Preparing a personal development plan
Once you have identified an area for development from a particular factor, you will then have to develop a personal development plan. Your teacher will observe you carrying out part of this plan.
When designing a personal development plan, you may consider some of the following:
- Targets - Short and long term targets should be set. These targets must be achievable and realistic within the time period and specific to the individual, activity and area of development (weakness) identified
- Duration - How long will each session last to be effective and how long will the overall programme last?
- Frequency - How many days per week for training to be effective?
- Intensity - Ensuring enough (but not too much) effort and challenge is being applied within the training
- Work to rest ratio - The balance of working and resting periods needs to be effective. Working too long may mean fatigue and boredom set in, approaches that are too short may result in not enough challenge and focus being applied
- Tedium - Approaches within the personal development plan should vary to reduce boredom
- Progressive - Approaches should allow the performer to gradually improve and increase the level of demands on training
- Feedback - Receiving a variety of verbal, visual and written information is key to know if your personal development plan is working
- Environment - What facilities/equipment/weather do you have?