Now, let's write down one example of each type of goal for your sport, an outcome of performance and a process score. A good way to getting into the habit of setting goals is to simply take a piece of athletic tape, write a goal down on it, for each practice. Tape it to your shoe or tape it to your bag or put it in your locker. Then at the end of practice, check to see if you completed it.
Some kids even save their goals so then can see how many they made overtime. Now don't panic if you don't make every goal. If you make everyone they're probably too easy. If you never make one, they're probably too hard. Remember, goal should be like rubber bands; they should stretch you but not be so hard that they break you or snap back on you.
A good way to think of goal setting is as a staircase to some long-term success you want to achieve, whether that be winning a league championship, making a varsity team or earning a scholarship. At the top of the stairs is your long-term dream goal, maybe making the middle school basketball team, and at the bottom is your present ability. Maybe you're pretty good at ball handling and defense but you're not a very good shooter, especially jump shots.
So what you do is you start where you're now, maybe a poor jump shooter and you would set goals for each step that you would go up the staircase, the first step might be shooting 20 extra jump shots a day, trying to make 50% of those from 8-foot range. Then after you've accomplished that, the next stair that you go up is you try to hit 60% and then 70%.
So what you're doing is you're climbing the staircase's success by setting these goals that get harder and harder but your ability gets better and better until you reach your dream. Those who shoot without aiming, seldom hit the target. So set your sights in sport by setting smart goals and setting outcome performance and process goals.
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