Goal_Setting

Goal Setting Goal setting is defined as, “Attaining a specific standard of profficiency on a task, usually within a specified time limit.” Goals are categorized into three different areas. The first is subjective, which means just “having fun or participating in exercise.” The second category is general goals which includes “winning a championship or making a team.” The last category is specific goals which would be improving on one statistics. After in depth testing and observation experts say that setting goals do influence performance. The players strive to reach the goal set and facilitate themselves to accomplish, such as reaching a certain number of statistics. The Mechanist Theory describes goal setting better than other theories do. The mechanist theory says that goal setting influences in four ways. The first is that athletes direct their attention and actions towards accomplishing the goal. The second is helps performer mobilize their effort to doing what needs to be done to reach the goal. Thirdly, goal setting will give the athlete prolonged effort and increase their persistancy. And lastly, it allows one to employ new strategies and tactics, this pertains to coaches more than the player. There are certain goal setting guidelines that one should follow. The list goals, goal, performance, setting, set, team, coach, athletes, step, should, make, confidence, coaches, year, very, state, specific, range, players, one, levels, father, athlete, accomplishing, win, valence, theory, themselves, statistics, soccer, seeing, second, reach, psychological, performer, peak, needs, motivation, mechanist, list, just, high, having, general, first, expectancy, effort, effects, doing, different