(Confidence = Practice+ Practice + Practice + Practice…)
There is a story I heard awhile back about how a little league coach developed confidence in his young players. I am not sure of the source, but I think that the morale of the story rings true.
At the beginning of each baseball season about half the youngsters were afraid of facing the fastball. They could not concentrate on hitting the ball because they were too afraid of being hit.
Normally during practice the kids face about 60 pitches a week mostly from coaches because the kids are less scared when a coach is pitching.
He decided to change this. He decided that instead of 60 pitches per week, these kids would face 300 pitches. These pitches would be delivered by the best pitchers so that the kids would get used to facing the fastball faster.
The amazing thing was that the longer the kids did it, the more comfortable they become and the more confidence they displayed during a live game.
He came to realize that fear can be conquered by facing the thing you are afraid of over and over again. This repeated exposure eventually will lead to a high comfort level, which in turn leads to confidence.
So, if you want to develop confidence in a particular task or action, try practicing that task or action over and over again, until you are comfortable with its execution. In other words with repeated practice, you can learn to have confidence or be confident in just about anything.
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