Paper 2 - Guidance And Feedback

Question 1

What is guidance?

Answer 1

A method of conveying information to a performer.

Question 2

What are the different types of guidance?

Answer 2

Visual
Verbal
Manual
Mechanical

Question 3

What is visual guidance?

Answer 3

Its presented in a form that the performer can see.

It can be a live demonstration to a video, poster or chart.

Question 4

What are the advantages of visual guidance?

Answer 4

Useful for all levels
Especially good for young/inexperienced performers
Vision is most peoples dominant sense 
Allows them to see what is required
Can copy what they have seen

Question 5

What are the disadvantages of visual guidance?

Answer 5

Must be good quality.
Some are too complex to demonstrate
Not effective if the performer doesn’t pay attention.

Question 6

What is verbal guidance?

Answer 6

Its when a coach describes how to perform a skill or tells a performer something.
They hear it.

Question 7

What are the advantages of verbal guidance?

Answer 7

Especially useful for higher levels
Good way of highlighting key points
Useful for sharing basic information and instruction
Questioning can often make them think

Question 8

What are the disadvantages of verbal guidance?

Answer 8

Can be an information overload
Can be boring
Arenas are often noisy, making it harder to hear
Complex things are often difficult to explain verbally

Question 9

What is manual guidance?

Answer 9

Involves a coach physically moving a performer into the correct position or supporting them as they perform a skill.

Question 10

What are the advantages of manual guidance?

Answer 10

Good for beginners

Allows the performer to develop the correct feel

Question 11

What are the disadvantages of manual guidance?

Answer 11

Can feel different

A performer may not think they are actually performing the skill themselves.

Question 12

What is mechanical guidance?

Answer 12

Takes place when objects/aids are used to assist in the coaching process.

Question 13

What are the advantages of mechanical guidance?

Answer 13

Good for potentially dangerous skills
Allow them to gain a feel for a movement without fear
Good for building confidence

Question 14

What are the disadvantages of mechanical guidance?

Answer 14

Equipment may be expensive

Can rely on the aid

Question 15

What is feedback?

Answer 15

The information a performer receives about their performance.

It can be given during and/or after a performance

Question 16

What are the types of feedback?

Answer 16

Positive 
Negative 
Knowledge of results 
Knowledge of performance
Extrinsic 
Intrinsic

Question 17

What is positive feedback?

Answer 17

About what was correct or good about the performance.

Question 18

What are the advantages of positive feedback?

Answer 18

Motivates, especially beginners

Makes them feel like they had successful aspects to their performance

Question 19

What are the disadvantages of positive feedback?

Answer 19

Can emphasise positive aspects too highly and suggest that the overall performance was better than it actually was.

Question 20

What is negative feedback?

Answer 20

About what was incorrect or bad about the performance

Question 21

What are the advantages of negative feedback?

Answer 21

Enables a coach to provide guidance on how to improve

Help prioritise specific skills they need to improve

Question 22

What are the disadvantages of negative feedback?

Answer 22

Can become demoralising, especially for beginners

To much can leave them struggling to know how to respond.

Question 23

What is knowledge of results?

Answer 23

Feedback on results provides the performer with information about their placing in a tournament or the time it took them to complete a race.

Question 24

What are the advantages of knowledge of results?

Answer 24

It gives the performer a quick measure of their success.

Question 25

What are the disadvantages of knowledge of results?

Answer 25

It can be demotivating for other performers in situations where there can only be one winner.

Question 26

What is knowledge of performance?

Answer 26

Feedback on performance provides the performer with information about their performance generally and about their technique more specifically.

Question 27

What are the advantages of knowledge of performance?

Answer 27

There are many aspects to one performance so the feedback can be very detailed for experienced performers or focus on one or two aspects of the performance for beginners.

Question 28

What are the disadvantages of knowledge of performance?

Answer 28

It can be challenging to break a performance down in order to provide the detailed feedback required by experienced performers.

Question 29

What is extrinsic feedback?

Answer 29

This is feedback a performer receives about their performance from outside themselves, such as a coach.

Question 30

What are the advantages of extrinsic feedback?

Answer 30

Beginners need it from coaches to be made aware of, and learn, basic skills and techniques.

More experienced performers can combine extrinsic and intrinsic to gain a full picture of their performance.

Question 31

What are the disadvantages of extrinsic feedback?

Answer 31

It can be difficult to get the advice and help of a qualified coach, especially for beginners.

Question 32

What is intrinsic feedback?

Answer 32

The feedback a performer receives about their performance from within.

Kinaesthetic feedback is a form of intrinsic feedback.

Question 33

What are the advantages of intrinsic feedback?

Answer 33

Performers, particularly experienced performers, can make immediate adjustments.

Question 34

What are the disadvantages of intrinsic feedback?

Answer 34

It requires a high level of knowledge about a particular activity to be able to identify precisely what did not work well and what needs to be done to improve it.
Beginners are unlikely to have this level of knowledge.