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Goal setting and the SMART principle

Sport psychology: goal setting, guidance and feedback

Unit Summary

This unit develops understanding of how goal setting and SMART targets can be used effectively to improve performance as well as unpicking the different types of guidance and feedback that help us learn sporting skills.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to set and evaluate effective goals using the SMART target method.

Key Notes

  • Goal setting is an important strategy for increasing motivation, focus and the opportunity to assess progress.
  • SMART targets help set specific, measurable, achievable, recorded and timed goals.
  • SMART targets should be evaluated for their effectiveness and adjusted where necessary.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • specific: a goal should be relevant to the sport, activity or component of fitness aiming to be improved
  • measurable: being clear about what is going to be achieved with a quantitative measure
  • achievable: ensuring a goal is challenging, yet possible
  • recorded: ensuring a goal is written down and progress is logged
  • timed: stating when a goal will be achieved by

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • It is common to see variants on the SMART acronym, for example, R = realistic, from other exam boards or sources. Some sources may extend the acronym to SMARTER.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Goal setting is an important strategy for increasing motivation, focus and the opportunity to assess progress. SMART targets help set specific, measurable, achievable, recorded and timed goals.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'specific'

a goal should be relevant to the sport, activity or component of fitness aiming to be improved.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: It is common to see variants on the SMART acronym, for example, R = realistic, from other exam boards or sources. Some sources may extend the acronym to SMARTER. Correction: Ensure it is understood that with the OCR exam board, SMART only ever refers to Specific, Measurable, Achieveable, Recorded and Timed.

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