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Building Confidence and Resilience

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Confidence and resilience are the twin pillars of long-term athletic success. This session explores how athletes cultivate lasting self-belief and recover from setbacks, losses, or injuries. We’ll examine Vealey’s Sport Confidence Model to understand the key sources of confidence—including mastery, preparation, and social support—and review research showing how confidence mediates the anxiety–performance relationship. We’ll also distinguish between mental toughness and resilience, highlighting how each contributes differently to growth and consistency. Finally, we’ll apply practical tools such as journaling, visualization, and “confidence triggers” to help athletes strengthen belief and rebound stronger after challenges.

What Will You Learn?

  • Sources of Confidence – Apply Vealey’s model to identify where confidence comes from: self-mastery, preparation, and support.
  • Confidence–Performance Link – See how confidence buffers the impact of anxiety and improves consistency.
  • Mastery & Feedback – Explore how small wins, goal achievement, and constructive feedback build lasting belief.
  • Toughness vs. Resilience – Differentiate between enduring stress (mental toughness) and recovering from setbacks (resilience).
  • Practical Tools – Create a “confidence trigger” list from past successes and design a bounce-back plan for hypothetical setbacks.
  • Career-Stage Motivation – Learn how athlete motivations shift from exploration to peak achievement to legacy building.
  • Homework – Keep a confidence journal to track daily wins and reflect on strategies for bouncing back from adversity.

Course Content

Building Confidence and Resilience

  • Lesson: Building Confidence and Resilience
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  • Quiz: Building Confidence and Resilience

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