New Year’s and the Code

New Year’s is always the time for resolutions.  The problem, as we all know, is that most of the resolutions die before the month is out.  The Code says “I will develop my skills to the best of my ability…”   Nothing is more important to our development as athletes and as people than the constant setting of goals for ourselves.  The key to setting goals is to be able to break them down into daily achievable parts.  It can be as simple as “I will practice one skill for ten minutes a day.”  Change, growth, improvement is always the result of small, consistent, steps being taken.   What is a goal you would like to set for yourself?  Can you figure out a daily way to work on it that will be achievable?  Success leads to success, and when we accomplish one small goal, it encourages us to do it again.  And again! And again!