Chapter 3

Question 1

Confidence is ________

Answer 1

• Fragile
• You must handle confidence with care
• Even elite players still struggle with confidence
• Sports are filled with ups and downs that might impact your confidence
• Natural failure is a part of every sport
• Even the best athletes need to repair, rebuild and restore their confidence

Question 2

Why is having a solid sense of self important in a leadership roll?

Answer 2

• Your confidence must come from within
• You must believe in yourself and who you are as a person
• Athletes who lack personal confidence do not make good leaders, if you worry to much about what other people think about you then you might have a hard time
• It is important to care about how others view you but at the same time you cannot let others dictate your every feeling and action
• Athletes who focus more on popularity than principles do not make good leaders, they lack self-assurance and courage effective leadership commands
• Maturity helps with this process but still many adult have not figured out who they are and what they are about

Question 3

Why is it important to want to preform under pressure?

Answer 3

• Confidence in your life is also important
• Whether or not you make every play or get the change to it is important that your teammates know that you have the confidence in yourself to go for it
• Don’t shy away from pressure situations - you will lose your teammates respect
• Confident athletes play to win instead of playing to not lose and take intelligent ricks without letting the fear of failure overwhelm them

Question 4

What are the four sources of confidence?

Answer 4

• Preparation
• Strengths
• Past successes
• Praise