Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Meta-Analysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Bob La Rose

Document Summary

Indirect effect: influences performance by working on psychological states, confidence, satisfaction, attention. Goals can be set for: training sessions (log book, practice sessions (areas to work on) how are you going to get better, competitive events, team social events (team building) For each of these sessions or events goals can be focused on: Goals setting is an extremely powerful technique for enhancing performance, but it must be implemented correctly. Meta- analysis of goal setting literature (locke, 81; landers, 95) has shown that goal setting has the strongest effect on performance and satisfaction of any motivations technique (90% +ve outcomes ave 16% increase in performance) Warning don"t overload athletes with too many goals at one time concentrate on a few of the most important ones at a time. The most effective goals are the ones that are: specific (action- oriented) and measurable (quantifiable, relatively difficult, challenging, but attainable (realistic to achieve, within or geared to the ability potential of the participants.