The definition of self-confidence is how firmly you believe in your ability to execute a physical skill or perform a task. That's right, confidence is how much YOU believe in YOUR ability. Confidence is derived from a baseline assessment of past performances, training, and preparation. As your
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Self-Confidence
Developing Your Confidence
Confidence is important for every athlete. However, understanding how you can develop confidence daily is the most relevant approach to boosting your confidence. Athletes must also have a clear understanding about the beliefs, thoughts, and expectations that consistently undermine
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Helping Athletes Deal with Setbacks
As a coach, one objective is to help athletes play on with confidence and composure immediately following a setback or mistake. Before you can help an athlete regain control you must maintain your own composure, and avoid showing your frustration. This will help your athletes learn through
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Do Your Kids Make Comparisons?
Sports kids today spend too much time making comparisons to their competitors or teammates! They focus on how others are performing, rather than concentrating on their own game. They do this in a number of ways—and none of them are good news for the young athletes.
Making comparisons hurts your
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Self-Confidence Roller Coaster
Are you on the self-confidence roller coaster? Many athletes allow their confidence to be thrashed around by immediate results and circumstances. What do I mean by the confidence roller coaster? Athletes with fragile confidence lose it when they hit a bad shot, fail to make a play, or lose a
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