Thoughts from H.A. Dorfman on goal setting:Setting goals is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving them, and then staying with that plan.
--Tom Landry, Hall of Fame Football Coach
The value of goal setting has been established by research and by elite athletes’ anecdotal reports. Studies and athletes reveal that specific goals direct their attention and provoke them to physically act on this focus.
In addition, goals help to sustain their efforts and enable them to evaluate themselves on a regular basis.
Players who tend to use “I’ll just do my best” as a goal fail to commit themselves to a real challenge. The goal is too high in subjectivity and too low in responsibility. If is often stated in an off-handed manner.
Self-pronounced team players have said their only goal is to help their team win. It is a pleasing lyric perhaps, but the tune cannot be carried. An athlete must first know how to help himself. Being a winning player requires specific individual achievement. An athlete should set individual goals that will address his needs, as he strives to accomplish what will benefit him, thereby helping the team win.
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