– Goals help determine what is important to you.

– Goals help maintain and sustain motivation.

– Goals increase effort and push you a little harder to be the best you can be.

– Goals increase the use of relevant learning strategies. To reach your goals, specific strategies (such as hitting with more topspin to keep the ball in play and reduce unforced errors) are implemented.

– Goals direct your attention and action. If your goal is to increase the consistency of your first serve, then you would focus on this aspect of your game during training.

Top 10 Tips

1. GOALS.

All members should be clear about the player’s goals.

2. ROLES.

Each member should be clear and comfortable with their task.

3. THE LEADER STYLE MATCHES THE TEAM EXPERIENCE.

Mixed levels of ages and abilities will mean a more direct leadership style, with homogenous groups will need a more democratic leadership.

4. COMMUNICATION AND FEEDBACK.

Team members should give the player constructive feedback and this should then be used to improve the performance.

5. DISCUSSION, DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING.

Teams should spend time with their tasks and be happy with the decisions they are making.

6. MAKING IT HAPPEN.

Successful teams do what they agree to do.

7. HIGH STANDARDS.

Successful teams encourage high performance, quality and success.

8. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.

Accept that each member is different.

9. SIZE.

Successful teams contain the smallest number of members necessary to do the job.

10. CO-OPERATION.

Successful teams contain members that can work together.