Confidence is one of the most important characteristics of a soccer player. Often some players are exceptional in training but when it comes to matches they just disappear. The major reason for this is a lack of confidence. Some of the main cause of low confidence is an injury or returning to play after a long spell of injury, inappropriate preparation for the season, setting up unrealistic goals and not being able to achieve them, fear of not making it pro etc.
If you are not confident in your abilities you will not perform as per your potential and will miss out on starting lineup more often. This can have a huge impact on your career as well as your personal life. But if you perform confidently you can contribute more often to the team and help them win matches and trophies. This will help you to gain a confirmed place in the starting lineup of the team more often and win the praises of coaches, experts, teammates and fans. These turn of events will indeed put you under the radar of bigger clubs and leagues.
In this blog post, we will discuss how to improve confidence on the ball as we believe it is the single most important character you need to develop if you want to be a professional football player.
Positive thoughts - The power of positive thoughts is immense. It helps you to gain confidence in your abilities and accelerates growth in your life. Always have positive self-talk and believe in your success. There are times when life does not go as planned and negative thoughts often occupy our brains. All you need to do is to remember something positive during that time and recover from negative thoughts as quickly as possible. If you do some mistakes on the pitch, recover from the mistakes as fast as possible and have positive thoughts that you will play better and help the team win the match.
Live in the present moment - It is often the case with so many of us that we dwell on our past mistakes instead of learning from them and living in the present moment. It is more significant on the soccer field. A bad play earlier can ruin your confidence and you will make more mistakes or if your team had conceded a goal in the opening minutes of the match, it can disturb your entire team's rhythm. Those are the moments in which forgetting the past, living in the present and giving your best are most significant.
Practise more - It is believed that if you practise a skill more often and you master it, you become more confident in executing it. Perform regular training sessions under the guidance of certified coaches to help improve your skills. Do more game realistic training as it will mimic situations during a game and will be extremely beneficial in improving your skillset. This in turn will massively improve your confidence in matches. For a personalized training plan, you can email us at contact@thefootballfit.com
Stop Over-Thinking - Overthinking in general leads to a lot of negative thoughts. Spending some time in planning and thinking is good but if you keep on thinking and avoid doing those things then it will be difficult for you to achieve your goals which will result in self-doubt. This will further decrease your confidence.
Visualize your Success - Imagine your success. If you do not visualize your success then no one else can help you attain that goal. Visualization is also extremely important as it will give you a direction to work on and improve. Visualization can also serve as an extremely important form of self-motivation.
If you follow the above-mentioned advice you will improve your self-confidence and perform better on the field. For more information mail us at contact@thefootballfit.com
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