Planning a Season
Planning a Season
How to plan for success across a whole season!
Season-long coaching programmes are becoming more and more popular. Whether it’s one day a week or five, an individual performance plan can be very useful – for both the athletes and the coach.
Using a spreadsheet format, such as Google Docs, allows you to track progress and keep any other interested parties up to date, such as parents or a head coach.
Outcome Goals
These are big picture goals! Both medium and long term goals should be considered here, such as:
- Finishing top 10 at Junior Nationals this year, or
- Make it onto the National Development Team.
Performance Goals
These are usually shorter term, trick or skill orientate goals, such as:
- Consistently land a backside 540, or
- Be able to land switch in powder.
An Individual Performance Plan (or IPP) should contain both performance and outcome goals. It can be used to check in with your athletes on a regular basis.
Here is an example layout of an that you can copy for your own athletes…
Keep it Simple!
The above image is an example from the NZ National Development Team. If your season plan is too complicated, it is likely to be put to one side and forgotten about. Keep it simple so you can check it on a regular basis without you or your athlete feeling overwhelmed.