{"id":21,"date":"2007-04-06T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=21"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:33:06","slug":"competitive-self-confidence-really-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/competitive-self-confidence-really-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive Self-Confidence Really Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/importance-of-self-confidence.jpg\" alt=\"Self Confidence\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/importance-of-self-confidence.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/importance-of-self-confidence-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Importance_of_Self-Confidence\"><\/span>The Importance of Self-Confidence<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\/competitive-self-confidence-really-matters\/#The_Importance_of_Self-Confidence\" >The Importance of Self-Confidence<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/competitive-self-confidence-really-matters\/#Some_athletes_are_blessed_with_a_high_level_of_confidence_in_their_ability_and_it_shows_in_competition\" >Some athletes are blessed with a high level of confidence in their ability and it shows in competition.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/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\/competitive-self-confidence-really-matters\/#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-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/competitive-self-confidence-really-matters\/#The_Confident_Athlete\" >The Confident Athlete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Sports self-confidence is the number one mental skill that your young athlete must possess to be successful in sports and life! Self-doubt is the number one mental barrier that blocks athletes from success in sports and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having high levels of confidence is so important that I spend most of my time teaching students how to develop and harnesses the power of confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently received an email from a concerned sports parent about her son &#8216;folding&#8217; under the pressure of big games. She said, in big games, he seems to lose confidence to easily and not perform well, but in practice looks like a million bucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a very common challenge that I help athletes overcome and is highly related to confidence (or what I call &#8216;competitive confidence&#8217;). In my book, there is a big difference between practice self-confidence and competitive self-confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone can feel confident and look great in practice, but the challenge is having the same high level of confidence in competition or big games and performing well in these situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At any one time, young athletes either think in ways to boost confidence or hurt confidence. My approach is to help athlete improve their thinking so they can feel more confident AND help them identify and discard thoughts or beliefs that undermine confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_athletes_are_blessed_with_a_high_level_of_confidence_in_their_ability_and_it_shows_in_competition\"><\/span>Some athletes are blessed with a high level of confidence in their ability and it shows in competition.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be the most positive sports parent in the world, but in spite of your positive parenting, your son or daughter may hold on to doubts and negative self-labels (i.e. &#8216;I choke in big games.&#8217;) that will severely limit his or her performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have great news for you! We have a NEW program to help athletes boost confidence and dispel doubts forever called THE CONFIDENT ATHLETE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/the-confident-athlete-cd-program\/\"><strong>The Confident Athlete<\/strong><\/a>,&#8217; workbook program, is a ground-breaking system to teach athletes and sports parent how to think like a champion and have ultimate self-confidence every time athletes step on the playing field, court, track, or course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few highlight of my new program, The Confident Athlete: A 14-Day Plan for Ultimate Self-Confidence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;2 CDs packed with confidence-boosting tips that you can enjoy many times again to squeeze out the last drop of confidence you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;A 68 page workbook to help you practice and apply the mental game strategies, and individualize the exercises to your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;14 Days of confidence boosters and other unique exercises to solidify each confidence booster and help apply to competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;A daily confidence scoreboard that can be used to score confidence levels after every competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;A summary of all confidence action plans you must take to top off the confidence fuel tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt;Two additional peak performance bonuses that ads real value to the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I strongly suggest you hop on over to my web site and check it out!<br>Here is the link to read more about THE CONFIDENT ATHLETE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrick J. Cohn, Ph.D., Mental Training Expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;The Confident Athlete&#8217; includes two SPECIAL bonuses that you can download immediately. The first is an e-book titled &#8216;The Confidence-Expectation Connection.&#8217; The second is an hour-long teleclass MP3 recording I did with peaksports.com members called, Don&#8217;t Hang Your Head: How to Keep Confidence after Mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/the-confident-athlete-cd-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Get More Sports Confidence Today!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-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\/where-does-self-confidence-come-from-in-golf\/\"><strong>Where Does Self-Confidence Come From in Golf?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-perfectionism-can-hurt-athletes-self-confidence\/\"><strong>How Perfectionism Can Hurt Athletes Self-Confidence<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/proactive-vs-reactive-self-confidence-in-sports-webinar-2\/\"><strong>Proactive vs. Reactive Self-Confidence \u2013 Webinar 2<\/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<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sports-psychology-podcast-by-peaksports-com\/id152566009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0on 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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