I swim/train with more intensity if I feel that I am swimming for something. So I decided to make monthly goals that I am going to try and achieve. Anyone else that wants to post their monthly goals here or just goals in general feel welcomed. At the end of the month I will let you know if I achieved my goals or how close I came. I came up with 3 goals for this month.
1. Break 12 seconds in 25yd SDK from backstroke start
2. Break 54 seconds in 100yd IM
3.Break 10 seconds in 25yd Free
All these goals I am going to try and break at practice. I can break all three when I am tapered but would like to try and do it when I am broken down and in a practice environment.
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Waterboy: if you are not realy training for a meet, you could also consider to develop taskgoals instead of resultgoals.
They can be very helpful in getting motivated to achive the desired outcomes in times for a certain distance..
You can control taskgoals better then resultgoals.
Waterboy: if you are not realy training for a meet, you could also consider to develop taskgoals instead of resultgoals.
They can be very helpful in getting motivated to achive the desired outcomes in times for a certain distance..
You can control taskgoals better then resultgoals.
I do a lot better with result goals rather than task goals. I have a few task goals already set but Me personally I need a set time to try and reach to push me.
What happens to your brain if you don't meet these goals?? :badday:
Don't screw yourself up by not reaching them.:worms:
If I do not reach them then that means I didn't train hard enough and will push myself even harder the next. I am coaching 4 hours a day in the hot blazing sun so it is hard for me to keep the same intensity in practice. A month from now I will have a shorter coaching period and will get in more/better yardage
how will you time validate wether you've met you goals ?
breaking10 seconds from say 10.8 requires a substantial improvement as well as timing accuracy to at least 0.1 seconds . Lack of accuracy can easily give you invalid results
IMO month is too short period to get visible result. I prefer to set annual goals, also I plan which meet I want to prepare to and to improve my times.
I agree that monthly goals could have lead me into depression. :badday:
how will you time validate wether you've met you goals ?
breaking10 seconds from say 10.8 requires a substantial improvement as well as timing accuracy to at least 0.1 seconds . Lack of accuracy can easily give you invalid results
My coach has a stopwatch? If you guys don't like the idea you don't have to do it lol. If it is going to depress you or make you feel slow I wouldn't do it. I got this idea from Lochte who sets goals everyday, whether it is kicking 8 dolphins off every wall or getting 2 seconds off a personal best. This isn't for everyone but some people need to be pushed harder than others. I am one that needs to be pushed to my limits so I can extend "My limits".
Wasn't bashing your goal concept. Goals can be good. I was just pointing out that if you were timing yourself for a 25 the degree of accuracy by chance can provide you with either a really fast goal achieving time, or something terrible both for the same swim. But since you mentioned your coach does the timing for you, it depends on her caffeine blood levels.
