Athletics & Wellness
Grade 10
45 min
Setting Your Sights: Crafting Your Personal Athletic Goals
This lesson will guide you through setting powerful and personal athletic goals. Knowing how to set goals helps you stay motivated, track your progress, and turn your athletic dreams into reality, whether you're playing for fun or aiming for the top.
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What & Why
Why Set Goals?Goals give you a clear direction and a way to measure your success. Instead of just 'trying to get better,' you create a roadmap for exactly how you'll improve. A great way to build this roadmap is by using the SMART goal framework.Specific: What exactly do you want to accomplish?Measurable: How will you track your progress and know when you've reached your goal?Achievable: Is your goal challenging but realistic?Relevant: Why is this goal important to you? Does it align with your interests and other objectives?Time-bound: What is your deadline for reaching this goal?
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Example 1 — Maya (Recreational Runner)
Maya enjoys running for fun and wants to improve her stamina for her weekend jogs.Vague Goal: "I want to get better at running."Let's make it SMART:Specific: I want to be able to run 5 kilometers without stopping to walk.Measurable: I will track my distance and time using a phone app. Success is a non-stop 5k run.Achievable: I can currently run 2k without stopping. Adding a little more distance each week is a realistic challenge.Relevant: This will improve my cardiovascular health and make my favorite activity, weekend jogging, more enjoyable.Time-bound: I will achieve this in 6 weeks.Maya's New SMART Goal: "I will be able to run 5 kilometers without stopping within the next 6 weeks by adding 0.5k to my longest run each week, tracking my progress with a running app."
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Example 2 — Leo (Aspiring Basketball Player)
Leo is on the school basketball team and wants to become a more reliable scorer.Vague Goal: "I want to be a better shooter."Let's make it SMART:Specific: I want to increase my free-throw percentage from 50% to 70%.Measurable: During practice, I will shoot 50 free throws and record how many I make. I'll calculate the percentage each time.Achievable: A 20% increase is a big jump, but it's possible with consistent, focused practice over a couple of months.Relevant: Improving my free throws will directly help my team win games and will make me a more valuable player.Time-bound: I will reach 70% by the mid-season tournament in 8 weeks.Leo's New SMART Goal: "To help my team, I will increase my free-throw shooting percentage from 50% to 70% by the mid-season tournament in 8 weeks, by practicing 5...
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Beginner
Maria's goal is to "increase her vertical jump by 3 inches in 2 months for volleyball." She plans to do specific exercises three times a week and measure her jump height every Friday. Her plan to measure every Friday best demonstrates which part of the SMART framework?
A.Specific
B.Time-bound
C.Relevant
D.Measurable
Beginner
What is a key benefit of writing your goals down?
A.It magically makes the goal happen without any work.
B.It makes the goal more concrete and increases your commitment to it.
C.It is the only way a coach will take you seriously.
D.It proves your goal is better than someone else's.
Beginner
Ben is a recreational cyclist who enjoys long, scenic weekend rides with his friends. Which of the following goals is most *Relevant* to his specific athletic interest?
A.Win a high-speed, 1-mile sprint race.
B.Be able to perform 10 advanced BMX tricks.
C.Complete a 50-kilometer charity bike ride in the fall.
D.Learn to do maintenance on a mountain bike.
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