Chapter ThreeGoal Setting for Teenagers

Nothing can stop people with the right mental attitude from achieving their goals.

Objectives

How can you take more responsibility for your health and fitness?

What are goals?

What is goal setting?

What is the difference between long-term and short-term goals?

What are the steps necessary for successful goal setting?

Chapter 3 Value

Goal setting is a process that can help provide guidance to improve yourself. It is a simple process, but one that has excellent potential to help you achieve new levels of accomplishment.

Goal setting does not just apply to personal fitness. The process applies to all aspects of your life. Specific steps are presented that will help you become a proficient goal setter.

Vocabularyprocess designed to motivate people to make changes in their lifestyles and increase self-improvement

goals that take a long time, perhaps years, to reach

goals that can be reached in a short period of time

tools used to organize and plot the course to a major goal

goal setting—

long-term goals—

short-term goals—

time lines—

Evaluate Goals

Teen Years

Transition period

Confusing, frustrating for some

Positive and negative experiences

More responsibility

Taking Control of Health and Fitness

Happiness and success depend on choices

you make

Realistic goals require effort

Goal setting helps you realize more of your potential

Objective

What Are Goals?

Anything you desire

Serve as a guide

Health-related fitness goals

Objective

What Is Goal Setting?

Process that can help you improve and feel good about yourself

Long-term goals — take a long time to reach, usually general

Short-term goals — help you attain long-term goals, reached in short time, usually specificObjective

Vocabulary

Goal Setting Is Like a Ladder

Top rung = long-term goal

Other rungs = short-term goals

Objective

Goal-Setting Steps

1. Desire

2. Belief in yourself

3. Analyze where you are now

4. Set realistic goals

5. Write detailed goals

6. List benefits you will receive Objective

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Goal-Setting Steps

7. Identify obstacles

8. Identify knowledge you will need

9. Make a plan of action

10. Develop a time line

11. Monitor your progress

12. Never give upObjective

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Vocabulary

Goal Setting in ActionCase Study

Jodi

15 year old 10th grader

5’4’’, 128lbs.

mile run- 25th percentile (12:21 min)

Fitness Goals

10lbs in 9 weeks run mile 2:15 faster (50th percentile)

Benefits of Jodi’s Goals

Improved appearance

Less self-conscious about weight

Feel good about self for achieving goals

More physically fit and confident in P.E.

Wear at least one size smaller clothes

More confident about tackling other challenges in life

Goal 1 - Lose 10 lbs.

Monitor food and drink intake for 3 days

Limit fast food to <2 times/week and make healthy choices

Reduce junk food, replace with healthy snacks

Eat at least 2 fruits, 3 veggies per day

Goal 2 - Improve Mile Run

Buy comfortable shoes

Walk/jog 3 times/week for 15min. at school

Cycle/tennis 2 times/week with friend

Jog continuously 15min. and reduce mile time 1 min. by end of week five

Increase training runs to 20min by end week 6

Retake test and achieve 50th% by week 9

Did Jodi Succeed?

Yes!

Reasons

desire and beliefassessed herselfidentified benefitsspecific plan with specific time linemonitor progressdid not give up

Record Progress toward Goal

Summary

Long-term goals

Short-term goals

Steps in goal setting

Objectives

What are goals?

What is goal setting?

How can setting goals help you take control of your health and fitness?

What is the difference between long-term and short-term goals?

What are the steps necessary for successful goal setting?

Study Questions

The following is a list of some things that you might do as you work toward your goals.

Choose “T” if the statement describes something that will help you achieve your goals.

Choose “F” if it describes something that will not help you achieve your goals.

Study Questions

True or False I avoid setting time lines.

I list benefits I will receive.

I write my goals down in detail.

I do not worry about obstacles I may face.

I identify how I will benefit from accomplishing my goal.

Study Questions

Discussion

What are the steps necessary for successful goal setting?

Identify five goals that you would like to accomplish this year.