{"id":515,"date":"2013-11-22T05:53:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iip-group.com\/hectic-dad\/?p=515"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T21:21:16","slug":"swot-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hectic-dad.com\/hectic-dad\/swot-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"SWOT Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">With the advent of Winter sports, wrestling starts in earnest in the Hectic Household. Two of my six kids are boys <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[EDITORIAL NOTE: Hectic Dad has EIGHT kids. He&#8217;s so darned busy that he forgot to proofread this post and didn&#8217;t catch his mistake!]<\/span>, so it is a minority number who participate. None of my girls have ever wrestled, although given their physical abilities and mental toughness it\u2019s probably a good thing that they didn\u2019t. They would have made a lot of boys cry.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">There is a business technique that I\u2019ve adapted to wrestling that has worked really well, and it\u2019s a fun way to discuss this sort of analysis. Bear with me, I think you\u2019ll learn something.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">When two wrestlers have been around a while, they get to know each other. They know what works and what doesn\u2019t work against the other guy. They can even sometimes tell when somebody is having a bad (or good) tournament. Usually it appears to be all subjective things, but I believe that it\u2019s possible to objectify much of the analysis of your opponent using a SWOT Analysis.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">SWOT stands for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strength<\/li>\n<li>Weakness<\/li>\n<li>Opportunity<\/li>\n<li>Threat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From a quick Wikipedia search (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SWOT_analysis\">SWOT Analysis<\/a>) I rediscovered that this sort of analysis is credited to Albert Humphrey at SRI International (Stanford Research Institute) during the 1960\u2019s. I know that by the time I heard about it, it had been around for a while and was pretty well recognized in business. I don\u2019t know if anybody else has adapted it to sports. If not, it is something that every coach should consider adding to his toolkit.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In a SWOT analysis you look at your Strengths, not relative to any particular opponent, but rather in a vacuum. That is, if you\u2019re really strong, that would be a strength. If you\u2019re really fast, that\u2019s another one. If you are in great condition, there\u2019s a third. You make a list of those things that apply to you that give you advantages in competition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Then you look at your weaknesses. This is hard. You have to admit to actually having weaknesses first of all. Then you have to list them out. Just like strengths, these are things that apply to you. Injuries often make it onto this list. Maybe something like \u201cI don\u2019t do well against left-handed pitchers\u201d makes the list. Anything that is a disadvantage that you have against anybody, not just a particular opponent.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">New you look at your opportunities. This requires some knowledge of the opponent(s). You have to know where you stack up against them. It\u2019s not just your strengths and their weaknesses that you\u2019re looking at. You have to look at where you have advantages over the other guys. Let\u2019s say that you have a great defense, and they have a great offense. Is there something about your defense that will make them vulnerable? That\u2019s an opportunity. Basically, it\u2019s anything you can exploit to succeed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Threats are pretty much the opposite of opportunities. Where do the other guys have a chance to succeed against you? What\u2019s going to cause you difficulty in this contest?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">After you\u2019ve got all that figured out, then you need to figure out how to maximize your strengths and opportunities and minimize your weaknesses and threats.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It sounds pretty simple, but in practical application it can get pretty complicated. It\u2019s hard to separate strengths and opportunities as well as weaknesses and threats. If you can manage to split those apart you\u2019ll get a really thorough analysis that really is practical to use.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">My older son, Jared, uses it on a regular basis. He is able to wrestle in a variety of styles, and sometimes just recognizing that his opponent is used to a particular style has helped him to change things up and do better than expected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">So think about it next time you have something that you\u2019re trying to accomplish that involves any form of competition (whether it\u2019s sports or in business). SWOT Analyses can be really powerful tools that can make a huge difference in the outcome of whatever endeavor you\u2019re engaged in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the advent of Winter sports, wrestling starts in earnest in the Hectic Household. Two of my six kids are boys [EDITORIAL NOTE: Hectic Dad has EIGHT kids. 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