This study discovered, there are significant relationship between cognitive factor and self-confidence of national athletes during mass media interviews. According to Bandura (1977) cognitive factor is divided perception and knowledge. Both elements can trigger an individual’s self-confidence. Perception happens through a person feelings, attitude, and belief. Perception could overcome a person’s self-confidence (Bandura, 1986). As Crookes (1991) had stated, communication difficulties could be due to perception. It was discovered that a person with high self-confidence is motivated when he gets the opportunity to response to interaction including both positive and negative. Knowledge, as Rosyam Nor had reflected, was an important tool to enable …show more content…
In the nut-shell, self-confidence plays an important role in communications as well as providing intelligent response to the mass media. Firstly, National Sport Council (NSC) should make an effort to improve the national athlete’s perception towards Mass Media. Evidently the result has proven there are strong relationship between perception and self-confidence. In addition, NSC should make an effort to educate the national athletes. As we can see from the findings, there are significant relationship between knowledge and self-confidence. Majority of the national athletes took part in this study were had SPM (Malaysian High School Certificate) as a highest education level. Knowledge is an on-going process. Crookes (1991) had stressed communication can be difficult if a person are lacking of knowledge too. It will be good if the NSC can give an awareness talk to the national athletes of the importance of reading. Newspapers and magazines, Rosyam Nor (2011) had stated, provides the athletes to have the knowledge to interact with the media with …show more content…
Viewers or fans do not want to wait the following morning to get the latest news from sports groups, advisors or players. They would like to see the athletes give their comments instantly when interviewed by anchors during local or international events. Psychologies can contribute their knowledge to develop national athlete’s self-confidence. According to Shawn Byle (2004), low self- confidence follows you everywhere and will undoubtedly predict your behaviour and effect your communication negatively. Thus, a psychology session would be able to understand and improve an athlete’s self-confidence in communicating
More boys than girls indulge in sports activities in school. This has become a huge source of concern. Male students take active part in sports activities. Girls on the other hand shun such activities. There has been a link between media coverage and the indulgence of girls in sporting activities in schools. This is primarily because; television and other media show sports as a preserve of men. As a result there are few females in the sporting activities on media. Hence female students never have role models to ape in sports. Boys find several sources of, motivation to participate in sports. However, the discrepancy in media coverage is getting better with time. There is a realization of the importance of balanced attention with regard to gender in sports programs. Therefore there are increased efforts to ensure that several sport program s show women participating in games. This will lead to a better perception of sports by girls. Eventually, girls will change their attitude about sports. The paper takes a keen look at the entire perspective of media coverage and its corresponding effect on the participation of girls in sports activities.
...ntial stressors when competing. According to Nicholls & Polman (2007), the capability to cope with stress plays a significant part in how well an athlete performs during and out of competition. In line with this research, the self-efficacy construct has been found to impact how an individual appraises a situation and the corresponding way in which they cope. Self-efficacy can be defined as an individual’s beliefs about their ability to attain a certain outcome which is further expressed in their views about their capacity to execute a specific behavior or task. Since stress is a consistent and defining variable in sports and life outside of sports, it is crucial that athletes develop ways to successfully cope with stress and effectively implement these methods in order to avoid negative effects in competition and in life (Nicholls, Polman, Levy, & Borkoles, 2010).
Hoar (2007) discusses that athletes often perceive anxiety differently based on situational factors. These factors include: sport type, team role, and importance of event. For example, an athlete might feel more anxiety before an event if their role on the team is substantial (ie. Captain) or if a game is at a pivotal point in the season. Personally, I pe...
In addition, athletes put a lot of pressure on themselves became they are always being assessed by their opponents, teammates, coaches and spectators. The athlete wants to push themselves so that they can please their audience and not looked down upon if they do something wrong. This may lead to increased competitive anxiety, and there are three areas associated with competitive anxiety. First is cognitive anxiety, which is constant thoughts about failure. Next is somatic anxiety, and this is the awareness of physical symptoms and increased negative arousal. Finally, prior to and during competitions self-confidence is usually an indicator of low competitive anxiety and is normally related to higher performance. Athletes seeking victory should be cautious of their inner perfectionism because if it turns negative it can lead to mental and physical health risks (Stoeber et al., 2007, ¶
Plenty of golfers use self-talk as a motivating force, including Tiger Woods. For example, he once said to himself, “You are the worst golfer in the world!” It is clear that he is quite the contrary, however, he is using this self-talk to motivate himself to reach a higher level of achievement and concentration and perform better than his previous shots. By directing a positive attitude on performance, the golfer’s confidence in the golf swing should increase. The ideal self-talk is cordial, relaxed, and positive. It should be similar to speaking with a young child (Cook, 2012). Some other important concepts to remember include the dominant response and expectancy theory (King, 2002). The dominant response states that the mind is capable of...
(2013) found that media accounts accredited an athlete’s decision to retire as a failure to fulfill his or her natural obligation. In addition, when athletes decided to return to elite competition, media depictions of that decision referred to it as natural and expectable (Cosh et al., 2013). This study demonstrated that the media has an influence on perceived athletic identity of athletes. This influence is likely to increase significantly moving forward for multiple reasons. For example, athletes’ increased use of social media is subjected to scrutiny by the media simply because they have access to it. With more insight into the lives of these athletes, the media will increase the stories and articles because the social media provides them with the means to do so. Therefore, Cosh et al. (2013) suggested that athletes should utilize narrative therapy during their transition out of sport, as it may assist in the exploration and generation of new
The journal article begins by mainly highlighting two areas of concerns in past research that was done on psychological skills intervention. First area of concern was that the inclusion of specific psychological interventions was not always clearly justified. The second concern was that a large proportion of these related studies had mainly focused on performance outcomes and seldom at the respective sports’ subcomponents.
A lot of times, sports seem like a contest of physical skill― a test to see who is the fastest or strongest, who has the best eye or the most endurance, who can jump the highest or can handle the ball the best. What a lot of people don’t know is that there is so much more to a sport than just the muscle and coordination. In order to excel in a sport, an athlete requires a lot of self-discipline, concentration, and self-confidence. It’s the mental factor that makes a difference. Former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlon runner Bruce Jenner once said, “You have to train your mind like you train your body” (Gregoire 1). Success or failure depends on the mental factors just as much as the physical ones. The training of the mind of an athlete is called sports psychology. The use of sports psychology has a huge impact upon an athlete’s performance. The mental skills of a sport are just as important as the physical skills. All professional athletes use sports psychology. “If they aren’t currently using it, it’s almost guaranteed they’ve used it in the past, even if they are unaware they have” (Davis, Stephens, The Exploratorium 129). It’s hard to find an experienced athlete who hasn’t used sports psychology, because without it, they probably wouldn’t be where they are. The use of sports psychology is a crucial step to becoming a successful athlete.
When you are full of confidence; have clear goals and you feel fulfilled, you are able to:
Many things we covered were either new information or reassurance on the relationships between self-confidence and performance. With a well ranged survey to present to the players and coaches of the FIU Baseball team, we had the opportunity to take away information from coaching, teaching, and actual competing in athletic contests. The project included data averages from coaches, managers, and players leading age differences to be a significant factor in our results. This also gave us different views on the answers to certain
Write an essay (2-3 paragraphs) indicating if you have very high, high, average or low self-confidence. Provide an explanation and examples as to why you rated your self-confidence at this level. Next take the self assessment quiz on page 42 and calculate your total score. Answer the following questions:
As I grew up in Korea, I was born with physical disabilities with my right side of the body, because my parents told me that there was an accident when I was born during that time. My parents noticed that I have a physical disability when I was about age 4 or 5, and they were working hard to find the ways for treatment for my right side of the body. Furthermore, some people did not respect people who have physical disabilities in Korea about 11 years ago, so my parents had lower self esteem, but they have not given up on me. During my childhood, my mom was very heart broken because how I have to face the burden in my life, but she encouraged me to be positive and get lots of physical therapy in the hospitals so that my right hand and leg might
Sometimes thinks too much hard about the future makes us afraid to move. The future is not to be feared, but to be faced with all the challenges that exist.
Educational sport psychology focuses on improving elite athletic performance through psychological skills training. Improving cognitive behavior and development by increasing cognitive awareness and addressing and correcting negative cognitive behaviors through and assortment of training methods, psychological skills training (PST) is best defined. The compass of psychology skills training includes the development of five basic psychological skills: arousal recognition, goal setting, imagery, attention control and self-talk. Sport psychologists have determined th...
Self-confidence is usually known as self-assurance in a person’s power, ability, and judgment. Mastering self-assurance activities can enhance a person’s confidence. Some people confuse self-confidence with self-esteem. Self-confidence has a specific task of a person’s ability or to challenge themselves. Self-confidence is the key to success. It is a different case for people, some are naturally born with a strong self-assurance, other work hard for it, and others have no idea on how to obtain a strong self-confidence. Luckily, trying to obtain a strong self-confidence can be carried out over time. Researchers have proven that when a person has a strong self-confidence about themselves it helps them face their fears, their well-being (mentally, physically, and emotionally) and setting future goals.