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Bendtner's self confidence is off the scale

Published 23:00 04/02/11 By John Cross

Nicklas Bendtner goes to Newcastle today full of belief - after it was
revealed his self confidence is literally off the scale.

Bendtner had Arsenal assistant boss Pat Rice in stitches as he even shocked a
sports shrink during a psychology test on self-perceived competence.

French psychologist Jacques Crevoisier, a trusted expert who regularly works
with Arsenal’s players, carried out a series of psychometric tests to see if
their brain power matched their football ability.

Bendtner, who has claimed he will become one of the best strikers in the
world within five years, showed self belief that Crevoisier had never seen in
previous players he has worked with like Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka and
David Trezeguet.

Crevoisier, in an interview with Swedish magazine Offside, said: “One of the
categories is called ‘self perceived competence,’ i.e. how good the player
himself thinks he is. On a scale up to 9, Bendtner got 10!

“We have never seen that before. Pat Rice was sitting next to me and couldn’
t stop laughing.

“When Bendtner misses a chance, he is always genuinely convinced that it wasn
’t his fault. You might say that’s a problem, and to a certain degree it
can be.

“But you can also view it as this guy has an remarkably ability to come back
after setbacks.”

Crevoisier has devised a series of up to 117 questions to analyse self
belief, concentration levels and determination.

Arsene Wenger has known his fellow Frenchman for 40 years and Crevoisier -
who specialises in working with young French players at the country’s
Clairefontaine academy - has worked at Arsenal to help their youngsters.

It is designed to ensure that Arsenal boss Wenger’s players have the
confidence to match their ability and, in Bendtner’s case, that is something
that is clearly not lacking.

Denmark striker Bendtner claimed earlier this season that, when fully fit, he
should always be in the Arsenal starting line-up and he was getting fed-up of
being left on the bench.

Now it is clear that Bendtner will never lose that self-confidence even when
he is battling with Robin van Persie and Marouane Chamakh for a place in the
Arsenal team.

Bendtner has been in good form recently but has divided opinions in the past
among Arsenal fans after missing big chances during games.

But Bendtner clearly feels it is not his fault when things do not go well,
according to Crevoisier who wants to expand his work in the Premier League.

Wenger has also used power point messages in team meetings before games,
focusing on “team relationships, dynamics and strong and united” players.

Crevoisier has said in the past that some English players sometimes lack
mental strength compared to their French counterparts. But there is no
doubting Bendtner’s belief.

Meanwhile, Bendtner’s strike partner van Persie also does not lack belief in
Arsenal’s ability to win the Premier League title this season after
insisting leaders Manchester United will drop points.

The Gunners go to St James’s Park five points behind United but they are in
good form and van Persie also says he is coming back to his best after injury
curtailed his start to the campaign.

Van Persie said: “It is vital to just keep looking at yourself. We all know
United’s schedule, we know Chelsea’s schedule, but the main thing is to
just look at our own.

“We have got a tough opponent now at Newcastle away, and so we only need to
look at that.

“I am confident Manchester United will drop points, 100 per cent, because
they have big games coming up - they have their own derby, they have games
against Chelsea, other big games, so we will see what is going to happen.

“We just have to stick to ourselves and I am confident we can fight until
the end.

“I am feeling really happy and healthy in myself at the moment. “I was
right to take things quite carefully when I first came back - you have to
keep in mind that I was basically injured for an entire calendar year, except
for the summer.

“I’d had two big ankle injuries in the space of 12 months and needed some
time to get properly fit.

“That is why the boss, the medical team and I chose to do things more
slowly, step by step, and I think it has paid off in the end.

“Since the Chelsea game things have really kicked on - I have become
stronger in every game and every training session. Sometimes it is good to
start cautiously and that was definitely the case for me.”


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【鏡報】本特納信心爆棚嚇壞心理師
2011.2.4

今天本特納滿懷信心奔赴紐卡斯爾，之前有人透露他的信心指數爆缸了。

就連阿森納的助理教練帕特-萊斯也禁不住捧腹大笑，因為他也對本特納的自感力測試結
果感到震驚。

法國心理學家Jacques Crevoisier是個信譽很好的專家，他長期協助阿森納球員工作，用
一系列綜合心理測試題考察他們的精神力是否與足球方面的能力匹配。

本特納聲稱自己在5年內會成為全世界最好的前鋒，他所展示的自信力前無古人，就連測
試過亨利，阿內爾卡和特雷澤蓋的Crevoisier也前所未見。

Crevoisier在接受一家瑞典雜誌《越位》的採訪時說：「這組測試中有一項稱為『自感力
』，反映球員對自己能力的評價。這項測試的滿分是9分，而本特納得到了10分！」

「我們之前從未見過這樣的結果，坐在我旁邊的帕特-萊斯忍不住笑翻。

「當本特納錯過一次機會，他總是自動認為那不是他的錯，你也許會說這是個問題，從某
種程度上也許是。

「但是你也可以從這個角度看問題：這傢伙受到挫折後有非凡的自癒能力。」

Crevoisier設計了一套117問的測試題，來分析球員的自信心、注意集中力和決斷力。

溫格結識他的法國老鄉有40年了，Crevoisier作為專家在法國青訓基地克拉楓丹為法國年
輕球員工作，現在他也協助阿森納年輕球員。

這套題是為了幫助阿森納教練溫格測試他的球員是否有信心實現他們的競技能力。當然，
在本特納這個案例裡，顯然絲毫不缺信心。

本賽季較早的時候，丹麥前鋒聲稱，當他達到最佳狀態時，他應該始終是阿森納首發球員
，對於被放在板凳上感到厭倦。

現在看起來很清楚，本特納從不會失去信心，哪怕是在阿森納跟范佩西和沙馬赫這樣的球
員競爭位置。

本特納近來狀態不錯，但是對於他在比賽中錯失機會的看法，阿森納球迷中存在很大分歧
。

Crevoisier看來，當本特納遇到不順時，他顯然不認為自己有問題。Crevoisier打算在英
超聯賽拓展他的工作。

溫格有時也在球隊的賽前準備會上用電腦幻燈傳遞信息。他主要著重於球員的「團隊協作
，動力，堅強和團結」

Crevoisier還說，跟他的法國同胞相比，過去英格蘭球員有時缺乏堅強的意志。當然，本
特納的自信力毫無問題。

同時，本特納的鋒線搭檔范佩西對於阿森納本賽季奪得聯賽冠軍的能力也同樣不缺信心，
他堅持認為領跑的曼聯會丟分。



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