1. POSITIVE COACHING SCOTLAND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONFIDENCE IS NOT
Whilst understanding what confidence is, it is equally important to understand what confidence is not.
Being the loudest athlete in the team does not necessarily make your child a confident person, nor does being the quietest mean they lack confidence. Confidence is the ability to face a challenge and work towards achieving that challenge.
Often parents mistake confidence as being the loudest athlete, however it is important to appreciate different personalities and learning styles contribute to levels of confidence… not their ability to speak the loudest.
In many cases, the loudest athlete often lacks confidence and covers up this lack of confidence by being the loudest in front of other people.

2. POSITIVE COACHING SCOTLAND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONFIDENCE IS NOT
Take some time to think about your child and ask yourself some questions:
How does your child react if they are set a difficult challenge?
Confident individuals will relish the challenge whilst young people low in confidence will do something different – and in some cases become a disruptive influence.
Does your child only focus on their strengths?
Confident individuals will challenge their strengths and weaknesses whilst young people with low confidence will only practice what they are good at.
Will your child keep trying time after time until they achieve a difficult task?
Confident young people will keep going until a task is achieved (your role as a parents is to help correct the mistakes) whereas players with a lack of confidence may give up easily.
Does your child let a mistake affect them for a long time and have a negative impact on their performance?
Often confident individuals will recover quickly from a mistake and use it as a learning experience, other less confident individuals will let it affect the rest of their performance as well as impacting their mood state.
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