Got my first tournament win this last weekend! Prior to this last tournament I've only completed in 3 and had yet to be happy with my performance. I can be ok with a loss if I felt like I did my best and I wasn't doing that. But this weekend I did! I won 3 and lost 2. Resulting in gold in a 2 man bracket and silver in a 4 man.
Stick with it.
Really love watching this sport grow in my area.
I think the difference this time was the preparation. The class before the tournament a training partner asked me if he could help me get ready. I said
"I want to get into an aggressive mode but I don't want you to. Basically I want to win a lot against you while you give decent, realistic, reactions to what I do."
I know it seems weird. But in prior tournaments I treated the rolls like an open mat. This mental preparation helped me treat the tournament matches differently. And the winning helped me build my confidence.
It was so the difference.
Deastrom