Setting Goals as a Hockey Player

Most hockey players set goals that are too vague to be useful. "Improve my stick skills" sounds like a goal but it does not tell you what success looks like or how to measure it.

A useful hockey goal is specific. Instead of "improve my stick skills", try something like "complete my stick skills at a higher success rate in matches this month" or "practise aerial control for 10 minutes after every training session". The more specific the goal, the easier it is to track.

Break bigger goals into smaller ones. If your season goal is to become a starting player, what needs to happen month by month? What does this week's training need to look like? Working backwards from a big goal to weekly targets makes the whole thing manageable.

Write your goals down. Hockey players who write down their goals and review them regularly are far more likely to achieve them. It is not magic. Writing commits you. It makes the goal real rather than something you vaguely intend to do.

PlayReflect connects your daily reflections to your goals. After training, you reflect on what happened and the AI checks whether that session moved you closer to your targets. It keeps your goals visible and holds you accountable, not in a harsh way, but by gently reminding you what you said you wanted to work on.