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Set Goals
Coaches, discuss short term and long term goals with your players. Your players should set
short and long term goals for themselves, and goals for the team (team
goals). Guide your players while they take part in the goal setting
process. Be sure the goals are attainable and written down in the players’
Goal Setting Logs. Every player should take part in the goal setting
process and every goal should be realistic and within reach!
A Goal Setting Log
(Chart) may look something like this:
template
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Long
Term Goal (Team or Individual): |
Short
Term Goal (Team or Individual): |
How
I Will Reach This Goal: |
What
I May Gain By Reaching This Goal: |
Date
Reached: |
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*Individual
Double
my current juggling record of 50. |
Juggle
daily for 15 min. minimum.. |
Improve
ball control, trapping and touch. |
Write
date achieved here! |
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*Individual
Earn a
starting position on premier club team by the time I’m 14 years
old. |
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Train
on my own as well as at practice, never give up, attend club camps
and tryouts. |
A
starting position on a premier club team and a chance to play at
higher levels, such as O.D.P. and college. |
Write
date achieved here! |
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*Team
Perfect
both right and left footed crosses. |
Practice
crossing right and left footed during and after practice. |
The
ability to cross the ball with either foot, creating a more
effective and efficient team. |
Write
date achieved here! |
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*Individual
Make
my high school varsity soccer team. |
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Train
with competitive players regularly, introduce myself to the varsity
coach and provide the coach with my club schedule. |
To
become a member of my high school’s soccer team. Have fun
competing against some of my club teammates. Experience towards
playing college soccer. |
Write
date achieved here! |
Once a goal is reached,
players should begin the goal setting process with a new goal, although, a
new goal can be added any time. Review player goals and team goals
regularly (approximately every 2 weeks). Goals setting and sharing
sessions help coaches and players get to know what each player wants to
achieve, what they’re doing to reach their goals, and what doors they
believe may open once they achieve a specific goal. Discussing the goals
helps build a cohesive and interested group of players who gain ideas from
each other, and compete to reach goals faster than their teammates!
Goals should allow the
players to play out of their comfort zone and make mistakes, for it is
through mistakes that players learn. Make mistakes with the players and
demonstrate how to how to prevent from making the mistake the next time.
Make notes of mistakes, discuss how they developed, how to correct them,
and what lessons may have been learned as a result of making the mistakes.
Practices are an excellent time to make mistakes with the players and
laugh about them, correct them, and move on willing to make more mistakes.
Players need to understand that it’s acceptable to push themselves so
far that mistakes happen, it’s actually a good thing and needs to be
reflected in the goals they set!
Goal Setting Log
template you may use with your own players!
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