hockey so it's not like winning a hockey game necessarily means anything. It's just a game but of course no one likes to lose. I like to think that I'm a pretty competitive person. I try not to be but by nature aren't we all, don't we all want to be the best at what we do.
Anyways what I'm trying to say is that when things get tough it's hard to know how to make yourself better and look past what's happened. Sometimes we just get caught up in the emotions of things, the emotions of losing. Once you get past the initial disappointment we just have to learn to know that we'll never be perfect and sometimes we'll struggle. So we just have to be positive and know that there are going to be ups and downs and just try to be motivated to be better the next time out.
Alright, well sorry if that sounded whiny. Just finished losing a game and thought I'd get out some of those emotions I was mentioning.
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