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All too quickly, the game is over. Your dreams lie smashed on the ice. Your heart is aching. Your head is pounding.

You hear the crowd . . . complaining.

You smell the grease of the fast-food concession and it turns your stomach.

Your eyes glaze over and you can’t even see your own stick clearly.

So near, and yet so far . . .

Just when you felt you were finally getting to the stage where you could be confident, trust your own instincts, and feel trusted, you lost it all. So near, and yet so far, the pain of defeat kicks in. You are right back at square one, lost and searching. Searching for the one thing that will transform your game, the one thing that will make you act out of faith in your own ability and not fear that you will mess up.

This is your time. This is your game. You are playing the game of your life!

If only that fleeting feeling of confidence could last more than just a few seconds.

Searching for Solutions to Self-Doubt

HERE’S A QUESTION for you. Do you feel you would be a better hockey player if you had more faith in yourself when things went wrong? If you had more confidence? NHL all-star Jarome Iginla thinks so. He says: “Confidence is a big part of everybody’s game.”¹