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Effort Builds Confidence

18 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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A short interview-style YouTube video ("Effort Builds Confidence") in which two speakers discuss how consistent effort and routine support athletic confidence. They emphasize returning focus to simple process-level details, daily routines (morning preparation, pre-game skate), and mental-rehearsal practices (earphones, brief meditation, visualizing the game) as ways to prepare positively for competition.

People say it's about the process. Right. So maybe that's what it has to go back to. The simple, the simple details.
And it starts in practice. It starts with your routine from your day. And go through it. In my morning, afternoon nap or whatever. In the morning I'd start, get ready for my pre game skate. In the afternoon, I would take time and put the earphones on, some meditation and go through the game visually throughout the course of my mind.
In a positive manner.
Yeah, positive. And try and focus on that. I knew I wasn't going to score a lot of goals, but just concentrate on doing my job to the best of my ability and make sure the effort was there. If the effort is always there, then you're not going to lose your confidence.