Week 6

Date: Monday 10th February 2013
Time: 17:00 - 17:30
Location: Training Grounds - Inside (During Hours)
Skill: Goal Setting
Measuring Tool: Performance

Goal Setting allows the athlete to see how they are progressing with their performance in terms of achievment. This would improve and increase their confidence and motivational levels vastly because they know they have the potential to succeed. All of which enhances their performance so that they are showing their best achievment possible. Goal setting is not just about identifying what you want to achieve but also how you will achieve it (process goals) and measure that achievement (performance goals). When challenging goals are broken down into realistic steps and then systemically achieved motivation, commitment and self-confidence will grow.

There are three types of goals:

Outcome Goals which refer to the desired end result and can be highly motivating long term goals. These are out of the athlete's control because it is not up to you it is determined by the team and others affcted in the situation.


Performance Goals are where you get to obtain a personal best for example
making 15 consecutive serves in volleyball. These goals specify a specific standard to be achieved and are under your control.


Process Goals are set goals for what you have to do during training or a match to perform your best, improving the efficiency of your stroke by 10% is a good example. You have complete control to deal with the technique or strategy necessary to perform well.



The benefits of goal setting are that it helps you focus your attention and are very effective in helping to control anxiety. This results in improving your performance which has its benefits for you as an individual and as part of a team.


Action: In training you should set yourself a process goal that would improve your serving technique so that you have a better chance of serving it into an open space. This goal would be set out as improving the efficiency of your stroke by 35% and it can be measured by someone observing your performance and comparing the results from the first assessment. This process goal should essentially allow you to have an improved technique that allows you to serve the ball at a higher peak and therefore having a better chance of getting the point.

Evaluation: This method worked really well for the athlete because they were able to focus their attention on getting the serving technique right which gave them the opportunity to just go for the ball without hesitation or instead of thinking through the thought process which made their performance flow better allowing them to give a better performance.

Progression: The athlete can use this skill whenever they want to as it is easy to complete, I think that they should make the process goal more effective by adding more detail to it for example achievable goals and goals that you can exceed, this would boost your motivation and confidence levels which in time allow your performnace to improve allowing you as an athlete to show more of your ability.


Measure: I could tell by looking at the athletes performance that they where pleased with the way that the structure and content of the plan was going and the reason for this is because they could tell that they were enjoying being in control of this method which on it's own boosted their confidence levels. This method was effective for athlete X because they were able to concerntrate more on the task in hand without being distracted because thye knew exactly what to do and the determination they had to achieve it was astonishing.