Despite numerous talks and spending the whole year working off goal sheets and pace sheets it seems some people still need help setting goals. These goals are for the individual swimmer to set as they are their goals. The type of training we do is based around goals and the pace needed to hit those goals so it is a must for every swimmer to know what their goals are and what pace they need to be hitting. A simple sheet has been supplied and is on the website for swimmers to download and fill in where the formulas will work out the swimmers training pace for them. When setting goals work out the standard you are at (current PB's or the PB's of swimmer of similar standard to you - found on the British rankings system to left of this blog under bios) and the standard you want to achieve, be it in 3 months time, 6 months, a year or at the end of your career. To help with the steps needed the to do this the power point presentation is also on the website. Here is a guidance list per squad of where you should be looking in terms of performance when setting goals.
C Squad - County qualification
B Squad - County qualification - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on 200 fr and 200 IM
A squad - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on all 200's
Age Group Prestige - Regional qualification on all 200's, finals at Regionals
Youth and Senior any between County qualification and National qualification
Youth and Senior Prestige, Regional qualification to Finals at Nationals or British Championships qualification
All of these times can be found on the Derbyshire ASA website, themidlandchampionships.org and the british rankings system.
