I just did a Google search for confidence and this was the first thing that came up "The state of feeling certain about the truth of something"
I'll come back to that in a minute as we recently went through the worst 5 months in my history of betting producing a downturn of 25 points which ultimately cost the bank and over 50% of my membership. Now if that doesn't knock your confidence a bit I would be completely ignorant to what is going on around me.
Not many tipsters talk about their confidence and why would they? We need to always put on a positive spin, along the lines of, nothing has changed, you must expect losing runs, the bad luck will even itself out over the season. All these cliches do have some merit and are probably true with the mini runs of losses we all experience. However when you are on a long downturn, unless you are a robot, your confidence will be knocked. Even the greatest footballers, struggle with confidence. Beckham occasionally missed penalties, even Ronaldo went through a spell of missing every opportunity he had for Portugal because his confidence wasn't there. Everyone knew Walters was going to miss his penalty against Liverpool on Saturday! Why would a tipster be any different, especially if they use judgement as one of their picking criteria?
So what is my point as I ramble on talking about confidence. Well as a tipster you need to admit when your confidence is low. Without doubt, it clouds your decision making process, however strong your selection criteria is, and followers should be aware of this. At the lowest point I felt sick searching for selections because the picks were not jumping out. When you are out of form the goal gets smaller, the ball seems to take a bobble and you cant hit a barn door with a banjo! It is exactly the same for a tipster. You can suddenly find a million reasons why your pick didn't win and when you study the fixture list... every bloody outcome looks possible!
1 month ago today, I wrote to my members confessing it was sad day as our bad run had equated to the bank bursting. Although I didn't specifically say my confidence had gone it was very obvious from my email we had a lot of rebuilding to do. In some respect it was a confession to clear the air so we could move on. Stick with me as your star striker or transfer me out and buy Van Persie (and hope they don't turn out to be Andy Carroll)
1 month on, my confidence is back. Since that email we've had 22 bets, 15 winners, 6 losses and 1 void. Amazingly the last 14 bets have produced 12 winners, 1 loss and 1 void. There is still an incredible amount of work to do to get us back on track for the year but I can safely say the confidence is back. Its funny but all of a sudden, the sending off 's go in your favour, the last minute winners are for your team but all that is just coincidence. The real difference is... I can look at a fixture list, hear a piece of team news, spot a weakness in the opposition and without doubting yourself for a minute you can pick a great selection. I have a state of feeling certain about the truth (outcome) of something!
As I've said already there is a long way to go but I'd like to thank all those who kept faith in their struggling striker!
I'll come back to that in a minute as we recently went through the worst 5 months in my history of betting producing a downturn of 25 points which ultimately cost the bank and over 50% of my membership. Now if that doesn't knock your confidence a bit I would be completely ignorant to what is going on around me.
Not many tipsters talk about their confidence and why would they? We need to always put on a positive spin, along the lines of, nothing has changed, you must expect losing runs, the bad luck will even itself out over the season. All these cliches do have some merit and are probably true with the mini runs of losses we all experience. However when you are on a long downturn, unless you are a robot, your confidence will be knocked. Even the greatest footballers, struggle with confidence. Beckham occasionally missed penalties, even Ronaldo went through a spell of missing every opportunity he had for Portugal because his confidence wasn't there. Everyone knew Walters was going to miss his penalty against Liverpool on Saturday! Why would a tipster be any different, especially if they use judgement as one of their picking criteria?
So what is my point as I ramble on talking about confidence. Well as a tipster you need to admit when your confidence is low. Without doubt, it clouds your decision making process, however strong your selection criteria is, and followers should be aware of this. At the lowest point I felt sick searching for selections because the picks were not jumping out. When you are out of form the goal gets smaller, the ball seems to take a bobble and you cant hit a barn door with a banjo! It is exactly the same for a tipster. You can suddenly find a million reasons why your pick didn't win and when you study the fixture list... every bloody outcome looks possible!
1 month ago today, I wrote to my members confessing it was sad day as our bad run had equated to the bank bursting. Although I didn't specifically say my confidence had gone it was very obvious from my email we had a lot of rebuilding to do. In some respect it was a confession to clear the air so we could move on. Stick with me as your star striker or transfer me out and buy Van Persie (and hope they don't turn out to be Andy Carroll)
1 month on, my confidence is back. Since that email we've had 22 bets, 15 winners, 6 losses and 1 void. Amazingly the last 14 bets have produced 12 winners, 1 loss and 1 void. There is still an incredible amount of work to do to get us back on track for the year but I can safely say the confidence is back. Its funny but all of a sudden, the sending off 's go in your favour, the last minute winners are for your team but all that is just coincidence. The real difference is... I can look at a fixture list, hear a piece of team news, spot a weakness in the opposition and without doubting yourself for a minute you can pick a great selection. I have a state of feeling certain about the truth (outcome) of something!
As I've said already there is a long way to go but I'd like to thank all those who kept faith in their struggling striker!
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