Types Of Guidance

Question 1

The four types of guidance?

Answer 1

Visual, verbal, manual and mechanical

Question 2

Visual guidance

Answer 2

This is when the performer is shown how to perform the skill. Visual guidance is good for beginners so they can create a mental image of the movements and the skill

Examples of this are:
A video
Pictures or sketches
Good quality demonstration.

This can be used in sports where you need guidance to improve a skill, like a shot in basketball.

Advantages:
The performer can copy the demonstration
It can be used for groups of people

Disadvantages:
If the demonstration is poor, the shot could be practised incorrectly.

Question 3

Verbal guidance

Answer 3

This is when a coach describes how to perform a skill or tells a performer something.

This can be used during games or individual sports for feedback on skills during games.

Advantages:
It’s useful for high-level performers
It’s a good way of highlighting key teaching points

Disadvantages:
This can result in information overload
It can be boring
Can be difficult in sports arenas which are noisy

Question 4

Manual guidance

Answer 4

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

Can be used in sports like golf or tennis to perfect a shot

Advantages:
It’s good for complete beginners
It can allow performers to develop the correct feel of movements

Disadvantages:
A movement can feel different when someone else is moving your body for you.
The performer may not thing that they are actually performing it themselves

Question 5

Mechanical guidance

Answer 5

This is when equipment is used to assist in the coaching process. This could take the form of floats in swimming or a harness in diving or gymnastics.

Advantages:
It’s good for potentially dangerous skills
Good for building confidence

Disadvantages:
The equipment could be expensive
The performer could come to rely on the equipment