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Low confidence athletes are usually afraid that the competition will require things that they are not capable of doing. This can cause them to play cautiously, nervously and fearfully. They constantly need validation from others just to keep going. They're impacted by what
others think and say which makes them fragile and overly sensitive. All these things lead to poor or inconsistent performance which leads to less success and lower confidence.
At the opposite of end of the low confidence athlete is the overconfident one. Real confidence based
At the opposite of end of the low confidence athlete is the overconfident one. Real confidence based
upon successful preparation and helps performance. Fake confidence can be seen in bragging, taunting, drawing attention to themselves, disrespect and arrogance; these are usually a cover up for lack of real inner strength. When players reach a level of arrogance they begin to
depend too much on talking and not enough on preparing and their performance can drop. When the arrogant athlete isn’t successful, they blame it on coaches, teammates, officials or anything else. The overconfident athlete confuses confidence with trying to predict the outcome -
“we are going to kick their butt”. The truly confident athlete responds, “We have had a great week of practice and are ready to compete”. Confident leaders understand that confidence is not spread by fiery pregame speeches but through solid preparation and by example. The most
effective kind of confidence is quiet inner confidence. If you're good, you don’t have to tell anyone & you know that you’re good because of the work you've put in before you ever step on the field or court. Quiet confidence & an inner belief is the mark of a prepared competitor.
Ask almost anyone what kind of dog are they least afraid of? Most will say a poodle or Chihuahua. Ask of the dog they are most fearful of, most will respond, a Doberman or German Shepherd. One group yaps the other usually quiet and studying. Analogy,
tough dogs don’t say much, they are studying you and are ready. The truth about barking dogs is that they are usually trying to cover up for insecurities. Confident, prepared athletes don’t need to do any barking.
