{"id":2829,"date":"2013-03-21T13:54:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=2829"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:14:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T20:14:19","slug":"sports-confidence-killer-number-1-of-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sports-confidence-killer-number-1-of-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Confidence-Killer 1: High Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/track-high-expectations.jpg\" alt=\"Managing High Expectations\" class=\"wp-image-6191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/track-high-expectations.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/track-high-expectations-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=\"How_to_Improve_Your_Confidence\"><\/span>How to Improve Your 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\/sports-confidence-killer-number-1-of-6\/#How_to_Improve_Your_Confidence\" >How to Improve Your Confidence<\/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\/sports-confidence-killer-number-1-of-6\/#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-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sports-confidence-killer-number-1-of-6\/#The_Confident_Athlete\" >The Confident Athlete<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In any sport, confidence is the #1 mental game skill that helps you (or your athletes) succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How you prepare before competition, react to mistakes, cope with adversity, and internalize others comments, can make or break your confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;re a coach or parent, you play a critical role in helping your athletes&#8217; improve confidence in sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this new 12-part sports confidence series, you&#8217;ll learn the top 6 confidence-killers for athletes and the top 6 strategies to boost confidence based on my 20 plus years helping athletes improve their mental game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is self-confidence?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-confidence is how strongly an athlete believes in his or her ability to execute any skill or task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why is confidence so crucial to your success?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, without a high level of confidence, you (or your athletes) simply can&#8217;t perform at your best or perform with consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Confidence helps you play without fear or anxiety.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confidence helps you let go of mistakes quicker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confidence helps you to stay calm and composed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confidence allows you take risks and perform assertively instead of tentatively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confidence helps you trust in your skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With high confidence, your overall mental game is better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A lack of confidence leads to tentative, defensive, afraid-to-take-risks performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do most coaches help athletes improve confidence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes practice, drill, work out, and take instruction from coaches. Drilling and instruction are necessary to gain competence, which leads to confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But is this where confidence-building stops? Should athletes simply practice more or take additional coaching to gain confidence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No! This is just the start of building a strong base of confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about the mental game? The mental game is very important to helping athletes improve confidence and keep it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can improve your confidence in two main areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learn how to overcome the confidence-killers that destroy confidence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn how to be proactive with confidence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Many athletes do not consider the first step above. But overcoming the confidence killers is half the battle in helping you keep and grow confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confidence Killer #1: Strict Expectations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes who maintain very high expectations (demands) easily lose confidence when they don&#8217;t perform up to their expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, some athletes expect to perform perfectly or make no mistakes. Here are a few other examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A baseball player thinks he should go four-for-four at-bat in a baseball game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A volleyball player thinks she has to play as well as her teammates in every game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A hockey player thinks he must score two goals every game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A golfer thinks he should shoot no higher than 75<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s the problem with high expectations or self-imposed demands?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, they lead to judgmental thinking. Second, if you don&#8217;t perform up to your self-imposed expectations, it&#8217;s easy to question yourself and confidence drops quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t confuse expectations with goals. Goals are desirable. You want to set lofty goals for yourself or your team. You strive to achieve goals&#8230; Unlike expectations, you don&#8217;t HAVE TO achieve your goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike goals, expectations become a MUST HAVE situation for athletes. You reach them or you don&#8217;t.<\/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=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/fear-of-meeting-others-expectations-and-pressure\/\">Fear of Meeting Other\u2019s Expectations and Pressure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/when-athletes-fail-to-meet-others-expectations\/\">When Athletes Fail to Meet Others\u2019 Expectations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-athletes-can-manage-expectations\/\">How Athletes Can Manage Expectations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" id=\"block-5726d13f-f715-4ca4-8813-2f8a9ebd8bc3\">*Subscribe to&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;on iTunes<br>*Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0ynyaalKxbnNmsoeL8gF5X?si=8224669de9b3435b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sports Psychology Podcast<\/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>. You can learn to have greater levels of confidence in competition than you do in practice by identifying the specific ways you undermine your own confidence and <strong>how to convert your practice confidence into COMPETITIVE CONFIDENCE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Confident Athlete\u201d is a ground-breaking system to teach you how to think like a champion and have ultimate self-confidence every time you step on the playing field, court, track, or course. The confident athletes was <strong>developed for any athlete \u2013 junior to professional \u2013<\/strong>that wants to gain confidence. However, coaches and sports parents can learn how to teach others to perform with ultimate confidence. 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