"[B]ad training can make situations worse. If the person believes that he or she doesn't have what it takes, that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
"The obvious solution is to instill confidence. Become a cheerleader. Tell your students they can do anything. That cure is almost as bad as the problem. It is far easier to instill confidence than competence.
"Instill competence. Train hard. If you play hard with actual moving bodies, actual impact, if you take hard hits and give them, you might still have this doubt before the fight ... but once the fight is on, hoo-boy.... If the competence is there, trust that the confidence will come." -Rory Miller
[I have yet to achieve this as I would like, but I trust that this is true. Confidence does seem to be bred of both competence and achievement.]
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