Radovan Cokorilo1, Marijana Tisma1
1Fakultet fizičke kulture, Novi Sad
SELF-CONCEPT AS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR OF SPORTS SUCCESS
SELF KONCEPT KAO BITAN FAKTOR USPEHA U SPORTU
Sport Mont 2006, IV(10-11), 315-320
Many psychophysical characteristics and abilities are important for sports success.
One of the most impoertant psychic factors is self-confidence of a sportsman, i.e. trust in
his own self and his abilities. The promenent component of self-confidence is a selfconcept
i.e. self-awareness. It can be broken down to a self-image, (ego perception, ego
ideal) and an image of one's own body. Every individual evaluates himeself based on what
he would like to be, how the others see him, what he thinks the others see him, on the basis
of his personality traits, habits, achieved success, manifest behaviour, thoughts, physical
appearance, etc.The purpose of this research is to determine which of the above components are the
most important for self-confidence of a sportsman and his success.We have put forward a hypothesis that the major role for the awareness of a sportsman
is perception of his own body, hence that there is a difference in self-confidence according
to the subjective and objective evaluation of the current level of training and the
quality of body movements. We have also assumed that there are those with whom the difference
in the self-confidence level can be made easily at the moment when they perform,
i.e. when they play a match or have another form of performance as opposed to other situations
in life. self-confidence, self-concept, evaluation of training, sports success.
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