Statistics and standards

[moo-mop]

Originally Posted by steve58

I had 4 outdoor goals:

1. Achieve first class
2. Retain county team place
3. Hold onto County outdoor trophy
4. 375 longbow rose

Of topic slightly but all these goals are just based on score or others' scores, rather than performance. Is your performance any worse because someone better has beaten you in a shoot, is it any worse if you have poor weather conditions and don't shoot a certain score in a rose of for you classification. It isn't!
So although it means being a little more subjective you might try rethinking so it's more I'd like to achieve such and such a score in average conditions and then the goals I need to achieve this e.g. my technique was good (score it 1-10), I kept my focus (score it 1-10) etc

[steve58]

Originally Posted by moo-mop

Of topic slightly but all these goals are just based on score or others' scores, rather than performance. Is your performance any worse because someone better has beaten you in a shoot, is it any worse if you have poor weather conditions and don't shoot a certain score in a rose of for you classification. It isn't!
So although it means being a little more subjective you might try rethinking so it's more I'd like to achieve such and such a score in average conditions and then the goals I need to achieve this e.g. my technique was good (score it 1-10), I kept my focus (score it 1-10) etc

Hmm, interesting perspective.

I have had the dreaded SMART goal-setting thing drummed into me over many years now (for those who don't know this bit of performance management gobbledegook; Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-related).

Possibly a couple of my targets fail the "realistic" test!

What I am getting from moo-mop's comment is a reminder that it's about averages as much as peak performance. But. My average York score so far this season is below last year's and has shown a steady downward trend over the season! On the other hand my average scores for Nationals and Westerns have gone up from last season and I have impoved my PB on those rounds.

So, I need to consolidate the success at 60/50 while improving at 80 and 100. Easy to analyse!