self confidence Flashcards
What is self confidence?
The belief that you can successfully perform a desired behaviour
Trait meaning?
The degree of certainty individuals usually possesses about their ability to succeed (personality related)
State meaning?
The belief of certainty individuals possesses at a particular moment about their ability to succeed.(situation specific)
Why is self confidence seen as multidimensional?
- ability to execute physical skills
- use psychological skills (self talk)
- physical fitness and ability to train
- apply perceptual skills
- ability to learn and improve
- ability to achieve (take orientation)
- superiority over the opposition (ego)
benefits of self confidence?
Positive emotions, concentration, goals, effort, game strategies, momentum, performance
How is low confidence seen?
self doubt, insecure, anxiety, hesitation, indecisive, mistakes, lack focus
How is high confidence seen?
false confidence, cocky, selfish, show off, not take criticism, arrogant
What is self fulfilling prophecy?
Expecting something to go wrong creates a self-fulfilling prophecy
How does self fulfilling prophecy lead to failure?
Negative self-fulfilling prophecies cause negative psychological barriers to occur. The expectation of failure = actual failure
Types of sports confidence
Cognitive efficiency/decision making, physical skills and training, resilience
Process of how a coach finds athletes expectations?
- coach forms expectations - person cues/performance information
- coaches expectations may influence their behaviour - interaction, instruction, feedback.
- coaches behaviours affect athletes performance
- athletes performance confirms coaches expectations
- regularly re check expectations of athletes.
How to improve someone’s self confidence?
Accomplishments - list all the things they’ve done successfully
Acting/faking confidence - positive mental attitude, positive self talk
Imagery/visualisation - picturing yourself doing something well
preparation - having a detailed plan
