Self-efficacy measure for baseball hitters, evidence of its predictive validity of offensive performance

Abstract

Research shows that athletes with higher self-efficacy face their challenges better and work harder to achieve their purposes, which is why they tend to perform better than those with lower levels. Successful batting depends almost 50 % on mental attitude. The objective was to test whether a measure of self-efficacy for baseball batters can predict offensive performance. Thirty-six batters participating in the 63rd national baseball series were evaluated, with an average age of 28.2 years and a participation experience in our national series of 5.6 years. The self-efficacy questionnaire for baseball hitters was used. Their historical performance metrics were reviewed in the batting average AVE, OBP, sluggin percentage, SLU, and sluggin percentage plus sluggin percentage OPS departments, and for the 5 games following the evaluation. The average lifetime and 5-game post self-efficacy measure AVE of the studied baseball hitters were 260 and 284. The average AVE, OBP, SLU and OPS scores of the studied hitters were higher during the five SNB 63 games sampled than those shown for lifetime. The results of the self-efficacy measure for baseball hitters cannot predict the offensive performance during the sport activity of the studied athletes employing traditional metrics.