Self-Evaluations: I want you to come to our first skill workout on the 29th with an idea of two areas you want to personally focus on when it comes to your game and your skills. Before you can participate in drills I want these skills to be written down, I want you to evaluate where the skills are at currently and why you think you think these two areas are the ones you want to focus on. The reason I want this is two-fold, it tells me where your thoughts are on your game and secondly I will make a conscience effort to communicate and work with you over the summer to raise your ability and confidence in these areas. Please make a note to yourself, if I see you trying to scribble a couple of words down on a piece of paper as your walking through the door, I will ask you to go home and come back on the 30th ready to go. Take this seriously, if you don’t I will be questioning your commitment to the Tiger program.
Read the following and learn how to write goals without stress and headache… save time - get it done.
Creating S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Be a better passer.” But a SMART goal would say, “I will be able to pass 9 out of 10 balls to the target by end of practice Friday.”
EXAMPLE: A general goal would be, “Be more physically fit.” But a SMART goal would say, “I will do 10 pushups each night for a week and add 10 more each week for three weeks.”
Specific - A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six “W” questions:
*Who: Who is involved?
*What: What do I want to accomplish?
*Where: Identify a location.
*When: Establish a time frame.
*Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
*Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
Measurable - To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions such as……How much? How many? How will I know when it is accomplished?
Attainable - You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Goals that may have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable, not because your goals shrink, but because you grow and expand to match them. When you list your goals you build your self-image. You see yourself as worthy of these goals, and develop the traits and personality that allow you to possess them.
Realistic - Your goal is probably realistic if you truly believe that it can be accomplished. Additional ways to know if your goal is realistic is to determine if you have accomplished anything similar in the past or ask yourself what conditions would have to exist to accomplish this goal.
Timely - A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.
