Identifying and implementing next steps
Once you have completed a development plan, you will evaluate how effective it was in reaching your long-term goal.
Based on this evaluation, the next steps can be set and a pathway can emerge of how to move forward.
Below are some of the possible next steps you may take based on your evaluation results.
| Evaluation result | Next steps |
| Not yet reached your long-term target | If this occurs, you could extend the length of your development plan from six weeks to eight weeks. Doing this will give you more time to achieve the original aim set out at the start of the plan. |
| Although you have met your long-term goal of developing your skill accuracy, a new physical weakness, flexibility, has been identified | If you identify a new weakness, you need to take it back through the cycle of analysis. Your immediate task will be to collect data and obtain a baseline measurement as well as find out why it is weak. From there, you can begin to set a long-term goal and create a specific development plan. |
| Approaches like positive self-talk were very effective during the mental development plan | If you feel certain approaches have been effective, you could include them in future development plans if they are applicable to your new weakness. This will ensure you feel positive when approaching your new development plan as you know these approaches actually work for you. |
| Evaluation result | Not yet reached your long-term target |
|---|---|
| Next steps | If this occurs, you could extend the length of your development plan from six weeks to eight weeks. Doing this will give you more time to achieve the original aim set out at the start of the plan. |
| Evaluation result | Although you have met your long-term goal of developing your skill accuracy, a new physical weakness, flexibility, has been identified |
|---|---|
| Next steps | If you identify a new weakness, you need to take it back through the cycle of analysis. Your immediate task will be to collect data and obtain a baseline measurement as well as find out why it is weak. From there, you can begin to set a long-term goal and create a specific development plan. |
| Evaluation result | Approaches like positive self-talk were very effective during the mental development plan |
|---|---|
| Next steps | If you feel certain approaches have been effective, you could include them in future development plans if they are applicable to your new weakness. This will ensure you feel positive when approaching your new development plan as you know these approaches actually work for you. |