Coaches typically always set practice goals and seasonal goals for their team. Coaches may even set a few individual performance goals to push specific athletes. However, it’s rare that a coach articulates specific muscle memory goals for their team or their athletes. This is not to say that coaches don’t constantly drill techniques and skills […]
Over the last 35 years there have been more than 600 studies on goal setting in sports. In addition, out of all these studies more than 90% show that goal setting is an effective mental skill for improving an athlete’s performance. Because goal setting is so common, this may be slightly obvious. However, because it’s […]
Ego goal orientation is one of two ways to approach goals as defined in goal perspective theory. It’s when you focus on comparing yourself to others instead of focusing on your own personal improvement and learning. For example, measuring personal success against the accomplishments of peers or when your primary source of happiness comes from […]