Announcement
MVXC 2015 Goal Sheet - CLICK HERE
Link to Monte Vista Cross Country 2015 Goal Form. PDF below in a handout as well.
http://xcstats.com/lib/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/2015%20MVXC%20Goal%20Sheet.pdf
GOALS THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN DOWN ARE JUST WISHES
Hello MVXC 2015 athletes
An important part of a successful season is having clearly defined goals that we work to achieve. Each athlete should consider what they would like to accomplish with every workout, race, and season. We are more likely to reach our goals when we: 1) make them ourselves 2) write them down 3) share them. Each season, we start this process by asking that athletes write down their personal, season goals.
"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine," Brian Tracy
Please write 3 personal and 3 team goals on the team goal sheet provided.
Remember, a goal must be measurable. Examples of measurable goals are "I want to break 16:00 minutes on the Woodward Park course" or "I would like to score for our team in 5 meets." Examples of goals which are NOT measurable would be "I want to do well this season" or "I want to run fast.”
"I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time,"
Michael Phelps
Goals can be graded. In other words you can have some goals that are likely if you stay focused and do the work, some goals that are more challenging and some goals that are a reach.
"Your goals minus your doubts equal your reality,"
Ralph Marston
Goals can be either outcome or process based. An outcome goal focuses on the result and a process goal focuses on the “how." An outcome goal would be, “I would like to be the first Monte Vista Freshman to finish at the Monte Vista Invitational” or “I would like to run in one varstiy race this season.” An example of a process goal would be "I will negative split the Ed Sias race" or "Our team will do core 5 days a week" or “I will pass more people than pass me in the last 100 meters of the Nike Invitational.”
This may be new to a few of you, so please feel free to ask questions of me or Coach Davis.
Coach Mandee and Coach Davis
