GCSE Physical Education Goal Setting

Learning Objectives By the end of this lesson pupils should: Define the term SMART goals Apply SMART goals to yourself Understand how SMART goals can work within your PEP

SMART goals SMART goals are used widely in sport, work, and leisure to help make people’s goals easier to achieve. SMART is an acronym: Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Time-bound

Specific This means knowing exactly what the goal is It is better to set smaller, more specific goals; these act as a series of steps to a bigger goal Current fitness and performance levels should be evaluated before specific goals are set

Measurable This means that it will be easy to know if a goal has been achieved or not If a goal cannot be measured, then there will be no evidence of progression

Achievable This means making sure the goal is challenging yet still able to be reached Setting unachievable goals is likely to have negative effects and feelings of demotivation

Realistic A goal may be achievable in theory, but if it is to be achievable in practice it is necessary to have the time and resources to complete it. This is effected by many other factors, such as time gym opens, resources needed, etc.

Time-Bound Does a goal have an end point? If not, it is easy to put off achieving it forever! PEP’s are complete over 6 weeks, so are therefore time-bound

Learning Objectives (revisited) By the end of this lesson pupils should: Define the term SMART goals Apply SMART goals to yourself Understand how SMART goals can work within your PEP

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