Self-confidence and its role in enhancing competitive behavior among volleyball players

The Purpose of the Study The study seeks to determine the relationship between self-confidence and competitive behavior in 157 club Kirkuk Sports players, through a descriptive method in which the scales that are used in the questionnaires are composed of 15 items for self-confidence and 15 items for competitive behavior. The results show that players are highly self-confident, which demonstrates the possibility of trusting personal skills. They also showed strong team cohesion and awareness of their individual effort, which influenced their competitiveness as well. Nevertheless, the present findings described a gender divide between men and women players on this issue, suggesting the need to provide an appropriate training environment that equally sustains both genders to gain confidence and behaviors for the team winning.