You've read the books and watched the motivational videos on confidence. You've devised some match objectives and positive mantras such as "I WILL SCORE TODAY, I WILL PLAY AMAZING AND GET A GOAL" in preparation for your match. You're certain that your hard work combined with your mental match objective of scoring a goal will pay off with a brilliant performance and of course, your name on the score sheet. The match kicks off...
The second half whistle blows and you have yet to score your first. You begin to tense up.
70th minute arrives... no goal yet. You begin to question your confidence. Anxiety takes over.
75th minute! You find a gap in the back line! You receive the perfect through ball! You're ready to celebrate!!!
*cue out-of-tune trumpet sound*