Goal-Setting & Athletic Performance- Applied Sport Psychology

Applied Sport Psychology- How to Improve Athletic Performances through the use of effective Goal-Setting based on Locke and Latham’ well-developed goal-setting theory When working with a team or individual athletes, it is important to keep it simple using the guidelines of goal-setting Recently, the acronym SMART has been modified to add ER on the end (Wade 2009) also linked to athletic performance enhancement “E” stands for: goals should be exciting and enjoyable “R”: goals should be rewa