Feedback

• Feedback


  Information that is given to a performer about their performance to help improve future performances
• Types of Feedback from different places

  • Intrinsic feedback
  • Extrinsic feedback
• Intrinsic feedback


  The performer knows how well they did the technique because of what it felt like
• Extrinsic feedback


  Someone else tells or shows the performer what happened, and how to improve
• Aspects of a skill that feedback can focus on


  • Knowledge of performance
  • Knowledge of result
• Knowledge of performance


  Feedback on whether the correct elements/technique were used
• Knowledge of result


  Feedback on whether the desired outcome/result was achieved
• Types of feedback based on good or bad

  • Positive feedback
  • Negative feedback
• Positive feedback


  Focuses on what the performer did well
• Negative feedback


  Focuses on what the performer didn't do well and could improve
• Positive feedback is better for beginners as it helps them remember which parts of the movement they should repeat
• Negative feedback can be useful for experienced performers as it provides information they can use to fine-tune their performance and set goals
• It's better to avoid too much negative feedback with beginners as it can put them off learning the skill