what is more important goal adjustment or goal setting
goal adgjustment
how much personality is accounted for in sucsessful people
1%
how can pyshcoligical skills be learned
consistent training, expirences and life expirence
what are examples of psychological skills
goal setting, imagery, self talk, and relaxation
what are some misconceptions with psychological skills
Psychology is a quick fix, only required for problem athletes, only important to elite athletes, isn’t useful in a sports context
What are the three phases to developing psychological skills
general education, acquisition, practice
general education
research what skills are, how they can be trained roles of psychologist/ coach/athlete
clarified expectations and usefulness
Acquisition
learning and understandinspecific stratigies/skills tailored to the athelete
goal is for athetes to undetstand themselves and build their independance
practice
There are three primary objectives with practice
- automate skills through over learning
teach atheletes to intergrate psychological skills intop performance
- simulate skills of actual competition
what do goals do
they focus attention, allocate effort, and enhance persistence
what are the two different goal types
outcome goal, and learning focused goals both performance and process
outcome goals
relate to the outcome of an event and are usually in comparison to others like wining a race
performance learning focused goal
relate to a product of performance and its more independance like swimming a certain race time or jumping a certain height both perofrmance /outcome can create pressure and anxiety.
process learning focused goal
relates to a process that the performer will focus on during performance its indidividual and focuses on technique strategey like having high knees or a long stride pattern, it also fosters a growth mindset
what does SMARTER goals stand for
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time based, exciting, review
what are tips for making more substantial and evidence based goals
set specific goals this leads to better performance because theres a clear defition of the sucsess, set moderatly difficult but realistic goals so you can reach for something but its not impossivle and you give up, set short and ling term goals so there is stepping stones to sucsess to enhance self condifence
What is the best goal
A combination of outcome, performance, and process goals. Winning drived motivation, but process goals and performance goals privode feedback and support on a daily basis and keep intrinsic motivation.
More goal tips
always have goals to keep you focused, record your goals and get feedback on your progress so you can see your goals in action to build confidence and motivation, identify strategies to help you be sucsessful and identifiy potential barriers, foster indivodual commitment to your goals and ensure tyou have a support system to stay instrincly motivated and comitted
task involved goals
goals focused on self reference competence and improvement these are more lieklyt o be persistent and perform well in the long term
ego involved goals
goals about being superior might only continue towards a goal if things are going well and better than others
