THE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND CONTROL OF STRESS IN SOCCER PLAYERS: REVIEW OF STUDIES

The analysis of psychological variables facilitates to understand the relationship between athletic performance and the athlete. This study variables affects the self-confidence and stress on the player. The aim is to deepen the main scientific studies these variables. Review of primary and secondary sources such as articles, dissertations and books used. The method used is the analysis and review of the literature. Various studies that analyze the variables studied in this population are available. In conclusion emphasizes that psychological skills influence athletic performance and analyze football player helps predict; that provides confidence and sports performance is inversely related to anxiety and that this, in most studies, is analyzed from a cognitive and somatic approach.