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Having relevant goals helps participants of all types in physical activity and sport. They are useful for novices and experienced performers, for people who take part for health and wellbeing and for those who are very competitive. For example, a less active person may join a gym because they want to get fit. A swimmer may aspire to take part in the Olympic Games.

Setting goals in sport is useful because:

• goals help performers to adhere (or stick) to their training/exercise programmes
• goals help to motivate performers and keep them enthusiastic
• goals help to improve performance and make it the best it can be (optimise it)

Goals are valuable in a number of ways.

Goals should not become expectations that weigh a person down. They can and should be adapted.