Earlier this month I met with all of my coaches to go over how I wanted them to set and share goals with me during the upcoming season. I am basing what I am doing off of the business classic The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard. We have talked about using WOOP goals to achieve this (see my original post on using WOOP with the One Minute Manager or just read Gabrielle Oettingen’s book Rethinking Positive Thinking) but with out coaches being as busy as they are at the beginning of the season (not to mention how busy I am), I thought I would try and simplify the process by creating a Google Form for them to use.
I’ve created a quick screencast of me creating a Google Form for my coaches. It literally takes about 3 minutes to create. I’ve shared this with all of my coaches and now have all of their initial season goals on Google Drive where I can review them and then schedule a weekly meeting just to check in and find ways I can support them.
I hope that this helps a few of you. It really is a simple process and I think easier than printing goal cards, having coaches fill them out, collect them and then file them away. The less paper I have in my life, the better.
Here is a quick outline of what I did:
- Create the Google Form
- Name the form (Fall 2016 Coaching Goals)
- Provide a description for the form (i.e. Please share three goals, etc.)
- Question #1–Coach’s Name (I selected short answer but you can use another option if you want)
- Question #2-4–Goals #1-3
- Make sure to make all “four questions” required fields
- Click on “Responses” at the top of the form
- Click on the three vertical dots and select “Get email notifications for new responses”
- Click on the Google Sheets icon to create a new Sheet sharing responses
- Share the link or email the Form to your coaches
Good luck with all of your fall sports programs!
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