Goal Setting

[Linny]

Hello all you coaches out there. I am just embarking on my club coaches course and am stuck on a question in my log book. I don't really understand what a psychological goal is. Is it a goal that a participant might set themselves generally or is it a goal about their psychology? And REALLY struggling with the whole idea of a long term psychological goal. Please help??? :confused:

[Kaci]

I think it is a goal a person sets for themselves i.e winning at nationals. This may be intrinsic (i.e personal satisfaction) or extrinsic (i.e medals)

[patlamb]

Goals are objectives or aims of actions. (The why's and what fors). It is therefore wise to assume that all goals with a given aim are Psychological Goals.

Whether they are aimed at technical improvement through skill mastery, winning, going faster, getting up earlier, eating more/less/better etc all these goals impact on the psychology of approach to the task.

Hope that was some help. See you on the 28th.

[Linny]

Yup - thanks! I think I was reading too much into it.

[nsswimmer]

hehe g'luQ on your course!! :D

[Linny]

Q :D

[Graham Wardell]

Just read this. I would think that a psychological goal could be one of the following: Improve my self-confidence/self-belief; deal with anxiety in a competition situation; improve my focus/concentration while racing; develop and improve my race plan etc.

Hope this gives you food for thought

[Linny]

I agree Graham and thanks, I just found it very difficult to then separate those goals out into short, medium and long term steps.
I have managed to complete that section of my log book now, hand it in and get it back marked and ok so am not so worried about that bet anymore - only one more weekend to go and the post course work. Yippee!
Thanks again.