Goal Setting and Monitoring In the months following london and U23 worlds I have been thinking a lot about how we set goals and monitor these effectively. From my own experience, I have found many of my goals I set with good intentions have been lost or abandoned in the calamity of everyday life. The problem at the heart of this was these goals set with no way of measuring them effectively, such as getting an A in my exam, or spending more time on guitar playing. The goals I've had most success with have been subjective rather than objective, and follow a continual process of experimenting and redesign. In the months leading up to Worlds, I set small objectives before training camps such as working on anticipatory footwork on the mark, or putting in work early on D. I believe these goals, although seemingly small helped me improve facets of my game much more effectively, as it gave me confidence to improve noticeably in these areas. What is it I want most? A big problem I...