Coach to Coach: The Mental Fundamentals: Goal Setting

by Tim Mitchell
Assistant Coach, Fossil Ridge High School (CO) and Sports Psychology Consultant
American Football Monthly July 2014 Issue Online

Building Perspective

    The first game is just around the corner, so we call a team meeting to assess our direction for the season and set some goals. When I ask the kids what their goals are for the season they seem to reply with the same answer every year, “win league, win state and beat our rivals.” Winning seems to be the theme for every goal. Even the coaches I’ve worked with base all of their goals around winning. It reminds me of that famous Lombardi quote ...Login to Read More

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