Improving your game and winning snooker tournaments at the highest level is all about working on controlling your mind fitness as much as the control of your cue action. All Snooker Champions set own personal goals which helps them focus during training and in competitions. This program has been used with all my champions down the years.
Goal setting using the S.M.A.R.T.E.R program is a powerful program that can yield strong returns. At its simplest level the process of setting goals and targets allow the player to choose where they want to go with their games.
Goal setting gives you ”Long Term Vision ” and ” Short Term Motivation ”.
- Specific
- Measurable
- Attainable
- Realistic
- Time Based
- Ethical
- Rewarding
Setting goals, you can achieve more by improving performances and quality of training by making it personal and challenging. The first step in setting sporting goals is to decide on your level of commitment to the sport.
If you only play for a bit of fun, then you should have different goals from someone who has decided to dedicate their life to achieving excellence in snooker.
Feedback on Success
If the goal was a significant goal, remember how hard you worked and take the opportunity to reward yourself appropriately.
Feedback on Failure
When you have failed to reach your goal, ensure you learn from the failure.
Following Possible Reasons
Did not practice enough or practiced too hard, Was your technique weak and need to be improved., Was your goal unrealistic or you did not work on your training plan properly.
Remember your goals must be:
- Specific to you
- Make them Measurable
- Attainable and Realistic
- Time Based the goals with dates to complete
- Make them Ethical
- Rewarding yourself in achieving them.
