Designing a personal development plan
For your Portfolio you will have to develop a personal development plan for a factor that has a negative impact on performance. Reasons why you chose this particular plan should also be detailed within you portfolio.
When designing a personal development plan you may consider some of the following:
- Targets – short and long term targets should be set. These targets must be achievable and realistic within the time period of the personal development plan
- Specific – the targets and the training approach selected need to be specific to the individual, the activity and the area of development (weakness) identified
- Duration – decide how long each session and the overall programme will last to be effective
- Frequency – decide how many days training per week will be effective
- Intensity – make sure enough effort and challenge is being applied within the training
- Work to Rest Ratio – the balance of working and resting periods needs to be effective. Working too long may mean fatigue and boredom may set in, approaches that are too short may result in not enough challenge and focus being applied
- Tedium – approaches within the personal development plan should vary to prevent boredom
- Progressive - to allow the performer to gradually improve, increase the level of demand on training
- Feedback – receiving a variety of verbal, visual and written information is key to know if your personal development plan is working
- Environment – consider what facilities/equipment/weather you have
When designing a personal development plan, there will be a variety of reasons as to why you chose that particular plan.
For example:
- It may relate to the type of approach that is being used in the plan. See section on Developing approaches within a personal development plan
- There may only be a specific environment where training can occur, eg in a school gym hall
- It may need to involve working with a particular group or individual within the team
- It may be to reduce boredom and aid motivation
- The practice may reduce the pressure
- Verbal feedback used so that you can alter skill immediately
