The Importance of Specific Goals in Sport

In a study, children were told they would be in a drawing contest. The group that was not told they were in a competition but given a reward kept drawing the same amount because they didn't even know they were being studied. So I think one of the reasons it happens is because you start supplanting the love of the process with the desire to achieve a specific outcome. You can make them these things that set you up for success rather than potentially setting up for failure.