How to Achieve Your Badminton Goals

When trying to achieve a goal or objective, there’s a lot that goes into becoming successful. It takes commitment, discipline, sacrifice, hard work, and determination. It takes a relentless pursuit towards the goal. It takes an unwillingness to quit, even in the face of doubt and uncertainly.

Well, achieving your badminton goals is no different. No wonder only 8% of people who set goals achieve them!

Nevertheless, don’t allow this statistic to deter you from chasing that goal. Why? Because you’re not going to become a statistic. Instead, you’re going to achieve your goals, whatever they may be, through poise, persistence, and passion.

Okay, so the first step is committing to the achievement of the goal. But you may now be wondering how you’re going to achieve it…

Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, you’re going to learn some key tips, tricks, and strategies to use during your relentless pursuit of success. Ultimately, you’re going to learn how to achieve your badminton goals!

The only thing left to do after reading this article is the execution, and that’s up to you!

Let’s get into it.

Set Attainable Goals

So we just talked about how setting and committing to a goal is the first step. But how do we go about setting them? While it may seem simple, there’s a reason most people fail at achieving the goals that they’ve set.

The quality of the goal truly comes down to the level of attainability. Now, this doesn’t imply that you should set a goal so easy that your dog could achieve it. This simply implies that you should set a goal that’s challenging enough to keep you motivated, but attainable enough that you can reach it.

In other words, if you’re a complete beginner in the sport of badminton and you decide to set the goal of becoming a professional within 3 months, this goal wouldn’t likely be an attainable one. After all, you haven’t even learned the basics yet.

Attainable goals compounded over time set you up for ultimate success. On the contrary, goals that are too grandiose and unrealistic set you up for burnout and failure. As the saying goes, aim high, start low.

Set goals that are within your reach, yet challenges you to progress to the next level. Now that’s a good goal.

Hold Yourself Accountable

When you’re embarking on your own personal goal, it can be extremely liberating and exciting. However, when the going gets tough, it can be easy to quit. This is why it’s important to rely on your accountability rather than your motivation.

One strategy for holding yourself accountable is having someone else do it for you! Because badminton is a multiplayer sport, what better way to chase a goal than with an accountability partner?

This can be a friend, a coach, a family member, or a teammate. Whoever you choose, make sure it’s someone that you can trust, that you can rely on and that you can count on to encourage you to continue your pursuit towards the goal.

Achieving a goal doesn’t have to be all work and no play. By incorporating an accountability partner, you make your goal that much more enjoyable to chase. Even better, you can put all your energy and focus towards the task at hand without worrying about holding yourself accountable; that’s what your accountability partner is for!

Lastly, it’s been shown that sharing your goals with other people can result in greater accountability.

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Speaking of focusing on the task at hand, badminton is a game of repetition. Like any other sport, the only way to get better at it is to practice.

No matter the goal in badminton, it’s likely going to require a tremendous amount of repetition. Unfortunately, this is why so many quit their goals. But not you! Through determination and relentless commitment, you’ll be able to stick to your regimen of practice, training, and repetition, even when times get tough.

Moreover, badminton is largely a game of perfection and precision. Not only is it a requirement to be precise, but there’s also a culture of perfection that surrounds the sport. As such, practice may not make perfect. Instead, perfect practice makes perfect. How do you implement perfect practice? By repetition.

Track Your Progress

Speaking of remaining accountable, tracking your progress is one of the best strategies for ensuring accountability. After all, what gets measured gets done.

By tracking smaller goals on the way to the larger goal, you’re not only able to celebrate the small wins, but you’ll also have a blueprint to success, understanding where you are in your journey.

Tracking your progress also acts as a means of motivation. Seeing progress is one of the most motivating factors of any journey. If you can see proof that something is working, you’ll want to continue relentlessly down that path.

On the contrary, by tracking your progress you’ll be able to pinpoint if something isn’t working, hence the reason for a plateau, for example.

So, if you want to increase your chances of remaining accountable, staying the course, and keeping the energy high, consider tracking your progress. It’ll pay dividends in the end.

Enjoy the Process

As much as we want to achieve our goals, the accomplishment will mean nothing if we don’t enjoy the process. It can be argued that the inability to enjoy the process is the reason so many quit on themselves.

Additionally, it’s been shown that many perform better, especially in badminton, when they’re simply free in movement, having fun, and playing loosely. This is enjoyment in practice. The opposite would be to play uptight, without any rigour or passion. As you can imagine, this doesn’t typically result in a successful performance.

At the end of the day, goals are meant to be difficult, they’re meant the challenge you, and they’re going to be draining and stressful at times. But goals are also meant to be fun because at the end of the day if it isn’t, what’s the sense in pursuing it to begin with?

The attainment of the goal is momentary; the process is an entire journey, so enjoy it.

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How to Achieve Your Badminton Goals

Set Attainable Goals

Hold Yourself Accountable

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition

Track Your Progress

Enjoy the Process

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