❌Methods Of Guidance Flashcards
What is guidance?
Techniques to help improvement
What are the types of guidance?
Visual
Verbal
Manual
Mechanical
What is visual guidance?
Guidance that can be seen, a demonstration.
What are the characteristics of visual guidance?
Demonstration, video, etc
Effective for cognitive performers and should be readily used at this stage of learning.
Performers should be given time to repeatedly practise and mentally rehearse following the demonstration.
Performer should focus on the key aspects of the skill; coach should highlight them.
Coach can change or modify the display.
What are the advantages of visual guidance?
Illustrates exactly what a skill should look like
Helps build a clear mental picture of how the skill should be performed.
Used effectively in conjunction with verbal guidance
Highlights weaknesses
For cognitive performers
Builds motor programmes
What are the disadvantages of visual guidance?
Demonstration must be accurate and clear, otherwise actions are learned wrong.
Performer must be able to match the demonstration given
Too much information given at once could induce overload.
What’s an example of visual guidance?
A coach introduces the overhead clear to performers by demonstrating the technique their self and also by showing them a video.
What’s verbal guidance?
An explanation
What are the characteristics of verbal guidance?
Coach instructs, explains and directs performer to the key points of the skill by telling them what to do and how to do it.
Useful for more advanced performers
Used to give tactical,strategic or technical information.
Information must be kept brief and meaningful.
What are the advantages of verbal guidance?
Can be given immediately during performance
Very useful for open skills where performer needs to make decisions and adapt quickly.
Used effectively in conjunction with visual guidance
Can highlight a coaching point
Can be used for technical/tactical help
What are the disadvantages of verbal guidance?
May be chance of information overload if too many instructions are given together
Lengthy explanations may cause the performer to lose concentration
Cognitive performers may not understand specific technical instructions.
Must be clear
May be misunderstood
What is an example of verbal guidance?
A rugby coach instructs their players to run a ‘miss pass’ set play
What is manual guidance?
Physical support.
A coach uses their own body to physically support or manipulate performers body, or to force a response.
What are the advantages of manual guidance?
Gives confidence Eliminates danger Gives early feel of motion Effective for cognitive performers Reduces fear/anxiety Whole skill can be attempted.
What are the disadvantages of manual guidance?
May interfere with kinaesthesis is overused
May become too dependant
Proximity of coach may add pressure
Performer may lose motivation if they can’t do task without help
Bad habits might be instilled
