Personal Goal Setting
Step 1: 20 Brainstormed Goals
Step 2: Reasons for Elimination
Step 3: Possible Goals
1. Marching a perfect show – Be able to be on step, get to the exact spot for all sets, and while using good techniques. I can’t really measure it though, so therefore not really attainable. It’s relevant because it is important to me and it is time bound for our first competition.
2. Improving my badminton skills such as clearing, driving, dropping, smashing, and blocking so that I will be able to make the school team playing #2 doubles. I will measure my progress by averaging the shots taken of each skill. I believe I will reach this goal and would be really proud to accomplish it within 12 week.
Step 4: Main Goal
My goal is to improve my skills in badminton within 12 weeks. I will be specifically working on skills done in the back of the court, for example, clearing, dropping, and smashing. I will work on each skill for a couple of weeks and they shall improve my overall performance in 12 weeks. I want to improve because I like playing badminton and I want to be good at it. If I accomplish my goal, I will be really proud to finish a goal.
Step 5: 12 Weeks Time Frame
Weeks 1~4 Clear Skills
Week 1 Learn clearing
Week 2 Find current status of distance
Week 3 Practice and learn how to improve
Week 4 Make big difference from week 1
Weeks 5~7 Drop Skills
Week 5 Learn dropping find current average of successful drops
Week 6 Practice and improve drop skill
Week 7 Make big improvements form week 5
Weeks 8~11 Smash Skills
Week 8 Learn smashing
Week 9 Find success rate of smashes
Week 10 Practice different styles of smashes
Week 11 Get percentage of successful smashes
Week 12 Review all skills and check if I’ve reached those goals.
Step 6: Daily To-Do List
□ Practice motions at least 10 times
□ Check your weekly goals
□ Write down what you accomplished
□ List what you can improve on
□ Keep in mind to do this daily!
Step 7: People Who Can Help
Step 8: How to Keep Up...
1. Review check-off list and daily to-do list
2. Make possible changes to what is more reasonable
3. Refer back to weekly update turn-ins
4. Keep practicing weekly!
Step 9: Is My Goal SMART?
S – Specific? Yes, I’ve listed detailed skills
M – Measureable? Yes, take large amount of shots and average it out
A – Attainable? Yes, I think I will be able to accomplish it
R – Relevant? Yes, I would be really proud to accomplish such goal
T – Time-bound? Yes, I think I can do it within 12 weeks
I think my goal is positive, specific, measurable, achievable, and realistic. I would be really proud to accomplish my goal by the 12 week period.
Step 10: Updates
I will keep a weekly progress to update what I accomplished, what I found out (notes and measurements) and I will set a goal for the next week. (Look at “My Goal Progress” page)
Step 2: Reasons for Elimination
- Grow 2 more inches – not controllable
- Run a 6 minute mile – not likely at all
- Do 60 sit-ups in 1 min. – too much work
- Do 50 push-ups continuously – hard to accomplish
- Learn to back/forward flip – no way to learn, dangerous
- Do a mile without walking – a lot of running to do
- March a perfect show – don’t know how to measure
- Not gain any weight – not very efficient of time
- Playing well while marching – not measureable
- Get better at badminton – good goal to achieve
- Hit a birdie cross-court from end lines – too specific
- Beat my brother at badminton – not really possible at this time
- Try track and field events – not the right season
- Make free throws backwards – not very important, just fun
- Make basketball shot from ½ court – just for fun, not efficient
- Improve scores in Wii Sports, Fit, or Resort – not really a sport
- Workout at least 2 times a week – don’t know what to work on
- Be more flexible and do splits – not very controllable
- Take a walk everyday – already do that
- Try a triathlon, run swim bike! - … not going to happen
Step 3: Possible Goals
1. Marching a perfect show – Be able to be on step, get to the exact spot for all sets, and while using good techniques. I can’t really measure it though, so therefore not really attainable. It’s relevant because it is important to me and it is time bound for our first competition.
2. Improving my badminton skills such as clearing, driving, dropping, smashing, and blocking so that I will be able to make the school team playing #2 doubles. I will measure my progress by averaging the shots taken of each skill. I believe I will reach this goal and would be really proud to accomplish it within 12 week.
Step 4: Main Goal
My goal is to improve my skills in badminton within 12 weeks. I will be specifically working on skills done in the back of the court, for example, clearing, dropping, and smashing. I will work on each skill for a couple of weeks and they shall improve my overall performance in 12 weeks. I want to improve because I like playing badminton and I want to be good at it. If I accomplish my goal, I will be really proud to finish a goal.
Step 5: 12 Weeks Time Frame
Weeks 1~4 Clear Skills
Week 1 Learn clearing
Week 2 Find current status of distance
Week 3 Practice and learn how to improve
Week 4 Make big difference from week 1
Weeks 5~7 Drop Skills
Week 5 Learn dropping find current average of successful drops
Week 6 Practice and improve drop skill
Week 7 Make big improvements form week 5
Weeks 8~11 Smash Skills
Week 8 Learn smashing
Week 9 Find success rate of smashes
Week 10 Practice different styles of smashes
Week 11 Get percentage of successful smashes
Week 12 Review all skills and check if I’ve reached those goals.
Step 6: Daily To-Do List
□ Practice motions at least 10 times
□ Check your weekly goals
□ Write down what you accomplished
□ List what you can improve on
□ Keep in mind to do this daily!
Step 7: People Who Can Help
- My Brother: he is really good at badminton and he could help me practice. He can play with me and train me with the proper techniques.
- My Coach: she can teach me all the skills and tell me what I’m doing wrong or could improve on. She may also have helpful hints that are useful to certain skills.
Step 8: How to Keep Up...
1. Review check-off list and daily to-do list
2. Make possible changes to what is more reasonable
3. Refer back to weekly update turn-ins
4. Keep practicing weekly!
Step 9: Is My Goal SMART?
S – Specific? Yes, I’ve listed detailed skills
M – Measureable? Yes, take large amount of shots and average it out
A – Attainable? Yes, I think I will be able to accomplish it
R – Relevant? Yes, I would be really proud to accomplish such goal
T – Time-bound? Yes, I think I can do it within 12 weeks
I think my goal is positive, specific, measurable, achievable, and realistic. I would be really proud to accomplish my goal by the 12 week period.
Step 10: Updates
I will keep a weekly progress to update what I accomplished, what I found out (notes and measurements) and I will set a goal for the next week. (Look at “My Goal Progress” page)
Reflection / Evaluation
After 12 weeks has passed, my goal statement came to an end. Twelve weeks ago, I made a personal goal to play badminton and work on techniques to improve my skills. I worked hard weekly on my clearing, dropping, and smashing skills. I also evaluated myself weekly to keep track of what I have accomplished and what I needed to improve on.
During this past 12 weeks, I have accomplished the goals I’ve set and surpassed parts of it too. I wanted to improve my clearing distance, and I did so by being able to clear a birdie from end line to end line. I improved my accuracy of drops up to 80% correct. Lastly, I also learned how to smash properly, and can perform a good smash 50% of the time.
It makes me feel really proud to achieve these goals that I made; it gives me a huge sense of accomplishment. In the past, I’ve set many goals before, but I have never really carried it out and finish one before. With all the goals I’ve set in the past, I had always just given up at one point and not remember to get back to it. I also had never made a plan to keep what I will accomplish, what I learned, or any note whatsoever. I think that is the main reason why I had never finished a goal before.
Now that I have accomplished my physical activity goal, I feel confident to try other goals in life too. For example, I could try making a plan on how to raise my grade, a goal to improve on my clarinet or even a schedule to not procrastinate on my work. Carrying out this project on simple target as I did gives me the inspiration to accomplish many additional goals later on.