Building Your Development Plan

Athletes aged 7 to 18 who want to plan their development deliberately across every area of their game, and the parents and coaches supporting them.

60 detailed content cards across 18 chapters, a numbered contents page, a Your Top Tips summary, and a closing message. Covers why you need a development plan, understanding your starting point, knowing where you want to go, the building blocks of development, developing your technical skills, developing physically, developing your game understanding, developing the mental side, mapping out your season, balancing the different areas, planning your training week, working with your coaches, setting milestones along the way, building in rest and recovery, keeping your plan flexible, reviewing and updating your plan, the long-term view, and bringing it all together.

An athlete who assesses their starting point honestly, develops technically, physically, tactically and mentally in balance, maps out a sensible season, plans a training week that fits their life, works well with coaches, sets milestones, builds in recovery, and keeps their plan flexible.

Part of the Sports Progression Hub goal setting and development collection, sitting alongside Goal Setting, Tracking Your Progress, and Reviewing and Improving. Written in an athlete-facing voice for athletes aged 7 to 18, and equally useful to the parents and coaches supporting them. Produced in the Sports Progression Hub house style and ready to use straight away.