Becoming a Champion: An Athlete's Guide to Building Self-Confidence

with Greg Dale, Ph.D.,
Mental Training Coach, Duke University

Self-confidence is a determining factor for success in athletics. Learning to build self-confidence as well as learning to regain lost confidence requires knowledge, understanding, implementation, and constant maintenance. In this DVD, Dale highlights six key ingredients to build and maintain self-confidence:

1. 1) Understanding Confidence. Learn the answers to these key questions: What is confidence? Where does it comes from? Why is it so important?
2. 2) Self-Talk. Learn to use positive self-talk rather than negative self-talk.
3. 3) Be an Actor. Act confident to assist in building confidence.
4. 4) Trust Yourself. Learn how to use mental cues to assist in developing self-trust, i.e. self-confidence.
5. 5) Competition is the Reward. Embrace competition, rather than fear it.
6. 6) Mistakes Happen. Even the most confident athletes deal with mistakes. Learn strategies for dealing with self-disappointment in ways that will not shatter your confidence.

40 minutes. 2005.

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