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Be honest with yourself-assessments.
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Use the approach or approaches which most appeal to you.
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Appraise your goals regularly - ideally, every 6 - 8 weeks.
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Set S.M.A.R.T goals to maximise motivation, commitment and quality.
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Design long, intermediate and short term goal setting schedules.
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Assess your goals each week.
All goals should meet the 'SMARTER" criteria, but there are three main types of goals that can be set:
1. Outcome goals - focus on outcomes of particular events and usually involve a comparison of some kind with other people (e.g. winning a competition).
2. Performance goals - specify an end product (usually relatively independently of other divers) and encourage your athletes to perform to their potential e.g. achieving a personal best score.
3. Process goals - specify the actual behaviours that individuals have to perform in order to compete well.
There is one more very important type of goal that does not fit the rules of other goals. It is the DREAM GOAL!
A dream goal is the vision which motivates performers e.g. learning to dive, winning the Nationals, getting a gold medal at the Olympic Games. It may well be out of their control, and doesn't fit the SMARTER principles, but it will define their ambition and the kind of performer they want to be. For that reason dream goals are special, all other goals are a way of reaching that dream.
Dream goals inspire, they create energy - it's like when you stretch an elastic band!!!
