“That’s my puck. Get your own puck.” Wayne Gretzky was not being cocky. He was showing you the mental operating system that every elite player has. They do not let anyone outside their own head get a vote on their game. Coach can have an opinion. Parents can have an opinion. Scouts can have an opinion. Teammates can have an opinion. But none of them get to drive. That is what dangerous confidence is. Not arrogance. Freedom. Here is the rep you can do today to build it. Step 1. Name who is holding your strings. Write this question at the top of a page: “Who do I most not want to look bad in front of?” List names. Real names. Step 2. Write the fear. Next to each name, finish this sentence: “If I screw up tonight, I am worried they will think ____.” Be brutal. Be honest. Step 3. Starve the fear. Sit with the paper. Let the feeling come up. Do not fight it. Do not talk yourself out of it. Just breathe slow for two to ten minutes. In through your nose. Out through your mouth. Longer exhale than inhale. Fear is a candle. Your slow breathing is the glass over it. No oxygen. No flame. Do this ten minutes a day for a few weeks and you will feel it on the ice. Less bench checking. Less playing for the stands. More playing your game. That is the free driver showing up. If you want the full breakdown and me walking you through the rep step by step, watch the video here. - Corson PS. If “just do not care” worked, every player would be fully confident in themselves in every shift… Want More? 1. Work with us inside Identity Shift Hockey: https://start.identityshifthockey.com/work-with-us 2. Free training on the Identity Shift system: https://www.identityshifthockey.com/introduction