Award SMART Goals

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My goal is to improve my overall ballet skills by participating in at least one ballet class or performance within 6 months. My goal is to perform against other ballet dancers and to improve my overall performance and technical skills. I will attend ballet classes twice a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 2 hour per week.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

To improve my overall badminton skills by participating in at least 2 local badminton tournaments within 12 months. My goal is to compete against players of different levels and to improve my overall performance in a game situation. I will attend a badminton class twice a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 1 hour per week.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

I want to improve my doubles play by participating in doubles match for at least 1 hour a week for 3 months and receiving feedback from my coach and achieving an 80% success rate in executing doubles during a match

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

I want to improve my smashes by practicing for at least 2 hours a week for 3 months and achieving an 80% success rate in executing smashes during a match

Badminton, Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports

I want to improve my net play by practicing net play drills for at least 1 hour a week for 3 months and achieving an 80% success rate in executing net play during a match.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

I want to increase my overall endurance by doing cardio exercises for at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 6 months and be able to play for a minimum of 2 hours continuously.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

I want to improve my footwork by practicing footwork drills for at least 1 hour a week for 3 months and achieving an 80% success rate in executing footwork during a match

Badminton, Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports

To improve my defensive shots by learning and practicing at least 3 different defensive shots such as the “Block”, “Lift” and “Drive” shots. My goal is to be able to perform the defensive shots correctly in a game situation within 12 months. I will attend a badminton class twice a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 1 hour per week.

Court / Field Sports, Badminton, Physical Recreation

To improve my net shots by learning and practicing at least 3 different net shots such as the “Clear”, “Drop” and “Smash” shots. My goal is to be able to perform the net shots correctly in a game situation within 6 months. I will attend a badminton class twice a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 1 hour per week.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

To improve my doubles play by learning and practicing at least 3 different doubles strategies such as the “High-Low” play, “Backhand Attack” and “Middle-Court Attack” strategies. My goal is to be able to perform the strategies correctly in a doubles game within 6 months. I will attend a badminton class once a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 1 hour per week.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton

To improve my footwork by learning and practicing the basic badminton footwork such as the “Ready Position”, “Split Step”, and “Side Step”. My goal is to be able to perform the footwork correctly in a game situation within 3 months. I will attend a badminton class once a week for 1 hour and will practice at home for an additional 1 hour per week.

Physical Recreation, Court / Field Sports, Badminton