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#146 Dr Andy P Hill - Perfectionism in Sport

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I've Got to Perfect the Golf Swing, but I'm Going to Hit Bad Shots, So I Have to Work on My Chipping

Perfectionism is much more than just goal setting. It's about what people think and feel about themselves when they don't achieve those standards. If you pursue exceptionally high goalsd, let's even dare to call them, youare tryingt something that doesn't necessarily make you a perfectionist. In doesti mean yo'r goin to school really high on perfectionism? Ye. Perfection ul much more thanjust goal setting. But it's none the less, just a goal setting exercise. And a week, week, we could set prosession to morrow where we ask people to pursue on a discreet task, try to do this task perfectly. E.g.,

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