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• Self confidence
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o The belief that one can successfully perform a desired behavior
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• Trait self confidence
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o The belief or degree of certainty an athlete usually possesses about his/her ability to be successful in sport
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• State self confidence
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o Belief at a particular moment about the athlete’s ability to be successful in sport
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• Self-fulfilling prophecy
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o Mere fact that one expects something to happen causes it to happen
o Affects confidence |
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• To improve confidence
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o Practice and prepare physically, mentally, with technical skills
Successful behavior helps increase levels of confidence o Act confidently o Think confidently o Use imagery o Optimal physical conditioning o Goal-mapping Short-term and long-term goals o Ask “are you thinking in a way that will give you the greatest success” o Develop an optimistic explanatory style Permanence • Degree to which an athlete feels an event will repeat itself Pervasiveness • Degree to which an athlete feels that a particular experience will generalize to other experiences in an athlete’s life Personalization • Degree to which an athlete sees himself as the primary causal agent in events |
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• Hot hand
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o Momentum theory of performance
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• Person cues
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o Expectations based on gender, race, body size
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• Performance information
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o Expectations based on past accomplishments, skill tests
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• Self-efficacy
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o The perception of one’s ability to perform a task successfully
o Situation-specific form of self-confidence |
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• Vicarious experiences (modeling)
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o Athletes gain confidence by watching other skilled athletes complete difficult tasks
o Modeling is a four-stage process Attention Retention Motor reproduction Motivation |