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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