Create a 8 pages page paper that discusses goal setting effects in elite and nonelite boxers by obrien, mellalieu, and hanton.

Create a 8 pages page paper that discusses goal setting effects in elite and nonelite boxers by obrien, mellalieu, and hanton. There are three purposes that underlie the research. These are: the primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a goal-setting intervention program upon elite and nonelite boxers' selected components of performance behaviors and their indirect psychological responses (O’Brien, 2009). It further holds that it aims to use the contemporary goal –setting model as developed by Burton et al (2001) and that it will extend the application of the said model to multiple baselines with focus on self-generated components of both the elite and nonelite boxers’ targeted and nontargeted performance behaviors over the duration of a competitive season. and (b) boxers' indirect psychological responses to the goal program in the form of competitive anxiety and self-confidence (O’Brien,2009).&nbsp.

The second objective is to identify the underlying mechanisms of goal programs using qualitative analysis and the examination of the retention and outcome effects of the program. This goal is significant since according to the authors no research prior to this one has been done to look into the effects of goal setting to one-on-one combat sports like boxing (O’Brien, 2009). The third aim is to affirm a previous study that “elite boxers would experience greater improvements in performance behaviors as compared to the none elite boxers” (O’Brien,2009).

These aims are based on the theoretical suppositions that: 1) despite the growing interest in goal setting in sports psychology very few literatures are available compared with the fields of organization and management. Although this does not the fact that there are already existing studies regarding this matter in sport psychology and the studies have provided knowledge-based, but, the reality is it is still not enough. 2) There is a need to examine goal setting designs or models to determine its actual effectiveness. 3) There is also a need to understand the influence of skill level on goal setting. 4. There is the absence of studies in sports psychology regarding follow-up assessment of retention effects after the program.