Bolton vs Chelsea
Funny how confidence works. A lot of people would assume that after all those years of success and playing at the top level that the players would be like machines and be confident every minute of every match. The existence of home advantage illustrates just how important psychological factors are in performance. I wonder what kind of levels a team (or individual in any sport, trading even) could reach if they were to somehow stay in a permenant state of complete confidence
I think future generations of sportspeople may look back with incredulity at the poor emotional management of today's sports people. For example, there is no reason for a player to get angry to the referee. It's better just to accept the decision, however unjust, as getting angry will only make it harder to concentrate on the game. Yet every weekend, you get players remonstrating with the referee and getting booked needlessly...
Jeff
Jeff
hgodden wrote:Funny how confidence works. A lot of people would assume that after all those years of success and playing at the top level that the players would be like machines and be confident every minute of every match. The existence of home advantage illustrates just how important psychological factors are in performance. I wonder what kind of levels a team (or individual in any sport, trading even) could reach if they were to somehow stay in a permenant state of complete confidence
Lol people have been getting angry about things and behaving in ways they logically 'shouldnt' since the begginning of time and unless someone comes up with a way of fundamentally altering human nature I can't see this changing.
People are tribal creatures who need to believe in and fight for something and IMO in western society sport has, for many people (fans as well as players), replaced the role of war in our largely peaceful little societies. A dogs gotta bark once in a while, at least this way no ones getting hurt
People are tribal creatures who need to believe in and fight for something and IMO in western society sport has, for many people (fans as well as players), replaced the role of war in our largely peaceful little societies. A dogs gotta bark once in a while, at least this way no ones getting hurt
Today's sportspeople are physically fitter than those of a generation ago.
Why is it unrealistic to think that the sportspeople of the next generation will be psychologically stronger than today's sports people?
There comes a point where you can only get no advantage over your opponent through fitness training and technical ability, as he's as fit as you and his technical knowlegde/ability is as good as yours. So at that point, the only way you can pull yourself clear of him is through better control of your own mind.
Jeff
Why is it unrealistic to think that the sportspeople of the next generation will be psychologically stronger than today's sports people?
There comes a point where you can only get no advantage over your opponent through fitness training and technical ability, as he's as fit as you and his technical knowlegde/ability is as good as yours. So at that point, the only way you can pull yourself clear of him is through better control of your own mind.
Jeff
hgodden wrote:Lol people have been getting angry about things and behaving in ways they logically 'shouldnt' since the begginning of time and unless someone comes up with a way of fundamentally altering human nature I can't see this changing.
People are tribal creatures who need to believe in and fight for something and IMO in western society sport has, for many people (fans as well as players), replaced the role of war in our largely peaceful little societies. A dogs gotta bark once in a while, at least this way no ones getting hurt
You might like this article, which talks about how certain patterns of human behaviour repeat themselves constantly:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/02/na ... l-markets/
The following quote probably applies as much to Betfair as to the financial markets:
"Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never changes."
Jesse Livermore
Jeff
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/02/na ... l-markets/
The following quote probably applies as much to Betfair as to the financial markets:
"Wall Street never changes, the pockets change, the suckers change, the stocks change, but Wall Street never changes, because human nature never changes."
Jesse Livermore
Jeff
hgodden wrote:If we're talking about performance then sure, I'd forgotten what my original post about confidence was, I thought we were talking about good/bad behaviour haha