Self-efficacy in competitive athletes and its possible development through short-term goal setting

This bachelor thesis focuses on method of short-term goal-setting and its possible application for self-efficacy development in athletes. The first part is devoted to the description of goal-setting mechanics, rules and procedures for its effective usage in sport. In the second part the concept of self-efficacy with specific focus on professional athletes is described. Possible ways of athletes' self-efficacy development is also included. In the third part goal-setting method is combined with the self-efficacy concept in sport. The existing scientific research in this field suggests positive effects of goal-setting on self-efficacy development in athletes. Thesis continues by proposing a natural experiment. The main purpose of this experiment is to examine effects of process-oriented short-term goal-setting on self-efficacy development in professional adolescent swimmers