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Goal Setting For Better Soccer Team Performance!

Having goals can increase effort because theA player must know exactly what they've got
players have a means of measuring theirto do. That means you will both have to
performance  and  contribution  against.agree a set of actions that will help the
player  achieve  their  goal.
SMART goals have long lasting motivation
benefits.For example, an action based element could
read like this... "I will increase the
When you review performance against set goalsaccuracy of my crossing from corner kicks
and the player has shown an improvement,putting the ball into the box on no less than
raise the bar a little higher. Each time the8  out  of  10  occasions."
player will be motivated to achieve a new
level of performance providing theREALISTIC
incremental  increase  is still within grasp.
Goal have got to be within the reach of the
If you've not been overly exposed to SMARTsoccer  players.
goal setting then let's run through what we
mean by SMART goals and how we can use themThat's not to say that you are going to set
with  our  players."soft targets". Targets that are so within
reach that the players aren't motivated to
SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Actionstretch  themselves  because  its  too  easy.
based,  Realistic  &  Time  bound.
However, setting realistic goals is a tough
SPECIFICbalance, make them too easy and the players
won't try, make them too hard and the players
The more specific a goal is the easier it iswill give up quickly because they don't
to identify when and whether its beenbelieve  they  can  do  what  it  takes.
achieved. The goal should be a detailed
description of what the required outcome isTIMEBOUND
that both player and coach want to see
happen.It is very important to set definitive time
limits for each of the players goals.
MEASURABLERemember too, that you should build in
regular reviews with the players to assess
Unless a goal is measurable, how can youtheir progress and revise the goals that they
establish whether there has been anhave.
improvement  or  not?
Have  a  go....
Goals should be measurable in terms of
quality, quantity, shots, tackles, runs andGet yourself some paper and a pen and write
saves. When players can see they have madedown a high level goal that you want your
progress towards achieving the goal theteam to achieve following the SMART goal
motivational  benefits  really  kick  in.setting  principles.
A baseline starting point should beRemember,  keep  them  SMART!
established and the goal set from the
baseline measurement. From this baseline,Claim your complimentary copy of the 'Soccer
and having the target, players can measureCoaching Guide' provided by Junior Soccer
how  far  they  have  come.Coach and receive hints, tips and techniques
to improve your team's performance AND your
ACTION  BASEDexpertise as a coach.



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