Awesome practice was awesome

Back in armour after being sick!! I'm still a bit sick but not much.
I was surprised.  I'm usually sluggish when I miss practice but I was not too bad today. 

My shots are finally coming in nicely.  Still on the buttery side when I get tired, but there's some power.
Now I'm working on my range game. I need to work on angles and use my shield a bit more aggressively. The mind game is coming into play in this one. I'm not bad at catching shots with my shield, I now need to learn to use it to manipulate. What makes me a bit nervous is that I really really don't want to accidentally whack someone with my shield. So, practice practice practice. Once I gain confidence in that, I think it's gonna change the flavour of my game a lot.  It's gonna get a lot more aggressive (in a good way).

Some of my fears are gone. I'm not scared of being hit, that part wasn't hard, this is vanilla compared to real life.  Not scared of injuries,  they heal. Not scared of bruises, been there done that.  Not scared of breaking skin, blood coagulates after a while. Not scared of standing my ground and fight. My fears are when it comes to others. I don't want to make a mistake and injure someone. I'm still scared of disappointing people. So my mind game still needs to improve.

But, none the less, I feel that I'm getting somewhere.