The Role of Self-Efficacy in Sport for Achieving Performance

Abstract

The study focuses on how different factors in sports careers influence success and evolution in competitions, one of the most important being the level of self-efficacy. The participants were 57 elite athletes aged between 18 and 34 years, M = 20.87, AS = 1.32. A series of questionnaires designed for the purpose of carrying out this study were used to identify the sport practiced, the years of practice, the level of satisfaction regarding the effectiveness of training, the effectiveness of communication with the coach, with the representatives of the club and the federation, as well as the Questionnaire for the Measurement of Self-Efficacy in Sport. The results showed that performance athletes have a high level of self-efficacy, on the background of a perceived satisfaction with the effectiveness of training, against a not very good relationship with coaches and the federation (43.8%).