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Dec 2024
14m 19s

Manage Self-Doubt in Sports

Eli Straw
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Do you doubt yourself going into games? What about during games…do you question your skills and second guess yourself?

Self-doubt kills confidence. It eats away at any trust you have within yourself and causes you to hesitate and play with the question on your mind of, can I do this?

Self-doubt is also normal. We all doubt ourselves at times and question what we can do. But when talking about it in a performance sense, we must work to manage any doubt that presents itself before or during a game.

In this episode, I have outlined what causes self-doubt in sports, how doubt hurts your game, and a few tips you can use to manage self-doubt as an athlete.

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