Editing Goal setting (section)

== Goal setting in sports and fitness ==
The tenets of Goal setting theory generally hold true in physical domains. In a study of high school students using sit up tests all students set a specific and challenging goal out performed students with a non-specific goal supporting the principles of goal specificity and goal difficulty from general goal setting theory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bar-Eli |first1=M. |last2=Tenenbaum |first2=G. |last3=Pie |first3=J. S. |last4=Btesh |first4=Y. |last5=Almog |first5=A. |date=April 1997 |title=Effect of goal difficulty, goal specificity and duration of practice time intervals on muscular endurance performance |journal=Journal of Sports Sciences |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=125–135 |doi=10.1080/026404197367407 |issn=0264-0414 |pmid=9258843}}</ref> Goal setting appears to be especially beneficial to athletes with self-inflated narcissism by protecting athletes with that personality trait from their tendency to underperform in tedious but necessary training with no audience present.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zhang |first=S |year=2021 |title=Foresee the glory and train better: Narcissism, goal-setting, and athlete training. |url=https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/spy0000264 |journal=Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=381–393 |doi=10.1037/spy0000264 |access-date=2021-04-08 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10545/625686 |s2cid=233322951}}</ref>