Sports
and General
Performance Enhancement with
There
are many super effective techniques that can be utilised to improve your
sporting performance, or anything else you would like to achieve. In
fact, there is a field of Sports Psychology, (although I am not a sports
psychologist) which many sports people find
useful.
I
have worked with a young soccer team who achieved amazing results, with a
swimmer, and a shooter, and all found that the techniques they learnt to reduce
stress and visualise success in their particular sport, were of great benefit.
Below
is an article on what's involved in being Sport Confident when you are a
competitive athlete, in any sport.
See
a list of more articles, right
here
Self
Confidence Vital in Sport
©
Narelle Stratford, 1997
Self
Confidence in sport, known as Sport Confidence is said to be the most important
ingredient in competitive performance, according to US sports researcher Robin
Vealey.
But what is Sport Confidence? How do you measure sport confidence to know
if you have it? And if you don't have it how can you get it?
Sport confidence comes from mastery of your sports technical elements, and
through demonstrating that ability or mastery. Your sport confidence is
regulated by your physical and your mental-psychological preparation, and
self-presentation or how you present yourself physically.
There are five factors which can influence your sport confidence, outside of
yourself. They are:
-
Support
from your coach, friends and family
-
Your
coach's leadership
-
Vicarious
experience - that's the experiences you have that have given you confidence
outside of the competitive arena
-
Environmental
comfort - whether you feel comfortable in your uniform or outfit, whether
the temperature is balanced, whether the competition area is safe and
suitable to the meet
-
Situation
favourableness - what is the situation you are competing in? Is it
your first competition, or is it the final of a series? Is this a home
or an away game? Are the odds stacked against you? Having the
odds stacked against you can actually help by taking the pressure off you,
so you can relax and focus.
Sport
confidence is obviously lacking when an athlete "chokes",
"slumps" or is "inconsistent" in her or his
performance. The term choking refers to a competitor who is so far ahead,
they could not possibly lose, and yet they do.
Read
articles on improving your performance through the power of your mind, right
here!
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