bits of confidence

[Rickster]

how do you overcome this problem... when u do sumtin like for example, shoot but it doesnt turn out rite n teammates start telling u off.. i feel lost of confidence n u dunt shoot cos if i do it again ppl start telling me off. unless i get it rite. like dribbling n it doesnt turn out. wat do you tell yurself so tat u can play normally?

cos when i get the ball i wana feel comfortable n when some1 tells me off i duno wat i shud do when i get the ball, makes my decisions slow, cos i wana do wat i feel is corect but ppl mite tell me off.

[Rema]

Firstly, your team shouldn't be telling you off if you make a mistake. The game is full of 'em! Your coach shouldn't really be letting it happen, and your captain should help stop it too... maybe mention something. Your teammates should be there to help bring your confidence up when you get bummed out about something.

I mean, obviously, if you're messing up every shot you have (ie: blasting it without any care for accuracy and EVERY shot isn't on net) or just dribbling aimlessly and stupidly through players, maybe there's a reason they're yelling at ya :p! Not saying you were, but i've never seen ya play :D.

Follow your instincts really. If you're gut is telling you to make an attacking run through some players, well, why not! If your teammates aren't getting in the right positions to take a pass or make a run for you, then what else is there to do?

I don't really know what I say to myself to get my confidence up cause I can get really pissed off at times :p. I have a lot of superstitous things though (superstitions are contagious though... i've spread mine to some of my teammates), and it seems to get my head straightened out every time I do 'em so, that works for me. Find something that works for you.

[Link]

Rema's totaly right, Last season, there was this kid on my team, and he was an unbeileveable player, but a horrible teammate. He would say things to anyone who messed up, and if you kciked it out of bounds, he'd yell at you, or mock you, or some dumb thing like that. And the things I started to see happening was that the kids that weren't as skilled as him, and more new to the team, started becoming more timmid when they had them ball, and they didn't do what they have been doing for years, ie. taking on an oponent, or sending a long ball. It was frustrating to watch, and evan more frustrating when he'd say things to me. But I'm captain next year, and I have a feeling this kid will be seeing a lot of bench time :evil:

I would never change the way I played because some bratt is telling me off. The coach put you on the team for a reason, and seeing as how you're still there, then I bet you're playing fine. I wouldn't consider changing your playing unless the coach has approached you about how you've been playing, and he tells you that you need to do somehting. Otherwise I'd think that the kids who tell you off for a mistake are just cocky losers who think that they can do everything better than everyone else.

[Rickster]

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[ole21]

hey good question i have this happen to me plenty of times. first if it's in a game, and someone says somethin just say sorry it won't happen again. and then if you get a moment just really deeply imagine the play that should have happened. feel it inside yourself. and then if you need to just tell urself, "i have an amazing shot and i can place it anywhere in the goal." or "i have quick decieving moves and i can get by any player." and then when you get another chance. then just play normal and when another chance comes be in the present. pick out a place in the goal and then really focus as hard as u can on the ball, so hard that you can pick out the stitching and then just let it rip. if ur dribbling when you get to the guy just really focus on the present and don't pull some flip flop or double siccors but just use a simple shoulder dipp or lunge to sell the fake and then just run in the opening. i hope this helps.