Time for you to take some rest after a well scheduled cycling season. But, this does not mean to put away your cycle until the date of next cycling season. It just means that you should slow down your practice. You can now cherish other activities of athletics, skating, swimming, etc. You have sufficient free time for your family and friends, which was partly neglected due to your scheduled cycling sessions. This time you can appraise your performance for the next season. This is very essential as you can set your aims and set your training regime for the future cycling season. For your better performance, you should honestly follow the five points:

1. Achievement of Goals – Have analyzed goals, i.e. measured, relevant, specified, achievable, and timed. Try and examine how it is possible to examine them in the upcoming cycling season.

2. Not Achieved Goals – It is not necessary that you will achieve all the goals at a time. You may not achieve some goals, but try to find out the reason behind it and not get discouraged. Always keep in mind there is a chance waiting for you.

3. Strengths in you – Try to use your biggest physiological strength such as neuromuscular power, anaerobic capacity, muscular power, etc. during cycling.

4. Weakness – Weakness is also an important factor which should be taken into consideration. Your weakness can create problems in your way towards success. You should know how to overcome them so that they don’t harm you.

5. Personal opinion – Analyze your own performance on your own grounds and honestly rate yourself so that it can help you in improving for the next cycling season.

After a much hectic cycling season, it is time for you to take some well-deserved rest. That does not mean you can simply put your cycle away and rest until the next cycling season. It simply means you can take it easy. Enjoy other activities like swimming, running, skating, hiking etc. You can also enjoy your time with your family since you couldn’t do so during the training session. You can evaluate your performance during this time. This is important so that you can set your goals and design a training regimen for your next season. For performance assessment, there are five points you must consider honestly.

1. Goals achieved- Have SMART goals, i.e. specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound goals. Try and analyse how you achieved these in the cycling season.

2. Goals not achieved- It is normal that while you may achieve easily some goals, you need not achieve all the goals. Do not be discouraged as there is a next time always. However, think why you could not achieve some goals.

3. Your biggest strengths- Think what the biggest strength was for you in terms of your physiological abilities such as muscular, aerobic endurance, neuromuscular power, lactate threshold, anaerobic capacity, aerobic capacity etc during cycling.

4. Significant weakness- This is also an important aspect as you must know where you fell short in terms of your ability to achieve the goals. Once you know the weakness, you can work on it slowly, yourself.

5. Your opinion- Analyze yourself on an overall basis and honestly rate yourself on your performance, in the recent cycling season. This helps you improve in the next season.