Psychopedagogical intervention for the development of self-confidence in female weight lifters (Review)

Abstract

Sport and psychology are two closely related fields and, in recent decades, studies have corroborated this, since a greater number of investigations are being carried out in which both fields are related, the programs of preparation of the athlete for the high performance have attached much more importance to technical progress and the improvement of physical form than to the development of psychological factors; However, the multiple demands of competition, the high level of personal commitment and the need to always perform at their best have made the psychopedagogical intervention of the athlete become as necessary as physical preparation or technical preparation can be. This research deals with the study of self-confidence in sports specifically in weightlifting, female, in which an approach is made from theory to provide important elements in this important topic; Therefore, a set of investigative methods have been used to achieve this purpose.