| I don’t know what’s coming over me posting twice on something serious within an hour, but here goes.
Yes fundamentally I base my goals around a score, but not a pb - I am subjective about that score, i.e. it’s stated as such-and-such a score in reasonable conditions. Now as it happens I’ve done that score twice this year, only once in a star, but those were nice conditions, so I haven’t reached the goal. That’s OK as I do set goals that I know will be difficult to reach.
But the way to achieve the goal is more complicated and composed of sub goals. An ex-coach introduced this method of goal setting. I have eight what I call attributes (it's recommended that it's less than 10) that are needed in a good archer, although some I feel are more important than others. I score them out of 10. I base the score on saying 10 is for a 1300 ish shooter and 0 for an 1150 ish shooter, so of course this all a bit subjective, but I set it so I am about 6 on average. Then I put the methods that I will use to increase the score I have given myself underneath the attribute and work from there.
Now as it’s all a bit personal I don’t want to post what the goals are but I think an example may help others so here’s my one of my attributes from last year:
Endurance strength (score 5-7)
Need to build this to be able to shoot 2 day competitions without tiring. Also important as will allow more arrows to be shot during weekend practice session. Concerned that SPT/heavy volumes of shooting may lead to recurrence of injury. Aim to be able to shoot 200 arrows/day in control by next April.
Methods
Need to introduce regular (monthly) long sessions to test this ability, starting after Christmas?
Start building upper body strength with general weight training as still concerned about shoulder. If ok, will try to increase volume of arrows in garage and perhaps gentle SPT. Start weights now with 35 min, two times per week. After Christmas, want to start building specific strength by volume of arrows and SPT if required/possible.  |