week 1

week 1 - 28/03/14:

aim of the week: to develop/increase your goal setting skills in order to improve my motivation to boost/increase confidence and reduce anxiety.

Hi, this week I am going to implement a goal setting programme for you, this is going to be the first of 6 weeks.

Having analysed  your strengths and weaknesses it is evident for me to require a goal setting programme. As I require improvement in some areas in football such as my confidence as I had previously spoken about lacking it along with mental toughness. In this case if my ability is tested to the limit by setting a goal it will also reduce my anxiety levels.

From my questionnaire we can see that I require improvement in goal setting as it was actually my worst category with the lowest score out of all the other questionnaires (4/12). It is important for me to improve my game in terms of mental preparation as this will also motivate me to perform better.  Goal setting is setting a target and showing that I have a target to stride for, also this means if I have a clear plan I may perform better.

Goal setting is when an individual is setting himself a target to achieve, the goal will be something they have a desire and a will to accomplish, the athlete be passionate about meeting their target.

There are three different types of goals which I have decided to follow. The first is an outcome goal in which focuses mainly on the finalised result of a competitive event such as winning a football match or a tennis match, this shows that this goal can be applied to any sort of sport individual or team. These can be classified as long-term goals. However there is a disadvantage of this for instance if the athlete doesn’t meet his outome goal he may feel disheartened.

 The second type of goal setting is a process goal in which the athlete is focusing on something they want to produce and improve ability in. the process goals are short-term and lead to the outcome goals. The last type of goal setting is performance in which a athlete is setting an actual goal to meet in performing terms e.g. setting a landmark of scoring 30 goals a season. If I apply these goals to me then hopefully my mental preparation game will improve.  SMART target is a good method of doing this.

SMART
S = specific
M = measureable
A  = acheivable
R = realistic
T = Time

I am going to set myself some goals which I want to meet. I will set myself a long term goal which is something very wishful (dream goal) and then I will set myself a few short term goals also. A long term goal which I can set myself is to make a certain amount of starts for the football team, out of 38 league matches I would love to start 26. A short term goal I would set myself is to contribute to goals scored in the matches e.g. assist or score this will mean that I am setting myself some goals.  There is a range in which tells you exactly where you are from a scale from 1-5. 1 is you being at your present state and 5 is your desired state and eventually you will move up the ranking on your way to achieve. 

Long term goal

Current position