Your First Step to Achieving Your Golf and Fitness Goals is to Set Achievable Goals!

Goals are a crucial part of improving your game.  Obviously, without a clear idea of what you actually want to achieve,  it is very unlikely that you will ever achieve it. The more detailed your target is, the more real it becomes and the more your brain will focus its efforts to achieve it. In order for your goals to be effective, they must fulfill the following criteria:

SPECIFIC

The more specific a goal the better. Here is an example:  “My goal is to get down to a 9.5 handicap” or “my goal is to break 80”.

MEASURE

All goals must be measurable. Keeping score in both social and competitive rounds of golf will enable you to chart your level of performance and progress on a regular basis.

PLAN

You must have a plan of how you are going to achieve your goals.  Write out a monthly workout schedule to follow.

ACHIEVABLE

This may be the most difficult part of the goal-setting process.  A goal that is too easy to achieve is worthless. Set a target that will stretch your capabilities but which is still achievable. For any goal to be achievable it must also be realistic.

TIME

For a goal to be effective, it must have a time limit. I recommend you set goals in one month increments to try to achieve your specific goals as well as yearly goals.

WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS

Studies show that people that write down their goals have a better chance of achieving their goals, than those who don’t. Take some time and write down a few goals for your to start achieving in 2015.  Review them often.  Once you have a goal in mind, you can then start to plan how you will go about achieving that goal. Share your goals with others.  Sharing goals with other people makes you accountable to achieve those goals.