Goal Setting

Goal Setting

• Setting clear targets, priorities and expectations of themselves

• Athletes are more committed if they have specific goals

• Goal setting has been shown to improve work-output by 40-50%

Three types of goal setting

• Outcome goals

• Performance goals

• Process goals

Outcome goals

• Focused on the end result (times, place finishing, medals)

• Difficult to achieve because they’re linked to the performance of other athletes – no control over what others do.

Performance goals

• Focus on comparing present performance levels to those attained previously

• As long as they’re realistic, they can be successful

• Eg: Improving a beep-test score from 10 – 11.

Process goals

• Focuses on actions such as physical movements and game strategies

• Eg: Executing the same routine before swinging the club

• Eg: Performing a set play

Achieving Goals

• It’s important to set shot-term (performance) goals to help pave the way towards achieving long-term (outcome) goals

Climbing the endurance mountain

SMARTER

• Provides a tool to help writing down goals (developed by the National Coaching Association)

• I want you to set a goal

• Aim to complete it by the end of term/year

• Use the example on page 313 to focus your thoughts

• Make sure you copy down what the SMARTER acronym means.

Goals setting:

• Improves performance by:• Focusing on attention to detail and important

elements of a skill/s being performed• Activating and organising an athletes efforts• Encouraging athlete perseverance • Promoting the development of new learning

strategies• Refining movements and set plays• Contributing towards a more positive

psychological state