Sports In Society

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time self-confidence is viewed in accordance with
how well an athlete performs at a certain sport activity. To examine this
further one must look at how an athlete prepares themselves before the task in
order to understand how their self-confidence reigns so high when it comes time
for them to actually compete. An athlete must trust what enables them to
build their self-confidence.

(2) To start, an athlete needs to know themselves and what their limitations are.
Through personal experience an athlete will know what they are capable of
doing, and also what challenges them. From such personal experiences an athlete
can recall past success as well as past failures. Therefore, an athlete must
strive off that knowledge of past success to reassure themselves that they have
done it once, and that they can do it again.
All is easier said then done. Building self-confidence can be one of the
hardest things an athlete has to do. This involves a great deal of mental
awareness and ...

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