Feedback

• Reinforcement


  Provides information to assist learning, physical improvements through detection of errors
• Descriptive Verbal Feedback


  Extrinsic feedback which addresses only incorrect characteristics
• Immediate


  Presented immediately after the performance
• Motivation


  Feedback is motivating when it is positive and constructive, often affecting the learner's confidence
• Immediate


  As soon as possible after the performance to be meaningful to the athlete
• Knowledge of Results


  Feedback about the movement outcome relative to the task goal
• Knowledge of Performance


  Concerns about the technique/movement pattern
• Delayed


  Delayed presentation after performance
• Clear and Concise


  The athlete needs to understand the instructions and required movements
• Prescriptive Verbal Feedback


  Describes errors but also suggests a way to correct the problem
• Intrinsic Feedback


  Feedback an athlete receives from sensory receptors inside muscles, joints, and tendons, providing information about the execution
• Terminal


  Presented after the performance
• Non-Verbal


  Presented in a form that is not spoken
• Constructive


  Reasons for the identified error and provide possible solutions
• Verbal


  Presented in a form that is spoken
• Specific


  Related to parts of the task the athlete was asked to work on
• Extrinsic Feedback


  Feedback an athlete receives from outside the performer, usually from coaches, team-mates, or spectators
• Positive


  Positive feedback to improve performance
• Concurrent


  Presented during the performance