Sunday, September 14, 2008

 

September 15, 2008 - Coach Talk, Goals

Goals should be realistic.
It is fall and a good time to think about your goals. Goals could be as simple as getting a good workout or staying in shape. Goals should be achievable, if they are not realistic, then they are dreams or wishes.

Goal Stories from Richard Quick (Auburn coach, prior Stanford coach, 6 times at the Olympics as a coach)
Richard has had swimmers come into his office and state that their goal is to be on the Olympics, but they haven’t ever won at nationals or even come close. They have a dream. You should have dreams, but you should also have goals that can be obtained as you work towards the dream otherwise the dream is too far of a reach and you risk giving up.

Goals can and should change.
Dara Tores came to Richard in 2000 (her 4th Olympics) and asked if he thought it was possible for her to be an alternate to the Olympic team (i.e. be 6th in the trials in order to be part of the relay). She came and swam with Richard and improved. She came in again to Richard’s office and started to think about qualifying for an individual event. She continued to improve and before the Olympics came around she was thinking about what medals and how many were possible.

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