Confidence In Sport

Question 1

What is confidence?

Answer 1

A belief in the ability to master a task.

Question 2

What do people with confidence tend to do?

Answer 2

Try harder and take more risks.
Show approach behaviour.
More likely to win.

Question 3

What does confidence depend on?

Answer 3

Interaction: interaction of experience, personality and the situation.

Question 4

What are the two types of confidence?

Answer 4

Trait

State

Question 5

What is trait confidence?

Answer 5

A belief in the ability to do well in a range of sports.

Question 6

What is state confidence?

Answer 6

A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting moment.

Question 7

What are the characteristics of trait confidence?

Answer 7

Shown in most situations 
Enduring
Stable
Innate 
Long-term 
Consistent

Question 8

What are the characteristics of state confidence?

Answer 8

Specific situation 
Temporary 
Vary depending on the interaction of the influence of experience and personality. 
Learned 
Changeable

Question 9

What did Vealey suggest?

Answer 9

Confidence gained in one area of sport could be used to improve confidence in a different sporting activity.

Question 10

What did Vealey do?

Answer 10

Create the model of sports confidence

Question 11

What does the model of sports confidence use?

Answer 11

Vealey used the idea of trait confidence (rate their chances of doing well in a range of sports), and the idea of state confidence (rate their chances of doing well in a specific situation).
These two combine to produce a level of confidence in an objective sporting situation.

Question 12

What is objective sporting situation?

Answer 12

The performance takes into account the situation in which the task is being undertaken.

Question 13

What is the competitive orientation?

Answer 13

The degree to which a performer is drawn to challenging situations.

Question 14

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 14

A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation.

Question 15

When does self-esteem occur?

Answer 15

As a result of increased confidence, when the performer experiences a sense of satisfaction and inner pride from success.
The willingness to compete and persist with the activity is increased.

Question 16

What does self-efficacy affect?

Answer 16

The confidence of both individual players and those players in teams.

Question 17

What are the factors affecting self-efficacy?

Answer 17

Performance accomplishments
Vicarious experience
Verbal persuasion
Emotional arousal

Question 18

What are performance accomplishments?

Answer 18

What you have achieved already

Question 19

What’s an example of performance accomplishments?

Answer 19

A high jumper in an athletics meet where the bar is at 1m 20 would feel very confident in clearing that height if she has done 1m 30 in training in the past week.

Question 20

How can performance accomplishments be enhanced?

Answer 20

If the players not only achieved the win but enjoyed the experience too.

Question 21

What are vicarious experience?

Answer 21

Seeing others do the task

Question 22

What’s an example of vicarious experiences?

Answer 22

In gymnastics watching a fellow gymnast do a vault that has been practiced in training may give the watching gymnast the confidence to go and do the vault themselves.

Question 23

What makes vicarious experiences better?

Answer 23

If the model is of a similar ability

Question 24

What is verbal persuasion?

Answer 24

Encouragement from others

Question 25

What’s an example of verbal persuasion?

Answer 25

Praise from others such as the coach, fellow players or spectators gives a player a real incentive and confidence to repeat the successful attempt.

Question 26

What makes encouragement more significant?

Answer 26

Encouragement from others is even more significant if it comes from those who are held in high esteem, such as family or the coach.

Question 27

What is emotion arousal?

Answer 27

A perception of the effects of anxiety on performance.

Question 28

What’s an example of emotional arousal?

Answer 28

‘What if we lose it now? We are so close!’
The better judgment or perception of that situation would be…
‘We’ve got this now, only a minute to go’.

Question 29

How do you improve confidence?

Answer 29

Control arousal with relaxation or stress management techniques.
Give an accurate demonstration.
Point out past successful performances.
Give support and encouragement
Allow success during training by setting tasks within the capability of the performer.
Set attainable goals
Attribute any success achieved to the athletes ability.
The coach or player may use the technique of mental practice to help the performer go over a routine or sequence in the mind.