Baseball Goal Setting

Kevin Barr

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Baseball Goal-Setting

• Professional baseball players set individual-goals & write them down.

• Youth baseball players should list obtaining college baseball scholarship as primary long-term goal.

• Performance-goals must be established each year that are attainable in short term.

Functions of Goal-Setting

• Provides direction to focus energy.

• Provides feedback on progress.

• Provides valuable source of motivation

Principles of Goal-Setting

• Emphasize performance & de-emphasize game outcome.

• Be measurable & specific, as opposed to vague & general.

• Be challenging & realistic

• Be stated positively, not negatively.

• Include short term (daily), intermediate, & long-term (dream-goals)

• Be explicit & write goals.

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