In this video from the NTDP it talks about how if you want to be successful, all of these other things must be at full strength. First is preparedness, I believe that as a team, if we show up to think rink prepared to either practice, or play a game, that we will have a strong effort. When we show up to the rink ready to play, there is no one in the state that we can’t beat. On the other hand, if we aren’t prepared on that day, we can get our asses handed to us by just about anyone. The second thing is focus. If we put everything in our lives that isn’t absolutely necessary, then we will be prepared and focused. Especially at this time of year, we must put stuff such as parties, girl, and other social distractions out of our thoughts and give our entire focus to getting what we need to get done at school, so that we can be ready to go at the rink. The last thing is our team work ethic. This work ethic is mainly at practice. At this time of year we can’t afford to have any blow off days at practice and sure as hell have to have our best foot forward on game day. These are all mental things that if we work on and put all together, we will be unstoppable during state.
Patrick
Editors Note - This speech in its entirety is awesome. I listen to it when i need a reminder.
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