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Babis Fountoulakis is a Senior Sport Psychologist currently working at The ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence with the fencing, shooting & table tennis team in Doha , Qatar from 2007.

He is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist (CPsychol) with the BPS, HCPC registered, and has Full Membership with the Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology.

He worked in the Organizing committee as a Sport Command Centre Manager at the 15th Asian Games in 2006, and as a Olympic & Paralympic Sports Qualification Coordinator at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.


During this lecture he talks about Goal Setting & how to help your athletes set, plan and achieve their goals.

In Part 1:

- Introduction to goal setting & sport psychology (0:00-2:45)

- The difference between wishes and goals & why athletes need to be actively involved in setting their goals (2:45-4:33)

- Different types of goals - outcome, performance & process goals (4:33-9:06)

- Why both short and long term goals are important & what factors enhance the effectiveness of goal setting (9:06-13:59)