Gaelic games, 220
Galen, 231
game-plan, 162
Garcia, Sergio, 261
Geller, Uri, 30–1
gender:
injury reaction, and, 270–1
GEQ (Group Environment Questionnaire), 205–6, 221
Glasgow Celtic, 220
GMRT (Group Mental Rotations Test), 151
goal challenge, 60
goal orientations, 44–8
goal proximity, 59, 60–1
goal-setting, 39, 55–64, 122;
definition, 284;
effects, 61–2
(“ceiling” effects, 58, 62);
injury rehabilitation, use in, 274–5, 276;
motivational properties of goals, 60–1;
performance enhancement, and, 55–6, 57;
practical barriers, 59;
research, 55–6, 58–60, 61–2;
research directions, 62–3;
SMART approach, 63–4;
types of goals, 56–7
goal specificity, 58, 60
goal states, 47
goals:
performance, 56–7, 58–9, 122;
result, 56–7, 58–9;
types of, 56–7;
see also goal-setting
golf, 8, 40, 56, 69, 90, 95, 137, 148, 153, 164, 166, 181, 208;
American Express World Championships, 2002, 116;
British Open Championships, 1970, 116;
European Open Championships, 1999, 101, 102;
European Ryder Cup golf team, 2002, 215–16;
goal-setting, 57, 122;
injuries, 261;
mental demands, 13;
pre-performance routines, 123, 124;
putting, 140;
team building, 215–16;
“yips,” 90, 91, 92;
see also Ryder Cup
golfers, 4
Goosen, Retief, 4
Graf, Steffi, 91, 253, 256, 257
Greeks, 231
Green Gym, 230
grief stages model of injury reaction, 264–8, 272, 273, 284
Griffith, Coleman, 15–16, 16
Subject index 334