Running head: RELATION BETWEEN TEAM CONFIDENCE AND PERFORMANCE

26 The present manuscript extends previous research on the reciprocal relation between 27 team confidence and perceived team performance in two ways. First, we distinguished 28 between two types of team confidence; process-oriented collective efficacy and outcome29 oriented team outcome confidence. Second, we assessed both types not only before and after 30 the game, but for the first time also during half-time, thereby providing deeper insight into 31 their dynamic relation with perceived team performance. Two field studies were conducted, 32 each with 10 male soccer teams (N = 134 in Study 1; N = 125 in Study 2). Our findings 33 provide partial support for the reciprocal relation between players‟ team confidence (both 34 collective efficacy and team outcome confidence) and players‟ perceptions of the team‟s 35 performance. Although both types of players‟ team confidence before the game were not 36 significantly related to perceived team performance in the first half, players‟ team confidence 37 during half-time was positively related to perceived team performance in the second half. 38 Additionally, our findings consistently demonstrated a relation between perceived team 39 performance and players‟ subsequent team confidence. Considering that team confidence is a 40 dynamical process, which can be affected by coaches and players, our findings open new 41 avenues to optimize team performance. 42