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Ice Hockey Tips & Drills Coaching Rules Team Websites eteamzeteamz is part of Active Networketeamz Your online team sports community PICK YOUR SPORT Baseball Basketball Cheerleading Football HockeyIce Lacrosse Soccer SoftballFastpitch SoftballSlowpitch Volleyball More Sports General Web Sites Online Registration Fundraising Community Shopping eteamz Login Find Your Sport Become a Member Testimonials Take the Tour Customer Support Company Info Find a Team or League MessageCast Spotlight Sites Collect Fees Online Registration Search Active Giving Traditional Fundraising eteamz Buddy Blogz Newz Message Boards Tips and Drills Tournaments Camps and Clinics SnapShotz TeamAdvantage Prep Sportswear Web Site Admins Online Registration Message Center TeamAdvantage HockeyIce Home Web Sites build a site site finder spotlight sites Instruction tips and drills sports psych Community message boards announcements Resources sports recruiting clubs & associations camps & clinics tournaments Find Your Sport Become a Member Testimonials Take the Tour Customer Support Company Info Find a Team or League MessageCast Spotlight Sites Collect Fees Online Registration Search Active Giving Traditional Fundraising eteamz Buddy Blogz Newz Message Boards Tips and Drills Tournaments Camps and Clinics SnapShotz TeamAdvantage Prep Sportswear Web Site Admins Online Registration Message Center TeamAdvantage Sports Psych Mental Skills Article 2 Goal Setting Goal setting is one of the foundational building blocks of a successful psychological skills training program In fact coaches and athletes can utilize the goal setting principles that Ill discuss in the next two months of eteamz articles with each of the four pillars of sport we have previously discussed namely the technical tactical psychological and physiological areas To understand goal setting better and more specifically how you can utilize its powerful effects to your competitive advantage its important to define what goals are Definition Goals are a specific standard of proficiency achieved in a specific area of performance within a specified time For example an athlete could set a goal to improve their free throw shooting ability by taking 30 extra shots every day immediately after practice All of the criteria listed in that definition must be met (along with several other important standards) in order for behavior to be considered a goal The two key questions to determine if goal setting is successfully being implemented are Can I measure it Can I see it Goals are more than wishes hopes and dreams Dreaming is important in sport and in life but dreams lack an essential ingredient inherent in effective goal setting and that is the observable measurable behaviors required for ac...