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Specific
A goal must be specific, not general. It must answer the six "w" questions; who, what, when, where, why, and which? -
My Goal
I wish to make varsity soccer next year, and in order to do that I must be in the physical and mental shape to do so. The strengths I have to achieve this are my prior soccer history, my active lifestyle outside of the season (playing basketball and club soccer), and my speed. My weaknesses are my foot skills with the ball, heading, and high emotional attachment to the game. Some of the risks involved are injury at a high level, and failure (which would cause me to be a JV player). -
Realistic
"A goal can be both high and realistic" (Health iBook 5). You decide how high your goal needs to be, but sometimes higher goals, with the right amount of passion, are easier to accomplish. -
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Timely
Goals should have a time frame so that they can be accomplished with a sense of urgency. -
Attainable
A goal should be able to be reached. Once you identify your goal, "you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true" (Health iBook 5). This is the stage in goal setting in which you begin to develop the abilities, skills, attitudes, and financial capacity to achieve them. -
Work Towards My Goal
I will work towards my goal by going to summer practices in order to keep my fitness level elevated, as well as work on my foot skills. -
Measurable
Your goal must be measurable to ensure that you are continuously working towards attaining it. -
Measuring my Goal
One way to measure my goal would be to want to be able to run a mile in under seven minutes by the end of June, or being able to do fifty-five juggles (in the soccer sense) by the end of June. -
Make Varsity for Soccer
"identify goals that are most important to you" (Health iBook 5). Making varsity next year is extremely important to me, so I will passionately work to achieve this goal.