Skill Acquisition - Guidance

Question 1

What is verbal guidance?

Answer 1

Describes an action and explains how to perform the activity.

Question 2

What is the most effective way to use verbal guidance?

Answer 2

– Don’t speak for too long
– Some movements can’t be described so don’t use verbal guidance for this.
– Direct verbal guidance is better early stages
– Questioning techniques can encourage personal development and confidence

Question 3

What are the advantages of verbal guidance?

Answer 3

– It can reinforce good movements and identify errors that need to be then corrected
– It can hold the attention of the performer if use appropriately and can be used to motivate the performer to learn.

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of verbal guidance?

Answer 4

– It can lead to information overload where the performer gets distracted and confused by the verbal guidance.
– The guidance may be inaccurate so the performance doesn’t develop the skills affectively

Question 5

What is visual guidance?

Answer 5

Most common type uses demos videos and charts.

Useful in the cognitive stage
Demos must be accurate
Concentrate on a few aspect of the skill to avoid overload

Question 6

How should visual guidance be used?

Answer 6

Demonstrations must be accurate
Must be able to copy the model presented
Cognitive stage visual guidance is important for the learner to develop a mental image

Question 7

What are the advantages of visual guidance?

Answer 7

– The performer can find it easy to create a mental picture of what is required in a skill
– It can enable the skill to be seen in stages – easier to develop
– It encourages observational learning by drawing attention to important cues

Question 8

What are the disadvantages of visual guidance?

Answer 8

– The coach may not be able to show an accurate demo
– The demonstration could be incorrect to the performance could learn bad habits

Question 9

What is manual guidance?

Answer 9

Physical support for the performer by a person

Question 10

What is mechanical guidance?

Answer 10

Physical support for the performer from a device.

Question 11

What are the advantages of mechanical and manual guidance?

Answer 11

– Can give the performer a great sense of safety and confidence
– Can be used to isolate an important aspect of a skill to practice as a separate sub routine.

Question 13

What are the disadvantages of manual and mechanical guidance?

Answer 13

– Can lead to a false sense of feel they don’t get the true sense of the skill if the body is restricted.
– Can be over restrictive the performer feel the lack of control over the movement.