FEAR OF FAILURE AND OVERCOMING

You cannot be afraid to fail in competitive sports. If you are afraid of failure you are never going to reach your peak potential in your particular sport. You will only be average. To be the best or to win, you have to fail and make mistakes first. This paper will describe why it is important to not be afraid of failure and how to overcome with it. You have to realize that you are going to make mistakes. You cannot be afraid of failure if you want to succeed. Everyone has failed from time to time in their sport. You have to have the attitude if I fail one day, everything is going to be fine. (Walters, 2015) In order to succeed in whatever sport you are involved in, you have to come to the realization that you are never going to be perfect. As human beings, we are not meant to be perfect. We are expected to make mistakes.