Of course, just putting in time is not preparation either. The time, the perspiration, must be accompanied by focus and precision. It requires all those things for preparation to happen and to see improvement. Then confidence can come next.
"Your time is never wasted if you are doing your best. If you lapse into complaining, as is so common in many pickup games, you are wasting your own time." Dick DeVenzio, Stuff
Wisdom From Coach Wooden
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” Coach Wooden
Of course, just putting in time is not preparation either. The time, the perspiration, must be accompanied by focus and precision. It requires all those things for preparation to happen and to see improvement. Then confidence can come next.