{"id":426230,"date":"2020-04-07T16:39:11","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T23:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=426230"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T23:39:11","slug":"believing-in-yourself-read-goldminds-in-swimming-world-magazine-april-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/believing-in-yourself-read-goldminds-in-swimming-world-magazine-april-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Believing in Yourself – Read GoldMinds in Swimming World Magazine April Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong> says, ‘Believing in Yourself’<\/em> shows confidence and is a critically important athletic quality. However, it is not solely the responsibility of the coach to help swimmers to develop the quality of confidence. It is a team effort in which coaches, athletes and parents work together to help build and grow the athlete\u2019s confidence to perform when and where it really matters.\u00a0 Read more about Wayne Goldsmith and his insight on the mental aspect of the sport by downloading the latest edition of Swimming World Magazine form the Swimming World Vault.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“CONFIDENCE comes from KNOWING…and…KNOWING comes from DOING. The more children KNOW they can DO themselves, the more CONFIDENT they become.” – Wayne Goldsmith<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Goldsmith, like in the above photo, essentially says the key to believing in yourself is to gain confidence. The equation for confidence is belief multiplied by evidence. Examples of belief are experiences like love, value and acceptance. Examples of evidence are training, sport education and competitive experiences.<\/p>\n

Goldsmith has worked with swimmers, coaches, swimming clubs, swimming parents, sports scientists and swimming organizations all over the world for more than 25 years. He has contributed to Swimming World Magazine for nearly two decades. He is one of the world\u2019s leading experts in elite-level swimming and high-performance sport.<\/p>\n

THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO BELIEVING IN YOURSELF<\/h3>\n

Goldsmith has a multi-layered answer to the commonly asked question “what can I do to help my child develop confidence?”<\/p>\n

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  1. To the coaches: “our job is to provide training and competition experiences that give the swimmer the \u201cevidence\u201d that they CAN do\u2014what they need to do\u2014when, where and how they need to do it.”<\/li>\n
  2. To the athletes: “success is a choice. More accurately\u2014it is your<\/i> choice!”<\/li>\n
  3. To the parents: “stop doing all the little things you do for them … In actual fact, the more you do for them, the less likely it is they will achieve the level of success they and you would like to see them achieve.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    SUMMARY<\/h3>\n