Resources

Have a look into various other websites that explain and support the importance of sport self-confidence.

  • Mind Tools
  • USTA Player Development
  • Peak Performance Sports: Instilling Confidence for a Competitive Edge
  • Coachwise
  • Self-Efficacy: the Key to Success in Sports
  • References

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    Brianmac Sports Coach. (2007). Coaching skills and roles. Retrieved August 8, 2007, from Brianmac Sports Coach Website: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/coaching.htm

    Brianmac Sports Coach. (2007). Code of ethics and conduct for sport coaches. Retrieved August 8, 2007, from Brianmac Sports Coach Website: http://www.brianmac.co.uk/ethics.htm

    Covassin, T., & Pero, S. (2004). The relationship between self-confidence, mood state, and anxiety among collegiate tennis players. Journal of Sport Behaviour, 27(3), 230-242.

    Curry, L. A., & Maniar, S. D. (2004). Academic course for enhancing student-athlete performance in sport. The Sport Psychologist, 18(3), 297-316.

    Gould, D., Hodge, K., Peterson, K., & Giannini, J. (1989). An exploratory examination of strategies used by elite coaches to enhance self-efficacy in athletes. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(4), 128-140.

    Hanton, S., Mellalieu, S. D., & Hall, R. (2004). Self-confidence and anxiety interpretation: a qualitative investigation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise Science, 5(4), 477-495.

    McAuley, E., & Gill, D. (1983). Reliability and validity of the physical self-efficacy scale in a competitive sport setting. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 5(4), 410-418.

    Mellalieu, S. D., Neil, R., & Hanton, S. (2006). Self-confidence as a mediator of the relationship between competitive anxiety intensity and interpretation. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 77(2), 263-270.

    Passer, M. W. (1983). Fear of failure, fear of evaluation, perceived competence, and self-esteem in competitive-trait-anxious children. Journal of Sport Psychology, 5(2), 172-188.

    Vealey, R. S., Hayashi, S. W., Gerner-Holman, M., & Giacobbi, P. (1998). Sources of sport-confidence: conceptualization and instrument development. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 20(1), 54-80.

    Weinberg, R. S., & Gould, D. (2007). Foundations of sport and exercise psychology (4th ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

    Weinberg, R. S., Gould, D., & Jackson, A. (1979). Expectations and performance: an empirical test of Bandura's self-efficacy theory. Journal of Sport Psychology, 1(4), 320-331.

    Weiss, M. R., Klint, K. A., & Wiese, D. M. (1989). Head over heels with success: the relationship between self-efficacy and performance in competitive youth gymnastics. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(4), 444-451.