Establishing Goals(建立目标)

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This week’s Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Dan McCarthy, Sports Peformance Consultant at USA Swimming. McCarthy offers advice to swimmers when establishing goals for their next season.
本周Speedo tip来自美国游泳协会的Dan McCarthy,他为游泳运动员提供了一些关于如何在下个赛季建立目标的建议。

McCarthy’s Tip:
Unfortunately, most athletes look at their next seasons as extensions of their last ones.  Perhaps, they have been following this pattern for years: their goals are not related to any particular time period or race but just exist as ideals disconnected from their actual training.  If this sounds like you, now, would be a great time to toss out old expectations and establish some new goals for the coming season.
很不幸，大多数运动员视他们下个赛季的训练为他们本赛季训练期的延伸。也许，他们已经按照这种模式训练了好几年：他们的目标不与任何特殊时段或者赛季相联系，而仅仅是作为一个理想存在，并且这个理想与他们真实的训练无关。如果你也是这样，那么现在就该是抛弃这种旧经验的时候了。来为即将到来的赛季建立一个新的目标。

•         Set a long-term goal.  Pick a race date at the end of the season and a goal time for that race that you can use as a basis for your training and motivation throughout the summer.  
建立一个长期目标。在一个赛季的季末选择一个比赛的日子并且为那个比赛确立一个目标时间（目标成绩）。在整个夏天你可以把这个作为你的训练和动力的基础。

•         Identify some short-term goals for training and competitions between now and your end-of-the-season competition.  You will need short-term goals throughout the season to provide feedback on your training and build self-confidence as you “knock them down” in pursuit of your long-term goal.
从现在到季末的比赛这段时间里，可以为训练和比赛确立一些短期目标。在整个夏天你需要短期目标来提供你训练的反馈消息。并且在追求长期目标的过程中建立起信心，那就是你可以“达到目标”。