- "Confidence is the state of being clear-headed: either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct, or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective."
The belief and trust in one's ability to perform successfully in sports.
Definition of Self-Confidence: Understanding what self-confidence is and how it affects sports performance.
Self-Talk: Learning to control negative self-talk and replace it with positive, empowering self-talk.
Goal Setting: Creating specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound goals to boost self-confidence.
Visualization: Using mental imagery to create a positive, successful outcome in sports performance situations.
Mental preparation: Building mental toughness and resilience through preparation, training, and mindset.
Focus: Cultivating the ability to maintain focus and concentration during sports performance.
Coping with setbacks: Developing coping strategies to effectively manage setbacks and failures.
Mindfulness: Learning to be present in the moment and avoid distractions during sports performance.
Confidence-building techniques: Practicing techniques that boost self-confidence, such as positive affirmations, power poses, and visualization.
Self-awareness: Understanding personal strengths and weaknesses to improve self-confidence in sports performance situations.
Trait self-confidence: This is a personality trait that describes how much self-confidence an individual typically has in themselves.
State self-confidence: This is a temporary feeling of self-confidence that an athlete may experience due to feeling good about how they are performing or feeling mentally prepared.
Task self-confidence: This type of confidence focuses on specific tasks or skills. An athlete may feel confident in their ability to serve a tennis ball but lack confidence in their ability to hit a backhand.
General self-confidence: This type of self-confidence refers to an overall sense of confidence and belief in oneself.
Physical self-confidence: This type of self-confidence refers to an athlete's belief in their physical abilities such as strength, speed, or endurance.
Mental self-confidence: This type of self-confidence refers to an athlete's belief in their abilities to focus, stay calm under pressure, and maintain mental toughness.
Competitive self-confidence: This type of self-confidence refers to an athlete's belief in their ability to perform better than their opponent.
Training self-confidence: This type of self-confidence refers to an athlete's belief in the effectiveness of their training regime.
Self-esteem: This is a general feeling of self-worth and is often closely tied to athletic performance.
Perceived control self-confidence: This refers to an athlete's belief that they can control their outcomes and perform at their best regardless of external circumstances.
- "Confidence comes from the Latin word fidere which means 'to trust'."
- "In contrast, arrogance or hubris is a state of unmerited confidence—belief lacking evidence and/or a reason."
- "Overconfidence or presumptuousness is excessive belief in success without regard for potential failure."
- "Confidence can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, as those without it may fail because they lack it, and those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an innate ability or skill."
- "Self-confidence is trust in oneself, one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc."
- "One's self-confidence often increases as one satisfactorily completes particular activities."
- "Self-confidence is not the same as self-esteem, which is an evaluation of one's own worth."
- "Self-confidence involves a positive belief that one can generally accomplish what one wishes to do in the future" and "self-efficacy is a 'belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task' and refers to self-confidence that is expressed toward specific situations and objectives."
- "Building on Bandura's concept of self-efficacy, Alex Stajkovic introduces the concept of 'core confidence'."
- "Core confidence psychologically enables, or unlocks, one’s existing potential by believing that one can handle what needs to be done."
- "Employees who have high core confidence are more likely to accept and commit to goals, while also increasing their performance."
- "A person can possess self-confidence in their ability to complete a specific task (self-efficacy)—e.g., cook a good meal or write a good novel—even though they may lack general self-confidence."
- "These two types of self-confidence are, however, correlated with each other, and for this reason can be easily conflated."
- "those with it may succeed because they have it rather than because of an innate ability or skill."
- "Employees who have high core confidence are more likely to accept and commit to goals."
- The term "self-confidence" typically refers to a general personality trait.
- Psychologist Albert Bandura defined "self-efficacy" as a "belief in one's ability to succeed in specific situations or accomplish a task" and it refers to self-confidence expressed toward specific situations and objectives.
- Arrogance or hubris is a state of unmerited confidence—belief lacking evidence and/or a reason.
- Overconfidence or presumptuousness is excessive belief in success without regard for potential failure.