Self Efficacy Flashcards
What is self efficacy ?
A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation
According to vealy confidence is based on which 3 factors
- Personality – your level of competitiveness and achievement motivation
- Experience – your amount of past success on the task and your belief in your ability to succeed in future.
- Situation – playing at home or away, for example.
What are the 2 types of confidence ?
Trait confidence – consistent, innate confidence shown in most situations.
State confidence – is situation specific, e.g. taking a penalty. Temporary, can vary
depending on the interaction of experience and personality.
What is vealeys model of self confidence ?
Looks at the influence of State confidence, Trait confidence, the Situation and the Competitive Orientation
It was then suggested that state and trait confidence combine to produce confidence in an Objective Sporting Situation
What is competitive orientation ?
how much a performer is drawn to challenging situations
What is objective sporting situations ?
The performance is a combination of the type of skill and the situation the skill is performed in
How does the competitive sporting Situation affect confidence ?
Combines the skill being performed with the situation it is performed in • A previously successful skill increases confidence
A familiar situation such as playing at home increases confidence
Allows performer to evaluate outcome
Can increase confidence for next performance
Maintains effort and task persistence
According to Bandura what four factors affect confidence in any situation ?
- Performance accomplishments – what you have done before.
- Vicarious experience – seeing others (models) do it. Most effective if of a similar ability- allows modelling and copying to occur
- Verbal persuasion – reinforcement and encouragement. Most effective from significant others
- Emotional arousal – your interpretation of your level of anxiety. Do you experience cognitive or somatic symptoms?
How can performance accomplishments improve confidence ?
Set realistic/ attainable goals, develop when required
Allow success in training (early)
Set goals on performance not outcome
Point out past successful performances
How can viscarious experience improve confidence ?
Show accurate demonstrations using attainable role models
Allows modelling/ copying to occur
Builds confidence by seeing a successful performance
More effective if performer is of similar ability
How can verbal persuasion improve confidence ?
Avoid social comparison
Coach one on one
Use rewards
Give reinforcement and praise
Give support and encouragement
Attribute success internally- to the athlete
How can emotional arousal improve confidence
Stress Management techniques to control Arousal
Use mental practice, visualisation or imagery
Some factors can fit in other boxes.
What are the positives of home field advantage ?
Home crowd support and encouragement
Familiar environment leads to optimal arousal
Support increases Confidence
Support increases Motivation
Social Facilitation
Functional Assertive Behaviour- (more assertion and correct responses)
Can lead to more attacking fluent play and more wins Home crowd pressures the away team (anxiety)
No tiredness from travelling
More success at home- medals at the olympics for hosts
What are the negatives of home field advantage ?
Can ‘choke’- increased pressure and expectation raises anxiety and decreases performance (catastrophe theory)
Social Inhibition
Evaluation Apprehension
Players put pressure on to themselves due to being at home
