guidance and feedback

• Verbal guidance (hearing something/instructions)

  • verbal guidance for elite performers can be longer and more complex
  • verbal guidance only works for beginners if its concise
  • provided by someone speaking to you eg, coach critique
  • often used alongside visual guidance
  • eg, feedback, peer feedback, questioning by a coach so thge performer can sekf evaluate
• Visual guidance (being shown something)

  • when a performer can see the skill being performed in a demonstration or an image or video example
  • visual guidance is good for a beginner as they can see what they are expected to do
  • for elite performers, visual guidance is used less however when it is used, it is to review performance and highlight errors
  • for a beginner, it has to be quick, concise and easy to understand
• Negative feedback

  • recieved after an unsuccessful performance where an athlete finds out what was incorrect about the performance
  • must include actions required to complete the skill correctly
• Positive feedback

  • recieved when performance or the performer has been successful, strengthens the likelihood of the action being repeated
  • essential in motivating athletes
• Manual/ mechanical guidance (assistance with movement)

  • mechanical guidance must promote the right technique
  • can invole physically moving the performer or using mechanical aids (floats in swimming)
  • for beginners it can make them feel supported, help the beginner complete the required movement for a skill and help them understand how the movement should feel