The Types, Sources and Debilitating Factors of Sport Confidence in Elite Academy Soccer Players
Abstract
In this study, a qualitative approach was employed to explore the confidence
needs of 16 elite junior academy soccer players. Pre-interview booklets and semistructured
interviews were used to identify the salient types and sources of sportconfidence,
and any confidence debilitating factors unique to elite junior athletes.
Eight sources of confidence were identified: performance accomplishment, social
support, preparation, team factors, vicarious experiences, experience, innate factors
and trust. In accordance with the multi-dimensional nature of sport-confidence, five
types of confidence also emerged: skill execution, physical factors, psychological
factors, achievement and superiority to opposition. Additionally, the elite academy
players identified five factors responsible for debilitating confidence: poor
performance factors, lack of social support, failure to handle pressure and
expectation, poor preparation and injury and illness. The results and the practical
implications were considered in relation to the context of previous sport-confidence
literature.
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