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Confidence builders
La Scuola Regionale dello Sport-CONI Calabria
in collaborazione con Ordine Psicologi Calabria organizza incontro sul tema
“Ti stimi… ma quanto ti stimi”?
(Educare all’autostima, migliora la performance)
19 ottobre 2020
Ore 16.45 – Accredito
17.00 - Saluti – Maurizio Condipodero – Presidente CONI Calabria
- Armodio Lombardo – Presidente Ordine Psicologi Calabria
– Introduce e modera – Mimmo Albino – Direttore SRdS
17.15 – Intervento sul tema: – Alberto Cei – Psicologo – docente SdS
18.30 – Question time
19.00 – Conclusioni
Destinatari: Psicologi, tecnici e dirigenti sportivi, insegnanti, studenti e laureati scienze motorie.
Modalità di iscrizione: Accedere al sito della Scuola Regionale dello sport del C.O.N.I. Calabria e compilare la scheda di iscrizione ed inviare a srdscalabria
Quota di iscrizione: gratuita
Sarà cura della SRdS confermare la partecipazione all’incontro.
A tutti i partecipanti verrà inviato, attestato di partecipazione a cura della SRdS C.O.N.I. Calabria
Matthew Buns, Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field Coach, Concordia University, St. Paul
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” – Henry Ford
Rarely in competitive athletics is the importance of the mind doubted. Specialists in sport psychology are often asked some variation of the question “How do I make my athletes more confident?” There are many aspects of training and competing that may shake an athlete’s confidence, from the importance of the event, to fearing certain fellow competitors, to the challenge of the race course. Coaches often wish for their athletes to simply trust in their training, but it’s not always as simple as that. The purpose of this article is to provide a blueprint for coaches to teach mental readiness and demonstrate why it can be just as critical to performance as physical readiness. A coach does not need to be a sport psychologist in order to realize how performance improves with a mental edge in track and field. In order to be mentally ready to compete and put forth an optimal performance in track and field, athletes must be confident in themselves’ and have a high level of self-esteem. Above this, an athlete must possess something more specific: a high level of self-efficacy. Self- efficacy, in and of itself, has been shown to be a better predictor of performance than just outcome expectations (goal setting) before a performance and as good of a predictor as anxiety levels (Gernigon & Dolloye, 2003). It is one of the most important, situation specific, mental aspects that a track and field coach can instill within their athletes.
The team psychological skills I think most influence the play and the performance are the following.
Collaboration – Each player has the responsibility to actively contribute to the team cohesion. This attitude must be trained every day, it’s the structure that supports the team and it’s based of relationships among the players, the coach, the technical and health staff and the managers. It’sessential that everyone in the team has a well defined role and specific goals. Each player must accept his position and be committed and engaged. Who was not convinced must quickly clarify his position, otherwise he will not engage fully in the team.
Fighting spirit and toughness – In every game are positive and negative moments; the team as a whole has to find the positive in the difficulties and the team skill is to think that this is the time to demonstrate the ability to resist and then to behave in combative and tenacious way. Concentration and self-control in the field must serve to moderate the excesses of aggressive behavior that can result in impulsive and too fouled behaviors.
Concentration – it means to do the right thing at the right time. It concerns to follow the guidelines coming by the coach but also the management of the thoughts after a mistake, in times of increased pressure of the opponents, in the crucial moments of the match but also after scoring a goal we should not relax but stay focused.
Competitive stress management - Emotions are difficult to manage effectively and this is why so often limit the performances. There are those felt by the young players, who have to learn to manage their role not only in the game but also in daily life and there are those of the more experienced players, who must also continue to maintain their emotional commitment balanced. In connection with the game it’s necessary that everyone can find the optimal emotional condition to start the match well. The players should identify what are the emotions that allow them to play well and those which hinder them,working to consolidate what it’s good.
Self-Esteem – I often say to the athletes I work with that to be a champion it takes courage and humility. Courage to think that I can achieve great things with the team, so have confidence in me and at regards of the teammates, and then have the humility to commit myself every day to achieve this dream, step by step. To accomplish this task is not easy, because it’s easier to dream without engaging or to try to do the best but without an idea in the mind of what / how he’s doing. In a team confidence it’s not just a personal issue but it’s also a collective factor to build and to keep growing.
Every day I realize more and more how the self-esteem of the athletes is challenge during the races. It happens for the high expectations that those who have high commitment have toward their performances. This does not mean that athletes are individuals with a low level of self-esteem. The situations they face require they test every time the will to do their best. Only the musicians live in situations of this kind or students who want to excel. If these are the circumstances that athletes have to face, it’s necessary that the daily workout is different than in the past, because it’s one thing is to learn/improve the technique, but something very different is knowing replicate during competitions, when the emotional tension can destroy even the best coaching. Are the coaches aware of this difference and are the athletes willing to get more involved ?
It has been presented in Milan under the patronage of the Municipality the Self-Esteem Project : “6 out of 10 girls drop out their favorite sport because they are dissatisfied with their body. Together, because no girl hang up his shoes.”
The initiative came from a study by Dove and it will be promote in 10 secondary schools in Milan, a series of 4 meetings, reserved for girls and boys between 12 and 14 years. Coordinated by Mauro Grimoldi ( president psychologists order of Lombardy ), two psychologists follow the group-class ,with the aim of encouraging the participants to develop a positive self-awareness and build a healthy and positive relationship with the body. The initiative, in the coming months will be expand to other Italian cities .
An international research , conducted this year by Dove, shows that worldwide there are many girls who develop psychological blocks due to low self-esteem . Worldwide, 60% of girls between the ages of 15 and 17 prevents normal daily activities – go to the doctor, play sports or be tested at school – because they feel uncomfortable in their own body. Chasing an unattainable model of beauty, the girls end up not express what they really are. The data obtained in Italy are particularly significant: 8 out of 10 girls do not feel good in their body , because of the stereotypes imposed by the media, society and sometimes by themselves. Only 3% of girls are considered beautiful, 45% is defined by reticence cute, 25% are worried about their own weight, and 36 % said they would feel happier if they were more beautiful. The research also shows how in Italy there is a direct link between the feeling of inadequacy, lack of self-esteem and the onset of insecurities that sometimes are likely to have a significant impact on the simple daily activities. 52% of Italian girls is not involved in sports, because dissatisfied with their body.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s New York City Girls Project aims to foster young girls’ self-esteem and encourage positive body image. According to the project’s website, New York is the first city to implement this type of program.
“The project aims to help girls believe their value comes from their character, skills and attributes, not appearance, while also expanding the definition of beauty behind an unhealthy, manufactured ideal,” said Samantha Levine, the director of the New York City Girls Project.
The $300,000 project will organize a curriculum for after-school programs, as well as posters for subways and buses. The project aims to capture the attention of girls who are 7 to 12 years old.
Levine said self-esteem issues are starting younger and younger.
“We hear stories of 7-year-old girls refusing dessert or telling their moms they feel fat, undergoing plastic surgery because they are bullied about their appearance,” Levine said. “Not only is this troubling on a visceral level but there are real health consequences to negative body image and poor self-esteem, eating disorders, obesity, bullying, alcohol use, smoking, early sex and teen pregnancy. These consequences made a compelling case for New York City to take action. Nobody has been a greater public health leader than Mayor Bloomberg.”
(From http://nyunews.com/2013/10/07/girls-3/)
| Psychological dimensions of the athlete’s self-confidence | How do I assess myself | What level I want to achieve |
| Mastering the sport technique | ||
| Show this mastery in competition | ||
| Being mentally prepared | ||
| Feeling to be fit | ||
| Being supported by own social context | ||
| Feeling driven by the coach | ||
| Feeling at ease in any competition environment | ||
| Learn from own bad performances | ||
| TOTAL (minimum: 40, maximum: 80) |
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How are self-confident as athlete?
Instructions for the assessment. Read each sentence and give an assessment from 5 to 10. First, fill the column “How do I assess myself.” Second, fill the other one “What level I want to achieve.” Meaning of the score: 5=insufficient skill, 6=nearly sufficient skill, 7=sufficient skill and errors caused by stress during competition, 8=good skill during the majority of the competing situations, 9=skill at the optimal level, 10=excellent skill.
Interpretation of the final score. If you have a score between 50-60 means that you think to be an athlete of medium level, you are able to show your skills in most of the not very stressful situation, increasing the mistakes when the pressures become higher. Score below at 46 shows a reduced self-confidence as athlete and at the contrary superior at 83 an high level of self-esteem as athlete. If there is a significant discrepancy between how you assess yourself at this moment and how you want to be, you will find benefit to be involved in a program of mental coaching.
Sempre più di frequente si sente parlare da parte degli allenatori che la loro squadra soffre di problemi di autostima; altrettanto spesso terminao l’intervista dicendo che chiedono ai giocatori di mostrare la prossima partita più grinta, determinazione o coraggio. Ovviamente non è certo questa la soluzione altrimenti l’allenamento consisterebbe nel chiedere a chi corre poco, di correre di più; a chi è indeciso di essere deciso; a chi è lento di essere veloce e così via. Insomma, non si cambia di certo dicendo a qualcuno di fare ciò che di solito non fa. Si cambia innanzitutto analizzando come ci si allena,si lavora con il pilota auomatico o con lo stato d’animo di chi vuole fare bene? I giocatori di solito fanno ciò che dice l’allenatore, raramente questo è un problema. La questione è un’altra e riguarda “come si sta sul campo”, si è presenti solo con il corpo o anche con la mente? Agli atleti con cui lavoro dico sempre che bisogna allenarsi con l’anima altrimenti è meglio stare a casa. Significa che per prima cosa è importante l’atteggiamento con cui ci si dispone all’allenamento, subito viene la concentrazione totale su quanto si deve fare. Solo in questo modo si ottiene il meglio da sè. Con questo approccio la partita diventa una situazione in cui ri-attivare questa condizione psicologica, solo in quel momento entrano in gioco gli schemi e la tattica. Come dire, anche chi possiede una ferrari, prima di pensare a come guidarla deve accendere il motore; altrimenti questa bella macchina resta ferma e anche chi guida una cinquecento può superarla.
Dice bene Paolo Casarin, oggi sul Corriere della Sera, quando parla a favore della moviola che consentiva agli arbitri di verificare che il 90% del loro operato era giusto, mentre la sua sospensione non permette più di giungere a una valutazione corretta. Questo a dimostrazione che non è mai lo strumento in se stesso a essere pericoloso ma è il suo uso che ne determina la positività o la negatività. In mano a molti la moviola era la prova degli errori e, quindi, di come gli arbitri manipolavano i campionati. E’ l’assenza di cultura sportiva che uccideva gli arbitri non la moviola. Non vanno eliminati gli strumenti della valutazione, sono le persone che la usano in modo improprio che avrebbero dovuto essere fermate. Dice giustamente Csarin a questo riguardo: ” da designatore, agli arbitri proposi un test: l’esito mise in luce il grado elevato della loro autostima e una spiccata propensione alla relazione interpersonale. Gli stessi esiti espressi da calciatori di primo livello. Quindi il profilo dell’uomo-arbitro non è di secondo grado, non serve difendere l’arbitro con il silenzio della critica.”
