I've seen it more times than I can count. Player has a bad game. Confidence drops. And the whole house shifts into fix-it mode. More ice time. More shooting sessions. Extra skates at 6am when their teammates are still sleeping. Maybe a new stick if everyone's feeling desperate. And I get it. When your kid cares, and you can see they're hurting, you want to do something. So the obvious answer feels like, "Let's put more work in." But sometimes that's not the problem. Sometimes