{"id":13425,"date":"2021-02-04T11:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=13425"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:54:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:54:17","slug":"tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarik Skubal Demonstrates Confidence-Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-4-SR-large.jpg\" alt=\"Confidence in Sports\" class=\"wp-image-13426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-4-SR-large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-4-SR-large-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Build_Proactive_Confidence_to_Improve_Your_Game\"><\/span>Build Proactive Confidence to Improve Your Game<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/#Build_Proactive_Confidence_to_Improve_Your_Game\" >Build Proactive Confidence to Improve Your Game<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/#Next-level_Performance_Demands_Superior_Confidence\" >Next-level Performance Demands Superior Confidence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/#How_to_Have_Proactive_Confidence\" >How to Have Proactive Confidence:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/tarik-skubal-demonstrates-confidence-building\/#The_Confident_Athlete\" >The Confident Athlete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>How would you grade your <strong>confidence<\/strong> over the course of the past athletic season? Would you give yourself an A? B? C+?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much more could you accomplish if you bumped up your <strong>confidence<\/strong> grade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, a lack of confidence holds many athletes back and creates feelings of frustration and disappointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most common questions we receive from our surveys is &#8220;How can I improve my confidence?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One respondent noted how frustrated she has become due to her plateauing over the course of the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning of preseason, you might have felt, &#8220;This is the year. A brand new start. I&#8217;m going to break out this year.&#8221; You worked hard. You felt good in your first few competitions but didn&#8217;t see the drastic improvements you expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your <strong>confidence <\/strong>wavered and the thoughts of &#8220;I knew I couldn&#8217;t do this&#8221; flooded in your mind. Your level of effort in training dropped off and your performance leveled off. Your coaches and parents kept telling you that you are talented but just need a little bit of confidence&#8230; But how?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Next-level_Performance_Demands_Superior_Confidence\"><\/span>Next-level Performance Demands Superior <strong>Confidence<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You already know that confidence is important, but it doesn&#8217;t happen by chance nor is it developed overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To improve your confidence, you need to actively build your confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Detroit Tigers&#8217; left-hander Tarik Skubal is brimming with <strong>confidence<\/strong> as he fights for a spot in the 2021 starting rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his debut season last year, Skubal pitched in 8 games with a 5.63 ERA, 37 strikeouts and 11 walks in 32 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SKUBAL<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>[The players on the team] are extremely talented and very gifted players. I need to push myself even harder and especially not get complacent. As far as the mentality, I&#8217;m going to attack spring training the same way I always have, and that&#8217;s just to go out there and build innings up and making sure you&#8217;re healthy from the ground up&#8230; I try not to focus on winning a rotation spot. I&#8217;m just trying to go out and control what I can control and let everything take care of itself.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can hear the confident tone from Skubal&#8217;s statement. Skubal provides some &#8220;how-to build confidence&#8221; tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Attack spring training&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Confidence<\/strong> is built through preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Making sure you are healthy from the ground up&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Confidence<\/strong> is improved by working on all aspects of performance: physical, technical and mental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Focus on winning a rotation spot&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Confidence<\/strong> grows by keeping the focus on you, your strengths, your abilities and your successes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Control what I can control&#8221; \u2013 <strong>Confidence<\/strong> remains stable when you focus on aspects you can control: effort, focus and mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned earlier, to have more <strong>confidence<\/strong>, you need to take responsibility for feeling confident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plenty of resources are available to you to learn effective confidence-building strategies&#8230; But you need to take the first step and commit to taking control of your SELF-CONFIDENCE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Have_Proactive_Confidence\"><\/span>How to Have Proactive Confidence:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, understand the confidence busters, such as doubt, making comparisons and high expectations. Work to manage the confidence busters as these will hold you back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, focus on your plan for &#8220;Being healthy from the ground up.&#8221; What will you do to improve your physical and technical game?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to focus on your talents and strengths every day. Don&#8217;t disqualify what you bring to your team or sport and past experience or success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-979ef383-5bc7-43ee-b8f9-249663ca1a6c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\"><\/span>Related Sports Psychology Articles<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-05642731-8752-4dbf-9c18-5cc4d276e821\" class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/do-you-or-your-team-have-the-comeback-mindset\/\"><strong>Do You Or Your Team Have The Comeback Mindset?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-grow-competition-confidence\/\"><strong>How to Grow Competition Confidence\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-preparation-boosts-confidence\/\"><strong>How Preparation Boosts Confidence<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-5726d13f-f715-4ca4-8813-2f8a9ebd8bc3\">*Subscribe to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sports-psychology-podcast-by-peaksports-com\/id152566009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on iTunes<br>*Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0ynyaalKxbnNmsoeL8gF5X?si=8224669de9b3435b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/strong><\/a> on Spotify<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-281f5afb-980b-4c71-9aa0-11d606b5f7c9\"><strong>Download a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/mental-toughness-report-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free sports psychology report<\/a>&nbsp;to improve your mental game!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-94138e75-d591-4645-bb1d-212cf57a8841\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sport-psychology-training-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about our one-on-one mental game coaching.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Confident_Athlete\"><\/span>The Confident Athlete <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/confident-athlete-audio250.jpg\" alt=\"The Confident Athlete Audio\" class=\"wp-image-16347\" style=\"width:198px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Confident Athlete\u201d consists of 2 audio programs that include 14 days of confidence fueling exercises and a simple to follow workbook that guides you through the 14 days, helps you apply the strategies, and customizes the exercises to your personal needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me help you put a <strong>stop to the confidence leak<\/strong>. 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