This document discusses self-confidence in sports. It defines self-confidence as the belief in one's ability to successfully perform a desired behavior. Self-confidence can be state-based and unstable or trait-based and stable. Having self-confidence in sports can positively influence emotions, concentration, goal-setting, effort, game strategy, and momentum. It also affects performance. The benefits of self-confidence in sports are explained through the Sport Confidence Model, which describes the constructs, sources, consequences, and factors that influence an athlete's self-confidence.

1. ALPESH C JADHAV
B . S C . ( H O N S ) S P O R T S & E X E R C I S E S C I E N C E S
SELF-CONFIDENCE

2. A STRUGGLE
 Between “feeling Self-Confident” and “Recognizing
your Weaknesses”.

3. Self-Confidence
 The Belief that you can successfully perform a
desired behavior.

4. Self-Confidence
 State Self-Confidence:
 confidence might be something you feel today and
therefore it might be unstable
 Trait Self-Confidence:
 part of your personality and thus be very stable

5. Self-Confidence
 Affected by Specific Organizational Structure
as well as The General Sociocultural Forces.
 For Exerciser:
 Lots of positive feedback from The Instructor :
Build Confidence
 No Feedback (Or Even Negative Comments) :
undermine confidence.

6. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
 “When you expect something to go wrong”, you
create “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy”: expecting
something to happen actually, helps cause it to
happen.
 “Negative self-fulfilling prophecies” are
Psychological Barriers that lead to a vicious cycle

7. Vicious Cycle
Expectation of Failure
Actual Failure
Lower Self Image
Increases Expectation of Future
Failure

8. Several Types of Self-Confidence within
Sport
 One’s ability to execute physical skills
 One’s ability to use psychological skills
 To use perceptual skills
 One’s level of physical fitness and training status
 One’s learning potential or ability to improve one’s skill

9. Additional Types of Self-Confidence in
Elite Performers
 Belief in their ability to achieve (both winning and
improved performance)
 Belief in Their Superiority Over the Opposition

10. Self-Confidence
 Characterized by a “High Expectancy of Success”
 Help individuals to arouse:
Positive
Emotions
Facilitate
Concentration
Set Goals
Increase
Effort
Focus Their
Game
Strategies
Maintain
Momentum

11. BENEFITS OF SELF-CONFIDENCE
 Self-Confidence can Influence:
AFFECT BEHAVIOR COGNITIONS
The ABCs of sport psychology

12. Benefits of Self-Confidence
Arouses Positive Emotions
Facilitates Concentration
Affects Goals
Increases Effort
Affects Game Strategies
Affects Psychological Momentum
Affects Performance

13. Confidence arouses positive emotions
 Feeling of Confidence : Remain Calm & Relaxed
Under Pressure
 State of Mind & Body allows for Aggressive &
Assertive action when Needed.
 “Athletes with High Confidence” interpret Anxiety
Level more Positively.
 Emotions can be reframed to facilitate Performance.

14. Confidence Facilitates Concentration
 Feeling of Confidence : Mind will be free to focus on
the task at hand
 Lack of Confidence: “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy”
 Confident Individuals: more skillful and efficient in
Using Cognitive Processes.
Productive Attentional Skills
Attributional Patterns
Coping Strategies

15. Confidence Affects Goals
 Confident people:
 Tend to set challenging goals and pursue them
actively.
 People who are not Confident:
 Tend to set easy goals and never push themselves to
the limits
 Confidence allows you to reach for the stars and
realize your potential

16. Confidence Increases Effort
 “Amount of Effort” & “Duration of persistence in
Pursuit of a Goal” largely depends on
CONFIDENCE.
 When ability is equal, the “Winners of Competitions”
are usually the athletes who believe in themselves
and their abilities.

17. Confidence affects game strategies
 Confident athletes:
 Tend to play to Win
 Usually not afraid to take Chances
 So they take control of the competition to their
advantage
 Non-Confident Athletes:
 Play not to lose
 Are Uncertain
 Try to avoid making Mistakes.

18. Confidence affects Psychological
Momentum
 Momentum Shifts: Critical Determinants of Winning and
Losing.
 Being able to Produce positive momentum or Reverse
negative momentum is an important asset.
 People who are confident in themselves and their
abilities: NEVER GIVE UP
 view situations in which things are going against them as
CHALLENGES and react with increased determination

19. Confidence affects performance
 Most Important Relationship
 Factors affecting this Relationship:
Organizational
Culture
Personality
Characteristics
Demographic
Characteristics
Affect
Cognitions

20. Sport Confidence Model
 Described by Vealey and her colleagues.
 Four Components of Model:
CONSTRUCTS SOURCES
CONSEQUENCES FACTORS

21. Sport Confidence Model

22. Constructs of Sport Confidence
 Sport Confidence is varying on a continuum from
more “Trait-like” to “more State-like”
 Rather than, either purely Trait or State Self-
Confidence

23. Sports Self-Confidence
 MULTIDIMENSIONAL:
 Including confidence about:
Physical Ability
Psychological and
Perceptual skills
Adaptability
Fitness and Training level
Learning Potential
Decision Making

24. Sources of Sport Confidence
 Number of Sources underlie and affect Sport Self-
Confidence
 Categorized as focusing on:
Achievement
Self-
Regulation
Social
Climate

25. Consequences of Sport Confidence
 Consequences:
 Refers to ABC Triangle
 Affect (Anxiety, flow)
 Behavior (Effort, persistence)
 Cognitions (Decision making)

26. Factors Influencing Sport Confidence
Organizational
culture
Personality
Characteristics
Demographic
Characteristics

27. Bibliography

28. Thanks