The most consistent finding that is found in sport psychological literature, is a direct link between confidence and success. Exceptional sportsmen and women are confident. Their confidence is the result of an effective way of thinking and frequent positive experiences. These are individuals who are coaches in the most tense moments of the game can trust the most demanding tasks.
* Athletes confident about themselves and their orders are considering other than less confident. They know that their thoughts and what you say, plays a key role in the onset of a summit. They know that the conscious mind, it is not always ally, and that it should be disciplinirati, also, as the disciplined body to be effective response in the fever competitions.
* All are a lot of time talking alone with me. Often this internal dialogue, nor aware of, although it affects our mood, emotions and hence the behavior. Negative thoughts often giving rise to bad feelings and lead to bad acts, while positive thinking leads to good sense and good appearance. Our mind is not always our ally, but with appropriate training you can become.
Untruthful about self-esteem You have or have no confidence
* Some people believe that the confidence or the disposal of inherited property that can not be changed by training, exercise or experience. This conviction means that in relation to confidence is not the power to change anything, it is also not worth trying.
* The truth is that highly confident athletes are not such a coincidence. Self-esteem is the result of a consistent process of constructive thinking, which allows athletes two things:
1. take advantage of positive experiences,
2. forget negative experiences.
Thus, athletes gain self-esteem like acquiring other skills - through practice and to the consolidation of appropriate behavior.
Only positive feedback can contribute to confidence * While the positive criticism by the sotekmovalcev, parents and coaches contribute to greater self-esteem, can be selectively perceived and interpreted differently (reinterpretirati) criticism, sarcasm, the negative comments as encouraging the challenges and use them to build self-esteem.
* You can from something at first glance appears negative feedback, the athlete - if it decides to reinterpretacijo and actively deal with this information - even gaining self-esteem. So, with the right approach and think strategies, athletes can gain confidence even in situations when they are underestimated, ignored or nespoštovani.
Confidence is the same arrogance * In the world of sport found out confident individuals who are "rude" confident, as well as such with an equally strong, a quiet confidence. Names such as Muhammad Ali, Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman, etc.. often associated with domišljavostjo and arrogance, but also other great sportsmen and women are also confident inwards, while outwardly showing finer, courtesy and respect.
Many athletes have problems with the separation of quiet, internal, private self, which is necessary for the success of the loud, external, public confidence that the athletes generate media. The athlete can be highly confident without being arrogant or apply for the vain.
Inevitable errors disposed of confidence * The biggest problem in obtaining self-esteem is the fact that engaged in sport incomplete human beings who make mistakes periodically. Too many athletes are on their own mistakes response to the matters or reduced confidence. Ironically, these athletes actually lose confidence, because the sports selectively focus on the mistakes that are unavoidable in sport.
* Consequently, such an athlete during their sporting career is becoming more hesitant, indecisive, cautious and boječ. Other athletes to build their own confidence, despite the repetition of mistakes because they are able to focus on yet so little progress or positive experience. In fact, such an approach is a first step and a cornerstone in the techniques of increasing self-esteem. So, athletes can gain confidence even when making mistakes - that is something that top athletes has always done.
In summary, the above points suggest that the relatively low self-esteem connection with what is going on individuals, temeveč is the result of how someone thinks, it focuses on what and how the response to the events in life.
Pregnali We have some myths about self-esteem and showed that it is accessible to everyone. Techniques used by top athletes are taking the appropriate use of equally effective in all other sports of thousands and even those that sport is not involved.
But how? Before answering this question, we must first establish a solid foundation on which we build self-confidence.
* The way we see and perceive the requirements we face in various situations of daily life, is largely dependent on how they think and how to perceive its ability to meet them.
You quietly say the following examples:
I previously managed and already often feel you confidence.
I think I'll feel exploited and anger.
The exercise is completely without sense and feel you lack patience.
* The direct consequence feelings affect our actions oz. behavior, because produce objectively verifiable changes in muscle tension, blood circulation, hormones and the emergence of our attention. When the wrong tense muscles, or the right muscles at the wrong time, this affects example. športnikovo coordination and synchronization.
* Confident athletes deliberately guiding the thoughts of those aspects of the situation and of themselves, which produce feelings of confidence and strength in order to improve their performance.
Sincere attitude to oneself * An individual's tendency to control their own thoughts and feelings is a process that requires a fair relationship to oneself.
* The answer to the question Is really think in a way that will give me the best chance for success? must be the most honest.
* For most people engaged in a sport that is a real opponent in hiding themselves in the form of samokritiziranja, and doubts or hesitation. irresolution.
* Athletes with a high degree of self-esteem are well aware that any success of the first battle to get inside. This is the toughest battle and also a challenge for which the sport is all the more interesting and offers opportunities for personal growth and satisfaction.
Developing optimistic interpretations for the world around you * In the life of every individual is undergoing as good as bad things. But the way the response to these events and understand it determines whether or not this individual optimist or pessimist.
* Understanding of the sport - especially in racing conditions - a very important and useful, because every athlete is also inevitably confronted with obstacles, regression, etc. disappointment., Which have to be able to respond optimistic, if it wishes to retain the appropriate degree of self-esteem and continue to invest their time and energy.
Such deliberate understanding and interpretation of events does not mean denying their mistakes and the creation of unrealistic view on their own abilities and circumstances. Only a more rational view of errors and failures, enabling them harness themselves in favor. On the faults are instructive, but we must understand as a new opportunity to learn and to see them with positive views.
