Coaching Mind's Podcast: Perform at your best! #102 - Improving Athlete Confidence
Jun 20, 2023
Practical ways coaches can assess and build athlete confidence through baseline measures and instruction. Simple teaching steps and deliberate practice routines to strengthen belief. Body language drills and visualization techniques to rehearse success. Tools like success boards and reframing negative self-talk to sustain earned confidence.
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Install Skills Stepwise
- Teach skills stepwise: show, explain, walk-through, then rehearse at full speed before game use.
- Install new plays or techniques progressively to prevent confusion and confidence loss.
Use Body Language Intentionally
- Teach and rehearse positive body language deliberately and make it sport-specific.
- Use visible actions (head, eyes, shoulders, pace) to prevent teammates and opponents losing confidence.
Document When Confidence Drops
- Have athletes write when they lose confidence and what bad body language looks like, then plan specific fixes.
- Share selectively to normalize struggles and design exact actions to 'fake it' until feeling follows.