Katniss (the pool player of the Project Hunger Games section of my blog) shared with me she is having some confidence issues.
"I sucked at a tournament last weekend and then at league the very next week, I sucked worse. I am feeling some frustration and low confidence. I'm playing really badly!"
I took in her words and could tell she was hurting.
I shared with her, "Everyone goes through these confidence things, just remember it's all part of the process. And very normal :)."
I added, "Funny thing: we actually improve during times of these little baby steps backwards. If that makes sense. It makes us not get too comfortable, which leads to us working on our game, which leads to improvement. :)"
She replied back that I made her cry.
"I sucked at a tournament last weekend and then at league the very next week, I sucked worse. I am feeling some frustration and low confidence. I'm playing really badly!"
I took in her words and could tell she was hurting.
I shared with her, "Everyone goes through these confidence things, just remember it's all part of the process. And very normal :)."
I added, "Funny thing: we actually improve during times of these little baby steps backwards. If that makes sense. It makes us not get too comfortable, which leads to us working on our game, which leads to improvement. :)"
She replied back that I made her cry.
Oopps!
Don't worry - she was crying in a good way, lol.
Maybe it's because my words eased her feelings remembering that being frustrated and lacking confidence from playing badly is very normal and we all go through it. Plus, the good news is it's a catalysts to work on our game, which in turns helps us improve.
Because I have been in her situation almost 1,000 times (I might be exaggerating) of feeling down after a tough loss or a bad tournament run because I'm playing so badly, I can relate. Ugh.
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