The theory of planned behavior (TPB) has been acknowledged as one of the most widely used theories in sport and leisure domain and has been proven having fair predictive validity of explaining sport and leisure behavior. However, some studies recently argue that TPB fails to consider the influences of motivational, affective, and habitual dimensions on behavioral intentions, thereby may restrict to explain individual behaviors. Hence, to address the limitations of TPB, this paper aims to review and analyze Perugini and Bagozzi’s (2001) proposed model of goal-directed behavior (MGB). This MGB has been confirmed having greater predictive validity of explaining human behaviors over TPB, by redefining and evaluating individual decision making process before intention formation through the addition of motivational (desire), affective (anticipated emotions), and habitual (past behavior) predictors. Finally, this paper provides some suggestions for future sport and leisure behavioral research directions.