Recent research has shown that track and field world champions all had the same thing occurring which is that as a youngster they all had the belief and confidence that they had what it takes to be the best of the best. So no matter how talented you are if you don't believe you have what it takes guess what you won't have what it takes.
I think this is an unbelievable discovery.
COULD THIS CHANGE TRACK AND FIELD FOREVER???
Give me your opinions...
My opinion of you is low
Do you think Bolt, rudisha, tamgho, farah etc ever doubt there abilities and think they aren't good enough to succeed. All I'm saying is the research shows that talent + belief= success.
As simple as that but its something you're born with you either have that belief that you will succeed or you don't. A lot people will fake it and say that they believe that they are the best but internally they have no confidences in their ability and as a result won't succeed according to the research.
'Its not what you say externally but what you believe internally'
go to the Daytona 500 with your Honda and BELIEF all you want, your not going to win!
demba wrote:
Recent research has shown that track and field world champions all had the same thing occurring which is that as a youngster they all had the belief and confidence that they had what it takes to be the best of the best. So no matter how talented you are if you don't believe you have what it takes guess what you won't have what it takes.
I think this is an unbelievable discovery.
COULD THIS CHANGE TRACK AND FIELD FOREVER???
Give me your opinions...
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NO, that's not a useful observation.
I'm not saying that belief alone will make you world champion, cuz a 25stone endomorph may believe he can honestly run 100m in 9sec and belief alone won:t do that, But what the research shows is without the believing in your inner self you will never become world champion.
look at asafa Powell good example, his has enormous talent and ability but always fails to deliever the goods under pressure, but why? It must be down to mental ability and belief that he's the best which supports the recent research.
I have no belief in you.
Its the best news I've heard in centuries, it shows that you can be extremely talented (asafa Powell) but without the mental ability and belief in your abilities you wont be the best.
My question is do you believe in your abilities?
If that's a no the research shows that you wont be world champion, but if its a yes then at least its a starting point and guess what you have the potential of great things in T&F.
This must be true because I saw it in a Disney movie.
Haha, look I'm not saying with it you suddenly turn into hulk in rage mode but in order to succeed you need the mental ability and I agree with the research
Correlation does not imply causation.
Of course the best in the world believe they are the best in the world, but I guarantee you there are 1000s (millions?) of high school students out there with the same belief who will never break 4:30 in the mile.
Yes I agree you've got to have the foundation there in your talent to run under 4:30, but what separate the best from the rest is a thin line.
for example I bet in the 2013 world champs 100m final in Moscow I bet if we could go inside the heads of all the athletes running except bolt, in my opinion the 6 of 7 of the people running or more internally believed they couldn't beat bolt and with that lack of belief in their ability they will always come 2nd place to him.
I said 6/7 cuz i believe the only runner in that race who honest though could beat bolt was gatlin.
demba wrote:
My question is do you believe in your abilities?
If that's a no the research shows that you wont be world champion, but if its a yes then at least its a starting point and guess what you have the potential of great things in T&F.
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Your innate ability counts more. Believing is not sufficient! If you can't run a under 60 for 400 meters at ...say 16 yo after a few months of trying... You have very little chance (non) of running a sub 3:50 mile when you are in your 20s.
And if you can't run sub 3:50 mile, you will not be a 1500m world champion.
Yes I couldn't agree more without the ability your nothing at the end of the day, But ability can only take you so far maybe if your super talented a top 8 finish at a major.
But if someone was to say to you the sporting greats you know the Michael Jordan's, bolts, gebreselassie, pele's, do you think in a time of pressure such as a last second buzzer shot they doubted their ability?
Even if they miss they will still take that shot again and again as they believe they will hit the shot, whereas the talented guy with little belief wont take a buzzer shot again after a failure and will always be stuck in that same category as that top 8 finisher, which by no respect is bad, but they will never become a great without the belief
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demba wrote:
Its the best news I've heard in centuries, it shows that you can be extremely talented (asafa Powell) but without the mental ability and belief in your abilities you wont be the best.
Powell is the "best" at running 100m races under 10 sec. He has done it more than anyone.
demba wrote:
Yes I couldn't agree more without the ability your nothing at the end of the day, But ability can only take you so far maybe if your super talented a top 8 finish at a major.
But if someone was to say to you the sporting greats you know the Michael Jordan's, bolts, gebreselassie, pele's, do you think in a time of pressure such as a last second buzzer shot they doubted their ability?
Even if they miss they will still take that shot again and again as they believe they will hit the shot, whereas the talented guy with little belief wont take a buzzer shot again after a failure and will always be stuck in that same category as that top 8 finisher, which by no respect is bad, but they will never become a great without the belief
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I think this "belief" idea is really an indication of the tendency of the great performers to experience less "fear" in demanding situations.
It not about believing, it's about not being overcome with fear.