How do you develop your female athlete's confidence?

We want our daughters to not doubt themselves, and go out there strong and ready to face anything. We all want to help our daughters believe in themselves as much as we believe in them, not just in sports but also in real life. 

Self-confidence is not something that just happens over time. Self-confidence needs to be cultivated and developed. Your daughter needs to train and put in the work to have self-confidence, but how can we help her do that? 

But before we go into that, whether your daughter has been playing for a long time, or she's just starting, I want you to go through this checklist as a sports mom:

• You need to see where you are in this sports journey
• You need to check if you're doing the things that I'm about to tell you
• You need to point out which areas you need to improve

Are you ready? Here are some essentials you need to know about self-confidence and how to help your daughter develop it.

What is Self-Confidence?

What does self-confidence truly look like?

One of the soccer moms in our Elite Competitor Program community, Priscilla, experienced how her daughter developed self-confidence through mental training. 

She said, "My daughter and I have completed two weeks of training so far, she's played in two games this weekend, and yesterday was a state cup game. I can honestly say I saw zero issues with her mindset. It was such an improvement. It's such an improvement that I could notice that she needs to work on some agility. We had a great post-game. Talk about this. And this morning we did a little workout to start addressing it. She was up and ready before me to put in the work. I think she's starting to believe that she can be confident in herself while also striving to improve."

It's truly a joy to see that self-confidence in your daughter as she plays. And with Priscilla, two main things worked together to make this happen. One, her daughter was working on implementing what she is learning in the program. She is working on her mindset. She's working on what she can control and focusing on the process out there. Two, Priscilla herself has been working on her post-game routine. What to say to her daughter after she competes. 

The very normal parts of being an athlete involve handling pressure, preparing for adversaries, overcoming mistakes, and learning the tangible skills to develop confidence in her sport. 

To help your daughter with this you need to:

#1. Know your role and stay in your role

#2. Provide her the opportunities to develop her confidence

#3. Shift, where you were giving her recognition and praise

I hope you feel empowered to take on some of these first steps. 

And if you want to go a little bit deeper, go check out our free training for sports moms at trainhergame.com. This will help you with a really specific foundation with a step-by-step on what you can do to help build her confidence as well. 

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