Self Confidence
Self-confidence is the belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior.
Wooden:
Bandura:
-Athletes who achieve small successes over time might have more positive feelings about achieving success with development of new skills.
- Some athletes are generally more confident in themselves as a trait, having a generally higher level of natural self-confidence. Others might be more state confident, finding higher confidence levels in their ability to perform a specific tasks or skills (Weinburg & Gould, 2007, p. 323).
Wooden:
- In the words of John Wooden (2005), “confidence cannot be grafted on artificially. Real abiding confidence is earned only by tenaciously pursuing and attaining those assets that allow you to reach your own level of competency” (p. 51).
- That might be the first step in reaching a higher state of self-confidence, knowing you have completed the necessary tasks, possibly gaining more belief after beating challenges (a strong link that might be seen in mental toughness).
Bandura:
- Albert Bandura also proposed a Theory of Self-efficacy, which relates to acquiring self-confidence.
-Athletes who achieve small successes over time might have more positive feelings about achieving success with development of new skills.
- Based on these authors, we see that achieving is part of the key of building confidence.
- Athletes benefit from small amounts of success and eventually build into higher levels of success.