Portraying yourself as the underdog does have some advantages provided you still believe you can win. It can inspire greater effort to beat the odds, it can remove some pressure of expectation and place that on the other side. It can also free you to take risks as you have less to lose.
There are disadvantages too if it gives the opposition healthy confidence of if you don't actually believe that you can win.
I'm British so maybe my attitude to underdogs is a bit different to the US one.
There are disadvantages too if it gives the opposition healthy confidence of if you don't actually believe that you can win.
I'm British so maybe my attitude to underdogs is a bit different to the US one.