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SMART targets to optimise goals

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 performance and outcome goals using the SMART target method.

Key Notes

  • Goal setting is an important strategy for increasing motivation and focus and the opportunity to assess progress.
  • Performance goals can be set to aspire towards achieving personal standards and outcome goals for end results.
  • SMART targets should be analysed for their effectiveness and adjusted where necessary.
  • SMART targets help set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound goals.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • specific: goals are specific to the demands of the sport/muscles used/movements used
  • measurable: it must be possible to assess whether goals have been met
  • accepted: goals must be agreed by the performer and (possibly) others involved, e.g. coach
  • realistic: goals are actually possible to complete
  • time bound: goals should be over a set period of time

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • It is common to see variants on the SMART acronym, for example A = achievable, 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 and focus and the opportunity to assess progress. Performance goals can be set to aspire towards achieving personal standards and outcome goals for end results.

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

goals are specific to the demands of the sport/muscles used/movements used.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: It is common to see variants on the SMART acronym, for example A = achievable, from other exam boards or sources. Some sources may extend the acronym to SMARTER. Correction: Ensure it is understood that with the AQA exam board, SMART only ever refers to Specific, Measurable, Accepted, Realistic and Time-bound.

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