Athletes RTP Measurable Goals

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Welcome to another episode. We are still on the topic ready to play for athletes. And today I'm going to discuss measurable goals. So if you haven't listened to any of the other episodes, please go back to the first episode. It's very important that you listen to the first one because that's our baseline. We take a ready to play assessment, and it's important that you go back there. So a lot of time I talk to athletes about measurable goals. So if I would ask an athlete, okay, so what is your measurable goal? Well, my measurable goal is I want to get, you know, 15 points in my basketball game. I want to, you know, I want to make every free throw. And a hockey player would say, well, my measurable goal is to get 20 goals this year. And, you know, and I'll tell people, and I'm really going to confuse you. But, like, if you're a soccer player, what happens if you take the nets away, right? What happens if you take the goals away? You have nothing to shoot for. So I hope I didn't confuse you. But you always need a measurable goal, something that's attainable. So the measurable goal is, okay, I'm going to write down my measurable goal. I'm going to outwork the person across from me every game, no matter what, no matter how I'm feeling. And sometimes you might feel amazing, and other times you might feel sick. But whatever it is, you know, you, we. I say you have to give whatever you have. So if you have 60%, you have to give 100% of that 60%, if that makes sense. You. You have to do it. So whatever you have, you have to give. Because sometimes we don't feel great all the time. I used to watch Jerrick Derek Jeter. Oh, my gosh. Like, looks like he never made any mistakes, but he did. But he always prepared. He always had these measurable goals. I think I read once that he would take so many ground balls before a game or pro hockey player. I played with an NHL player once, and he taught me this in my early days. He would say, mike, you can never get mad if somebody gives you a bad pass because my measurable goal is if I could see it, I could touch it. Meaning if someone gives you a bad pass in your skates or behind you, you could still do that. Or I talked to a goalie that said the thing, hey, you do your job. The measurable goal today is that nothing's getting by me in this game. So we focus on the measurable goal is at that point, that's something that's attainable at that point. And we're going to get into other types of goals that you will listen to. But something that's measurable, that's attainable, okay, you can't control. My measurable goal is to play a lot in the game while the coach can control that. So it's really, it's an actionable thing that you can control. The measurable goal is the hockey players. I'm going to play really good in the defensive zone. When that puck comes around the boards, I'm going to look up and make that first really good play. If I'm a winger, if I'm a winger or forward and I'm playing chasing the puck in the defensive zone, my measurable goal is I'm going to keep my feet moving today and when I get to the other zone of the rink, you know, the, the offensive zone, I'm going to win the one on one battles. I'm always going to be on the defensive side of the puck with my stick near the ice. We used to stay on the ice. So my goal is not keep my stick high in the air. If I'm going to physically take somebody out in the play, I'm going to keep my stick low to the ice. I'm talking. We have a lot of athletes that listen to our podcast and I know I work with this one organization that has 700,000 different athletes in different sports. So I don't want to confuse you. I don't like talking about sports that I don't know well. But I love baseball. So the measurable goal is, you know, in baseball, if you, well, if you're batting.300, that's amazing. Three out of ten for that sport. So the measurable goal in baseball is, hey, when I'm standing in there, I'm going to make sure it hits my bat every time. I'm going to be prepared. I'm going to be focused when I'm in the box. So whatever it may be in your sport, we're going to talk about that measurable goal. We would love to help you. If you have any questions, go to hartman academy. Node.com and what you will see there is an area called programs. I'm giving 50% off of our Elearning and ready to play program for everybody. And it's. We also if you don't want to do that, that's fine too. Go to our resource area. We have a lot of articles about ready to play. Love to help you. My passion is helping athletes, helping everybody. But I say I keep saying this but I just love seen an athlete with a smile on their face. The game is fun no matter what sport you play. But it's good to have these measurable goals so you can get better no matter what level you are. You could be a weekend warrior. And I see a lot of these weekend warriors. I don't want to get anybody mad. I call them the frustrated athletes because I see them. I go to Starbucks early Saturday morning and I see these athletes holding their groin, limping, trying to do things. And maybe a measurable goal is boy, if my body's sore, maybe it's not a good time to run today. Take, take this day off. We usually say the definition of fitness is the ability to recover. So why are you pounding on your body? And I just see people running and they're swinging their arms. So maybe if I'm a runner I'm not going to swing my arms. I'm not going to expend all my energy. And again, I'm not trying to offend anybody. I call them the frustrated athlete. Play hockey with these guys. And I remember I was playing with a former NHL guy here in Charlotte. I don't want to say his name. He's a great player. He's drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round and now people in Charlotte know who I'm talking about. But I remember one guy on the bench said, well, he's not that good. Well listen, yeah, he's gained a little weight because he doesn't play pro hockey anymore. So don't try to compete against him. Just have fun with him. He's not trying to be that competitive hockey player anymore. So this is for everybody. Measurable goals. Is something measurable that you could do that can take your game to the next level? Hartman Academy. Go into the programs area and if you could go there, ask any questions that you want about our about the product. 50% off. It's in the show notes. I have a code for you and if not go to the resource area and if you're looking for anything, send us a message. Hey Mike, I play a sport. How do I get ready to play for volleyball. I will make sure that I talk to a volleyball expert because I'm actually involved with a with a big group that has 50,000 volleyball players. So I'll talk to the association that I'm with, and I'm going to say, hey, we need some help, you know, with some of these volleyball players are trying to get ready to play. And I'm not an expert at that. Hey everybody. Thank you for listening. Hartman Academy. Love to help you.

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