I’m working on a post about goal-setting. And I need your help.
I’d like to have some real-world examples of three types of sports-related goals:
Process Goals: goals that focus on an individual’s actions, typically practice strategies or regimens for the execution of a skill.
Performance Goals: goals that focus on achieving a specific individual performance level.
Outcome Goals: goals that focus on achieving a specific result, such as winning or placing within a rank for a competition or completing a well-known challenge/course.
My not-quite-truthful example (embellished for informative purposes):
Outcome goal: I wanted to be the second person in Minnesota to clean a difficult stockade skinny
Performance goal: I practiced on a couple of other high skinnies, trying to clean them 10 out of 10 times
Process goal: In the month preceding my attempt, I practiced bailing off a variety of high skinnies 3 times per week for 15 minutes each
Do you have an example from your life of one or more goal types—preferably related to mountain biking or any other sports-related solo motor skill?
If so, add a comment. And with your permission, I may use it in my post.
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Good question and got me thinking. My examples are -
Outcome goals - participating in interesting / social MTB races with the goal to finish and enjoy, not to place. Examples - rode the 4 day Wildside race in Tasmania around 10 years ago. Enjoyed it and was stoked to have finished and not be picked up by the sweeper team, although my time would have been second place if I had been in the over 65 ladies band. Also 'competed' in the singlespeed worlds in NZ in 2010 which was awesome, although dropped out after a lap to enjoy the ambience & beer.
Process goals - Will ride or practice x times a week. I generally fail on those within the first week, although I did manage to keep it going for the last practice jam.
Performance goals - not something I ever really give myself to be honest. I generally suck at riding bikes so tend to avoid setting challenges that I'll fail at because that takes the joy out of riding for me. And yes - that's an attitude I'm working on sorting out :)
Happy for you to use those, but you may want to take the self-loathing out *lol*
ASAP this spring, I'd like to ride my ebike down the "Switchback Bypass" (a Black Diamond, a continuous series of 5 rolls with direction changes). I built this feature but havn't ridden it yet.
PERFORMANCE
I need to have reliable control here as the potential for injury is high. Bompproof.....
PROCESS
The feature can't be divided into sections to be sessioned. Once I drop in, I'll need to keep going. It's all going to be on the verge of "getting away".
I'll try to be really sneaky and get someone else to do it first -- so I can see where to work hardest.
Then, I'll find some similar features to work on the individual braking and steering challenges.
Putting it together will have to be a major part of the final run.........with a lot of safety margin conjured from somewhere.......
The real challenge is making the transition from regular to ebike. I find that my ebike is much slower to respond, so it's only recently that I've developed the confidence to try this feature.
I need to go slow......and get a lot of new mileage.
For me, because of the physical risk and the clear objective, my practice strategies seem to be super clear and integrated. Mainly needs Time In The Saddle.......
Good question and got me thinking. My examples are -
Outcome goals - participating in interesting / social MTB races with the goal to finish and enjoy, not to place. Examples - rode the 4 day Wildside race in Tasmania around 10 years ago. Enjoyed it and was stoked to have finished and not be picked up by the sweeper team, although my time would have been second place if I had been in the over 65 ladies band. Also 'competed' in the singlespeed worlds in NZ in 2010 which was awesome, although dropped out after a lap to enjoy the ambience & beer.
Process goals - Will ride or practice x times a week. I generally fail on those within the first week, although I did manage to keep it going for the last practice jam.
Performance goals - not something I ever really give myself to be honest. I generally suck at riding bikes so tend to avoid setting challenges that I'll fail at because that takes the joy out of riding for me. And yes - that's an attitude I'm working on sorting out :)
Happy for you to use those, but you may want to take the self-loathing out *lol*
OUTCOME
ASAP this spring, I'd like to ride my ebike down the "Switchback Bypass" (a Black Diamond, a continuous series of 5 rolls with direction changes). I built this feature but havn't ridden it yet.
PERFORMANCE
I need to have reliable control here as the potential for injury is high. Bompproof.....
PROCESS
The feature can't be divided into sections to be sessioned. Once I drop in, I'll need to keep going. It's all going to be on the verge of "getting away".
I'll try to be really sneaky and get someone else to do it first -- so I can see where to work hardest.
Then, I'll find some similar features to work on the individual braking and steering challenges.
Putting it together will have to be a major part of the final run.........with a lot of safety margin conjured from somewhere.......
The real challenge is making the transition from regular to ebike. I find that my ebike is much slower to respond, so it's only recently that I've developed the confidence to try this feature.
I need to go slow......and get a lot of new mileage.
For me, because of the physical risk and the clear objective, my practice strategies seem to be super clear and integrated. Mainly needs Time In The Saddle.......