Planning for 2013

Planning for 2013
13 December

The end of 2012 is just over two weeks away so hopefully by now you have some ideas around what your plans are for 2013.  For those athletes considering another campaign you might be getting back into training and competing after a break post the London Games. 

For others in summer sports, your New Zealand season is probably well underway and you might be competing in a number of events over the next few months.  Or you could be in a large training block as you build up to the European season or upcoming World Championships which could mean not much of a break over Christmas.  

Whatever your situation, most carded athletes will have spent time with their Athlete Life Advisor and Performance Planners ensuring your planning is in place.  Considering how your sport plan might impact on other goals such as study, work or personal goals is important so you don't end up in a situation of juggling too many balls in the year.  Also remember to have a Plan A and a Plan B in place.  What happens if you get selected for the National Team - what impact will that have on your study?  What happens if you don't get the sponsorship or funding you need - does that mean you won't be able to go overseas to the competitions you need to?  What will you do?

After people, time is a campaign’s most precious resource.  Figuring out how you are going to invest your time is probably the biggest decision you need to make. 
Think strategically about your time and energy.
If you are in an Olympic campaign, it is really a race to outlearn your opposition, to figure out the puzzle of performance better than anyone else
Dave Slyfield, Performance Planner

You can use this sort of template below to look at how your sport plan and life plan fit together over the next 12 months or five years or more.  Just replace the years with Months for a shorter time frame to suit.  When writing down your upcoming events, try to include what performance or outcome goal you hope to achieve, then you can see how you need to progress to track towards that goal.  It can also help show what you can fit in on the other side of the line in regards to study, work, and other committments/goals. 

Upcoming workshops

Social Media Workshop

Now scheduled for early 2013

Get your laptops, iphones, tablets and bring them along to fine tune your social media!
Do you use Facebook, Twitter, You Tube, a website or blog?  Think there might a chance you could improve how you use social media to communicate with everyone from your friends, and family to your sponsors, supporters, the media and general public?

Then make sure you get to this workshop with the Athlete Life Team. Details coming soon...

Coachable athlete workshop

Coachable athlete workshop

This is a reminder that next Wednesday 28 November at 6pm the Athlete Life team are hosting a workshop for carded athletes on finding our what you can do to maximise your athlete/coach relationship?  If you are a carded athlete and you haven't sent back your RSVP yet, just email helene.wilson@hpsnz.org.nz

Workshop details

When:  Wednesday 28 November at 6pm
Where: Athlete Lounge, Auckland National Training Centre, MISH
Included:  Dinner served on arrival before the workshop begins

This workshop will give you the opportunity to discuss athlete coach relationships observing interviews from some top coaches including Nathan Handley - coach of gold medal winning duo Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie and Roly Crichton - coach of Paralympian multi gold medallist Sophie Pascoe

We also hear from athletes Sophie Pascoe, Eric Murray, Sarah Cowley and Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie to name a few.  The experiences and insights these athletes and coaches have will be of great value to pick up a few ideas you might be able to put into practice with your own support team.  

We look forward to seeing you there

Learn about Blogging

What is Blogging?

Many of our carded athletes want to know how to set up a blog that they can use to communicate with their friends, family, partners and supporters.  The Athlete Life Team at HPSNZ thought we'd set one up and take you through some steps and suggestions for how you might use it.

A blog is a series of opinions, diary and thoughts set out on the web in chronological order.  People can read your blogs and provide comments on what you have written.  It is that simple!