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fs0ciety Germany. Jun 09 2016 12:43. Posts 0

For many days I tried to come up with a way to keep a good journal. I googled alot on the subject and tried different things. On my laptop I found a pdf from a previous video course I bought "PLO Protoge". In there was a pdf called "The PLO Performance Journal". The information in it was exactly what I was looking for.

I hope I don't get in trouble for posting excerpts from it.

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The Elements of a Performance Journal
A Performance Analysis Journal contains a written record of six key planning areas:
Your Schedule
Your General Data Section
Your Solution Analysis
Your Success Analysis
Your Daily Goal Statement

Schedule
Your schedule identifies time slots that you plan to devote to some area of your
training or to a competition.

General Data Section
Fill in the date, location, event (training or competition), and the time of day and
duration of the activity. Next, write down exactly what you learned and what you
accomplished during this period. How many attempts did you make? How many hours
did you train? How did you spend the time? What was the result or score? If you do not
train or compete on a day or do anything that affects your sport or activity, do not fill out
a journal page.

Three ladies are at a swimming pool. One sits in the sun, never entering the water.
The second puts her feet in the water, but does not leave the pool side. The third swims
twenty laps in the pool. Later, all three will say they had been swimming that day. It is
easy for us to say we are training, when in fact we are spending most of our time visiting
with other competitors, setting up equipment, or reflecting upon our condition, whatever
it may be.
A performance journal entry eliminates rationalizations and just records the facts.

Solution Analysis
The Solution Analysis section is your chance to write down any solutions to challenges
you have discovered during a training day. If you have a problem that you cannot find a
solution for, simply state, “I’m looking for a solution to..,” and then describe the problem.
Also, you should write down solutions to problems you learned today in this section.
Continued reference to this portion of the performance analysis will reduce the chance
that you will repeat an error.

Success Analysis
In the Success Analysis section, write down something you did well during a day
of training. When you do this, you improve the probability that you will repeat the
success. If you set a personal record, this section should be quite descriptive on that day.
The journal forces you to be positive about your sport and your performance.

Goal Statement
The goal statement is the most important step of the journal page. State an objective that
you intend to reach. Write it in the first person present tense, as if you have already
reached it. Some examples of goal statements are:
I often shoot above 390/400
I am on the United States Olympic team
I often shoot below par
I am the most consistent player on our team
Goal statements should be achievements that are currently out of reach, but not out of
sight. Every time we write down a goal, we are that much closer to its attainment. Only two things are possible. Your goal will be reached, or you will stop writing it down. As long as you continue to write down your goal statements, you are moving toward their attainment.

So now my plan is to keep my journal exactly like in this template. Update to come later.

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PuertoRican United States. Jun 10 2016 06:00. Posts 13127

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