Sports Psychology:
How To Build Self-Confidence: Four Things Parents, Athletes
And Coaches Need To Know
There are many text books, self-help books, journal articles and magazine
articles on building self-concept, self confidence and self-esteem. Because
I coach many athletes, I tend to spend a lot of time helping these clients to
to strengthen their self-confidence.
However, believing in one self is useful and important for just about
everyone. It is important for Barack Obama. It is important for kids. And it
is probably important for you.
Over the years, I have studied and developed many strategies and
techniques for helping people to believe in themselves. When people
feel positively about themselves, they tend to grow and they are better able
to have rich and fulfilling lives.
Dr. Albert Bandura, of Stanford University, identified four components
or life experiences which contribute to building one’s self-confidence.
Mastery Experiences-Having a history of doing well at some event,
some skill or some task can help to grow your confidence in yourself. So, it is useful to remind yourself of times when you felt you mastered some task or some skill.
Vicarious Learning-Seeing someone else who you can relate to do
well at something or succeed at something can help you to believe that
you, too, can succeed. A child seeing his friend hit a baseball can start
to believe that he can put his bat on the ball with some power too.
Modeling Someone Who Inspires You-When you see someone who
you admire do something well, you can imitate his or her actions. Watching
a singer perform a song brilliantly can inspire a young artist to do the same
thing. This “modeling” can help to grow your self-confidence.
Social Persuasion-Receiving encouraging words from a parent, a coach or someone you trust can help you to feel like you can do something successfully. This, too, can strengthen your self-confidence.
People who do not get any of these kinds of experiences are likely to
have little or no self-confidence.
So, if you want to build self-confidence in yourself, in someone you
care about or your child, consider facilitating one or all of these kinds
experiences. If you do, confidence can build in a short period of time.
Sports Psychology:
How To Build Self-Confidence: Four Things Parents, Athletes
And Coaches Need To Know
There are many text books, self-help books, journal articles and magazine
articles on building self-concept, self confidence and self-esteem. Because
I coach many athletes, I tend to spend a lot of time helping these clients to
to strengthen their self-confidence.
However, believing in one self is useful and important for just about
everyone. It is important for Barack Obama. It is important for kids. And it
is probably important for you.
Over the years, I have studied and developed many strategies and
techniques for helping people to believe in themselves. When people
feel positively about themselves, they tend to grow and they are better able
to have rich and fulfilling lives.
Dr. Albert Bandura, of Stanford University, identified four components
or life experiences which contribute to building one’s self-confidence.
Mastery Experiences-Having a history of doing well at some event,
some skill or some task can help to grow your confidence in yourself. So, it is useful to remind yourself of times when you felt you mastered some task or some skill.
Vicarious Learning-Seeing someone else who you can relate to do
well at something or succeed at something can help you to believe that
you, too, can succeed. A child seeing his friend hit a baseball can start
to believe that he can put his bat on the ball with some power too.
Modeling Someone Who Inspires You-When you see someone who
you admire do something well, you can imitate his or her actions. Watching
a singer perform a song brilliantly can inspire a young artist to do the same
thing. This “modeling” can help to grow your self-confidence.
Social Persuasion-Receiving encouraging words from a parent, a coach or someone you trust can help you to feel like you can do something successfully. This, too, can strengthen your self-confidence.
People who do not get any of these kinds of experiences are likely to
have little or no self-confidence.
So, if you want to build self-confidence in yourself, in someone you
care about or your child, consider facilitating one or all of these kinds
experiences. If you do, confidence can build in a short period of time.
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