SELFCONFIDENCE

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SELF-CONFIDENCE
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A distinction must be made between

• GLOBAL SELF-CONFIDENCE personality trait or
  disposition
• SITUATION-SPECIFIC SELF-CONFIDENCE Believing
  that you can succeed at a given task

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Models of self-confidence

• Banduras theory of self-efficacy a form of
  situation-specific self-confidence.

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For the beginner 4 fundamental elements are
effective in developing self-confidence
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Developing self-confidence

• Successful performance
• Vicarious experience modelling or copying
• Verbal persuasion encouragement
• Emotional arousal

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SELF-TALK

• Once mastered, can become an effective coping
  strategy to
• Overcome anxiety
• Increase self-confidence
• Improve technique

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SELF-TALK definition

• A personal dialogue in which the athlete
  interprets feelings, perceptions and convictions
  and gives himself instructions and reinforcement.

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The 4 Ws of self-talk

• WHERE?
• WHEN?
• WHAT?
• WHY?

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3 Categories of self-talk to increase confidence

• Task-specific statements
• Encouragement and effort
• Mood words

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For self-talk to be effective, it needs to be

• Brief
• Phonetically simple
• Logically related to skill involved
• Well timed with task

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Functions of self-talk

• Building developing self-efficacy
• Skill acquisition work harder to change bad
  habits, learn new good habits
• Creating changing mood
• Controlling effort
• Focusing attention or concentration now