Great Teams - Better Leaders - 123. 1 Thought; 2 Quotes; 3 Tweets. Newsletter about Leadership, Culture, Teams, and Success.

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CONFIDENCE is a Super Power for Athletes. How do you develop it on your team? How can team leaders build confidence in their teammates?

Below are 9 ways that Team Leaders can build confidence in their teammates!

1: Celebrate Successes

There is nothing more powerful than a teammate recognizing their teammate's success. 🌟 This builds trust and confidence in a team. Energy is contagious. Studies prove this. Celebrate the successes you have had, even if they are small. Find positive attributes in your teammates and build them up. Leaders know this. Leaders DO this. Be a Team Leader.

2: Promote a Growth Mindset

We can get better. We will improve. The Process > Prize. There is always room for improvement.

Team leaders keep a growth mindset with their team. They always know that players are getting better - that the team is getting better. Reward incremental gain and keep a growth mindset with your teammates.

3: Focus on Strengths

"Be great at what you are good at". Be a star in your role. Play within yourself. Don’t try to do too much. Make fewer mistakes. Develop confidence.

Team leaders tell their teammates to focus on their strengths. Focus on their role in the team. Do not put a teammate in a position to do something they are not good at. Take responsibility as a leader to do this.

4: Support their Weaknesses

Help, guide, and support teammates with their weaknesses.

Encourage your teammates to focus on their:

• Strengths during the in-season

• Weaknesses during the off-season

Do not focus on what they cannot do. Have teammates focus on what they can do.

5: Praise in Public

If you are a team leader and get a chance to talk to the media - Praise your teammates in public. Do not talk about yourself. Talk about your TEAM. Use this opportunity to build up a teammate that needs a confidence boost. Public Praise does wonders for a teammate!

Remember to Build Confidence in your Teammates.

6: Pre/Post Practice

Work with your teammates before/after practice. Encourage them to get there early or stay late. Spend 5 minutes with them and build a relationship. Let them know their value to the team.

Commit to them. Build them Up.

7: Promote Past Successes.

If a player lacks confidence, remind them of past successes. Remind them of stats, video, or game experiences. Remind them of Memories.

Confidence is a mindset. Players need to think of times when they have a positive mindset about their performance.

8: Help them Visualize

Visualization is powerful. 💪 Gain confidence by visualizing yourself in competition beforehand. Do this with your teammates. Encourage your teammates to visualize the game. Visualize their performance. Do this with your teammates. Work with your coach to make this part of your preparation.

9: Show Trust

Show your teammates you trust them. Trust them with your voice. Trust them with actions.

Remember A TEAM Leader's ultimate job is to MAKE OTHERS BETTER. When you make others better, you make yourself better and you also make your TEAM better.

Build your teammates up. Build their confidence.

TWO QUOTES...

"Choose to be your number one cheerleader." - Heather Monahan

"The people who do great things, accomplish at the highest levels, they decide to be great. And nothing gets in the way of that: not an opponent, not fortune, not fate – nothing." - John Harbaugh

THREE TWEETS FROM OTHERS...

Jeff Janssen 🇺🇦 on Twitter: "🏆 CULTURE "Heat Culture is about how you win. It’s crawling to the finish line if you have to. It’s leaving NOTHING in the tank. It’s being in the best shape of your LIFE. It’s always wanting more: out of yourself, out of your teammates, even out of the game." Gary Payton… https://t.co/wHH1aGfnGy" — twitter.com

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Bhrett McCabe, PhD on Twitter: "Coaching in today’s game is challenging for a variety of reasons, namely the intense pressure that coaches AND players experience. There are so many influences telling you and your players what to do, how to do it better, and what went wrong. It is a shame really" — twitter.com

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Dr. Jim Afremow on Twitter: "💥 Leave everything better than you found it. “Your duty is to leave the program better than when you found it, just like we should leave the world a better place than when you found it.” ―Carol Hutchins #TheLeadersMind 🏆… https://t.co/vGa0P10zpd" — twitter.com

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