Once you know the basic rules of setting goals you can go about setting your own. Here is how:

1. Assessment - Begin by building a profile of you as a player. Identify the areas you are strong at and the areas you would like to improve. This should include not only your technical skills (like off break or cover drive) but also physical fitness and mental approach.

2. Set a long term goal - Next you should work out an individual goal to work towards in the long term (like getting into the first team). This may be over a season or several seasons.

3. Assess again - Once you have set your long term goal you should refer back to your assessment. Use it to create a second profile about someone who has achieved your goal. This is where you are aiming to get.

4. Set your sub goals - Compare your profiles and identify the differences. You can easily see which areas need the most work and set a series of smaller goals under you long term goal. Note them all down.

5. Set your training - You can now base your training plan around these goals.

6. Monitor - You should constantly monitor the progress of all these goals. Write down your goal and sub goals and review them as often as you can, noting your progress in each area. This way you can scale down training in areas you are progressing fast or step up training in areas that are not working as well as planned.