Planning in sports

Meaning and objectives of planning:

Planning is an intellectual process of thinking in advance about
setting of goals and developing strategies which are requires to
attain the goals efficiently.
Meaning of planning: “Planning is a way to
systematize, direct and organize the events or
competitions and extract the advantage and benefit of
the available resources.”

“Planning is the process of making a sequence of work

for a future line of action”

The success of Physical education programs depends

upon efficient staffing, food, direction, proper control,
well super vision, good co-ordination and minimize
the chances of lapses
Organising
Organising is a next step after planning. It is a process
of execution of the plan. This includes distributing
resources and organising personnel in order to achieve
the goals established in the planning stage.
Staffing
Skilled and capable persons who have full knowledge
of sports program and activities need to be recruited.
Their appointment is the main function of the
management.
This ensure that people with appropriate skills,
techniques, knowledge and experience can be available
on time at the appropriate place.
Directing
Directing personnel is a leadership quality, and
includes letting staff know what needs to be done, by
whom and also by when. It includes supervision of
personnel while simultaneously motivating them.
Without directing, planning or organising has no
meaning. It is a function of guiding, inspiring and
instructing people to accomplish organizational goals.
Controlling
Controlling refers to all the processes that leaders create to
monitor success. It involves establishing performance
standards, measuring actual performance and comparing
them for irregularities. It is a important function of
management as controlling involves imparting instructions
to employees and also ensuring that those instructions are
followed. To organise any sports event, instructions given to
members of the organising committee towards achieving
common goal i.e., organising a sports event in this case,
must be carried out sincerely for an event to be successful.
Higher order management people control lower order
people to ensure efficient and effective use to resources.
Thank You