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The Importance Of Self-Talk In Sports

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"what we think or say is critical to our performance. unfortunately the conscious mind is not always an ally.”
According to the definitionpsycholog.com self-talk is a talk that can be in a form of words actually spoken or in the form thoughts come into our mind. Self-talk isn’t a stranger when it comes to sport and it is frequently associated with terms like mental toughness, motivation, belief, courage, and confidence. These qualities are descriptive verbs that are used when we are describing someone who is successful. But for those characteristics to be improve and taken to a higher level, self talk must be positive. (Van Raalte et al. 1994)

Recent studies have shown that bidirectional relationship between success and level of confidence. That means that success can affect the level of confidence and confidence can affect success (Covassin & Pero, 2004; Hays, Maynard, Thomas, & Bawden, 2007; Hays, Thomas, Maynard, & Bawden, 2009). Also world’s most influental athletes have revealed that confidence affects their performance through their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour in the study of Hays et al. 2009. …show more content…

and many studies are also employing many researcher that support the claim that positive self-talk can be effective strategy for better performance. Hatzigeorgiadis et al (2004) illustrated the relationship between self talk and confidence. so to rise the level of performance, we have to gain more confidence, which is influenced by positive

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