Kinesiology 3474A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Goal Setting, Topspin, Social Loafing
1 May 2018
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Kinesiology 3474 - Psychology of Interventions (Midterm)
Lecture 13
Goal Setting in Sport
- Goal setting is the most commonly used performance-enhancement strategy in
sport psychology
- Most athletes rate their goals as being only moderately effectively in enhancing
sport performance
• Some do not acknowledge the goals they have set for themselves
• Or they are uncertain about how to effectively set goals
• Or they set inappropriate goals
- Research reviews have shown goal setting in sport is indeed effective and that
moderately difficult goals are best
□ 78% of studies have shown moderate-to strong effects of goal setting on
behaviour
Goals typically serve different functions in:
o Training vs. Competition
o Some research supports the idea that maybe types of goals set in these
situations may be different
o Which goals do you set in training? Which in competition? Practice: topspin 100x
Competition: reduce anxiety on the table
What is rugby?
Style of football
Goal setting interventions have often targeted individual athletes
Mellalieu et al. (2006) examined the effects of goal setting on selected performance
behaviours of 5 male collegiate rugby players over an entire competitive season
5 performance behaviours were assessed:
o Number of ball carries was employed to determine the frequency with which a
player attempted to gain yardage with the ball carried in hand
o Number of tackles either ade or issed as used to easure the players
success of failure in preventing and opponent from carrying the ball
o A successful kick was defined as a kick out of hand from a player with the aim of
successfully putting the ball out of the field of play
o Number of turnovers won was used to measure the frequency with which a
player managed to seal possession of the ball from opposing team
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Document Summary
Goal setting is the most commonly used performance-enhancement strategy in sport psychology. Research reviews have shown goal setting in sport is indeed effective and that moderately difficult goals are best. 78% of studies have shown moderate-to strong effects of goal setting on. Goal setting interventions have often targeted individual athletes. Mellalieu et al. (2006) examined the effects of goal setting on selected performance behaviours of 5 male collegiate rugby players over an entire competitive season. The intervention consisted of three stages: goal determination, goal setting, and goal reviewing. Goal determination stage: each participant selected 1 or 5 behaviours for improvement (eg tackles made) Baseline: first half of competitive season the frequency of each participant selected performance behaviour is records. Mea(cid:374) (cid:448)alues for ea(cid:272)h parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)t(cid:859)s perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e fro(cid:373) the first half of the seaso(cid:374) Goals are numerical target values for future performance (eg. 3 successful kicks); they are generated for the second half of the season.
