Goals
How to Achieve Your Workout Goals
It's now approaching the end of January and it's time to check in to see if you are following through with the workout goals and standards you set for...
Get Tough on Your Goals to Get Fit
Meeting a challenging goal is a great feeling. But not every goal has a happy ending—and goals concerning getting fit are especially difficult to reach. Here are some tips to [...]
4 Obstacles to Better Goal Setting
To get to that next level of performance, you need to set goals that you can realistically achieve. Steer clear of these four common goal-setting obstacles, and you will be [...]
Make Goals, Not Deals
We all know athletes who can just show up and perform well. A runner/cyclist friend of mine is one of them. He's skilled enough to compete in basically anything he [...]
Teach Your Athletes How to Set Goals
Most high school athletes don’t know what they want to do after graduation. To help my athletes develop a plan, I often have them write down short-, medium- and long-term [...]
Spring-Cleaning For Your Off-Season Goals
Remember the end of last season? You probably set several goals for yourself for next year—things guaranteed to improve your performance, like "increase my vertical," "condition harder" or "drop a [...]
Goal-Setting Tips For Athletes From Unexpected Sources
Having a goal is great. But having a plan to achieve that goal is what really matters. (See 4 Motivational Tips to Help You Achieve Your Goals.) When many elite athletes [...]
5 Steps and 2 Challenges for Athletes to Reach Their Goals
Make today the day you fully commit to your goals. The feeling in the pit of your stomach is compelling you to move in that direction. It's almost as if [...]
How to Stay Motivated and Focus on Your Goals
Athletes and coaches tend to be serious and focused on the now. I'm sure you've heard the saying, "We will take it one game at a time." While it's important [...]
Navigating to Success: Set Waypoints to Your Destination
For the athlete who desires to play beyond the recreational level, achieving success can be compared to a journey. Goals and Objectives To be considered a journey, there has to [...]