Goal Setting

The Final Destination is your Long Term Goal.

The Route you take is your Season

The Stops along the way are your Short Term Goals

Goals-Road Map to Success

What do you ultimately want to accomplish? Clearly Define your Long Term Goal. Recognize your Starting Point.

Long Term Goals

Talk with your coach about your training plan What detours and roadblocks are on your

route (Vacations, Work…etc.)? Where are the Big Matches on the schedule?

How Will You Get There?

Evaluate your progress by setting smaller goals along the way.

Long Term Goals, alone, do not provide good feedback or specific directions.

Short Term Goals

Help focus on the process of performance rather than the outcome.

Positive Examples of Process Goals◦ Training Goals◦ Technique Goals◦ Psychological Goals◦ Nutritional Goals◦ Lifestyle Goals

Process Goals

Make sure your Performance Goals match up with what you are willing to do at practice.◦ Attendance◦ Intensity◦ Focus

Training Goals

Are there changes that need to be made in your technique (Process) to accomplish your Performance Goals?

Technical Goals

Utilize the resources available to you (Coaches/Teammates)

Be Mentally prepared for competition and practice.

Use positive thoughts to motivate yourself.

Psychological Goals

Visualize yourself being successful before practice and competition

Do your nutritional habits improve your chances of achieving your Performance Goals?

Nutritional Goals

Access & Utilize good nutritional information

(Shippensberg Aquatic Club, 2009)

Do the choices you make away from volleyball help you achieve your Performance Goals?

Are your Family and friends supportive of your Goals?

Lifestyle Goals

Provides Direction and Motivation◦ Where do you want to go?◦ How to get there?◦ Get you through thetough practices.

Builds confidence and provides feedback

Why Set Goals?

(Penn, J. 2009)

Specific!◦ General goals do not offer good feedback and are hard

to know what you have achieved Measurable

◦ You set the milestones, make the goal YOURS Attainable

◦ Hope to Attain & Expect to Attain Realistic, yet challenging

◦ Too easy or too hard will not be beneficial Time Based

◦ Evaluate your goals regularly◦ Gain confidence from your progress

Make it public◦ Others can help you and make it more difficult to back

out

(Econ, 2009)

Goal Setting Tips-SMART

Celebrate Your Success!

AcknowledgementsPenn ,J. (June 19, 2009 )The Creative Penn, http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2009/06/19/mid-year-writing-goal-review-and-challenge/

Econ, E (2009) SDM Training.ppt, ECON Training

Shippensburg Aquatic club, (2009). Sport Nutrition Pyramid. http://www.eteamz.com/SAC/news/index.cfm?cat=599531