USOC Mental Training Skill 6: Confidence Rating

  • USOC Skill 4: Confidence Rating

  • How Am I Doing? Rate Your Own Sport Self-Confidence Skills

    Answer the following questions to determine if learning and practicing Confidence skills may be an important skill for you to improve upon.

  • How confident are you in terms of:

  • 1. Your ability to execute the skills of your sport.*
  • 2. Your ability to make critical decisions during a competition.*
  • 3. Your ability to concentrate.*
  • 4. Your ability to perform under pressure.*
  • 5. Your ability to execute successful strategy.*
  • 6. Your ability to put forth the effort to succeed.*
  • 7. Your ability to control your emotions during competition.*
  • 8. Your physical conditioning or training.*
  • 9. Your ability to relate to your coach.*
  • 10. Your ability to come from behind.*

  • If your total "CONFIDENT" score added up to:

  • 8-10

    Great! You have a good sense of self-confidence in a variety of situations in your sport.

     

  • 4-7

    You should pay attention to tendencies in you confidence levels – are they more typically high or low? Is there a pattern in terms of when you feel one way versus another?

     

  • 0-3

    You need to work on developing self-confidence.

     

  • Should be Empty: