Playing with confidence

By Bruce E. Brown

1.Defining true confidence
2.What are you worried about? Take charge of your fears
3.The confident competitor’s mindset
4.Developing a plan of attack and stand up for yourself
5.Don’t take on the stress of others - Release to your best self
6.What confident athletes say

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce E. Brown
• Release date: May 31, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311673640

Bruce E. Brown

35 years as a teacher, coach, athletic administrator at the junior high, high school, junior college and collegiate level Coached football, basketball, baseball, and volleyball Former National presenter for the NAIA’s Champions of Character Program Director of Proactive Coaching Clinician – Speaking nationally to athletes, coaches, parents, school districts and corporations

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Playing with CONFIDENCE

For athletes to read

For coaches to teach

Bruce E. Brown

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The purpose of this booklet is to teach you how to be a confident competitor - To give you the steps necessary to be your own confidence builder even if you have no confidence builders in your life.

Table of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents

1. Defining true confidence

2. What are you worried about?

3. The confident competitor’s mindset

4. Developing an action plan of attack

5. Relax - don’t take on the stress of others - Releasing to your best self

6. What confident athletes say

Summary

Detailed Table of Contents

1. Defining true confidence

• The impact of low confidence

• Overconfidence, arrogance and the truth about barking dogs

2. What are you worried about?

• Most common fears

• Taking charge of your fears

3. The confident competitor’s mindset

• Which wolf will you feed?

• Competitive Confidence - Be at your best when your best is needed

• Preparation - earn the right to be confident

• Without the guts to take a chance you can’t play - Fearless - love of the battle

• Fight another round

4. Developing an action plan of attack

• Start - Initiate Action - Beliefs + knowledge without action = nothing

• Where is your focus?

• Walk tall

• Positive self talk

• If you hang with dogs, you end up with fleas

• Stand up for yourself - Dealing with a confidence cutting adult

5. Relax - don’t take on the stress of others - Releasing to your best self

6. What confident athletes say

Summary

1 - Defining true confidence

Athletic confidence is simply a feeling that you are prepared to perform well and to reach your potential. You cannot purchase, wish or hope for self confidence; it comes from demonstrated skill and previous success. Confidence allows you to relax, focus and trust yourself.

Every athlete hopes to win and if