It is vital to your success in tennis that you surround yourself with people who share a commitment to you achieving your goal. It is so easy to allow yourself to water down your goals as well as modify the plan you put into place to achieve your goals. Without being held accountable, many allow themselves to turn a five-mile run into a three-mile run. They go from completing 100 serves a day to completing 20 serves a day, and they change their goal of winning Wimbledon into their goal of winning the country club crown. However, establishing accountability can be difficult. Here are five simple steps that will allow you to manufacture a system of accountability to reach your goals.
Create a Goal and An Action Plan:
It is hard for people to keep you accountable if they do not know what you are trying to achieve or how you plan to achieve it. Once you decide on a goal, it is necessary to put a plan into place to reach that goal. Your mindset coach will help you to forge a path to obtaining your goal by creating a meticulous action plan aimed at getting you where you want to go.
Tell Your Goal to Your Family
Your family has access to information about your lifestyle that no one else has. They will know if you are getting enough sleep at night, eating well, getting extra workouts in, and completing all of the necessary tasks to complete your goals. It is vital that they know your goal to provide feedback concerning your lifestyle.
Have a Meeting With Your Coach
Your coach should understand you as a player and what you are trying to accomplish. It is essential that your coach is made aware of your goals in order to ensure that you are pushing yourself in practice as well as making the necessary advancements in your game to achieve your goal. For example, if you consistently have trouble when players crash the net, but you are not looking to improve that area of your game, your coach can incentivize you to work on that portion of your game.
Surround Yourself With Friends And Teammates With Like-Minded Goals
Motivational speaker Jim Rohn said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with”. If you practice with lazy people, it is likely that you will become lazy as well. You want to spend time with people who are committed to being great at tennis. You will be able to see their habits and what they do to become great. Moreover, it will become extremely obvious if you become lazy or not put in the necessary work.
Hold Other People Accountable
Asking other people about their goals and what they are doing to accomplish those goals will likely lead to them doing the same for you. This will constantly serve to reinforce your goal!
It is too easy to allow yourself to take your foot off the brakes. You have to be held accountable! Taking these steps will help you to create a system to keep yourself accountable and increase the likelihood of achieving your goal.