Intermediate 2 PE Skills & Techniques Goal Setting Monitoring

Goal Setting O It is important to set goals within your practices as they can greatly enhance your programme and give you targets to aim for and help motivate you. O Training goals can give you little steps on your way to your ultimate goal.

Goal Setting O Goals can be broken down into long term, medium term and short term. O For example: a badminton player may wish to win district championships, in order to achieve this they may have several medium term goals such as to improve their smash. To achieve their medium goal they may have short term goals such as to complete 10 x 2 minute smash and movement drills and improve smash target test score every week.

Goal Setting O In order for goal setting to enhance training, the goals set should be S.M.A.R.T. O Specific to the performer O Measurable so that improvement can be monitored O Attainable to keep the performer motivated O Realistic O Timed – they should be completed within a certain time scale.

Factors affecting Goal Setting Prior to embarking upon any individual programme it is essential to establish a realistic staring point. Many factors will influence this such as: O Time available to reach target O Previous experience O Ability to monitor progress

The benefits of goal setting O Increase in motivation and determination providing goals which are realistic and attainable O Reinforces desire to keep working O Provides a performance focus O Provides valuable feedback

Monitoring When you undertake a practice programme it is important to monitor the effectiveness of your programme. This fulfils a number of tasks: O It provides a record of the progress you are making or not O Your programme can be adjusted appropriately to ensure progression O This can have a motivational effect as you see that you are actually improving. O You feel a sense of achievement O This would indicate if you were achieving your short term goals.

How can we monitor progress? The best way to monitor your programme is through regular feedback. O You can receive feedback from your teacher or coach O You have your own internal feedback (sensory) O Knowledge of results (scores) O Knowledge of performance.

How can we monitor progress? There are many other ways of monitoring performance: O You should collect data before you begin your programme, then you can compare subsequent data to see if you skill level has increased O You can keep a training diary to record practices, personal factors, adjustments to practice.

Why do we monitor? O To make sure that the content / training methods are appropriate O The make sure the programme is demanding enough O To continue to identify strengths and weaknesses of your whole performance O To allow you to make adaptations to your performance O To allow you to make comparisons O It can be motivational, especially when you are succeeding O Allows you to see whether you are achieving your training targets / goals. O Can set the way forward in your new training goals O Lets you know where further work is still required.

Monitoring – what has changed in your performance? O Data collection now highlights O How have you eliminated faults? O What can you now do with your clear? O Where can you now play it to? O Attacking / building / defensive – how? O Prevent smashes O Keep opponent under pressure.

Examples of reflecting upon performance O The technical action of my overhead clear was now comparable with the model performer. O The action was more consistent as I was able to hit the key target areas of the back of the court. O In addition because the action is now automatic I am able to move my opponent around the court pushing them to the back and then placing their return to the front. O I was able to use my clears as a tactic to move my opponent from their central base position and open up space to attack.

O Tactically the clear is used to push opponents to the back of the court – I now had far more time to return to a central base position. O I could play my clear so far to the back that it made I prevented my opponent from playing a smash as he could not smash from such a deep position on the court. O I could use my clear as a building shot – i.e. I could keep him pinned to the baseline and wait until he made a mistake, allowing me to take advantage and play a wining shot. Examples of reflecting upon performance......

Homework O Complete the Question on goal setting on page 35. Remember that it is an explain question and therefore requires more than simple description. O Complete the 3 questions on monitoring on the separate sheet. Use the information you have written down in class to help you.