Types of feedback to optimise performance

Physical education

This unit develops understanding of how goal setting and SMART targets can be used effectively to improve performance as well as unpicking the different types of guidance and feedback that help us learn sporting skills.

Sport psychology: goal setting, guidance and feedback

Which of the following are types of feedback?

information received from outside of the performer e.g. from a coach

Which of the following might be sources of extrinsic feedback?

stopping yourself from losing balance on your bicycle

your coach giving you split times as you run the 5000m

you think back over your performance later that day by yourself

you and your teammates discuss your previous performance during dinner

What type of feedback does a beginner rely on the most?

Activities which are quick and explosive, such as the shot putt, do not allow for {{}} feedback to take place.

When a teacher writes suggestions on your work about how you might improve it, we say that they are giving you ...

Which type of guidance is often combined with verbal guidance to deliver a demonstration to a group of learners?

they all mean something is staying where it is

The words exit, exhale and export all begin with the prefix ex-. What do these words have in common?

the child's parents/guardians encouraging them

Where might the following receive feedback from?

information received before a performance to help prepare you

a method to convey information to a performer to aid skill learning

Which of these would best define feedback?

Guidance which involves a coach supporting the learner's movement physically with their hands is called {{ }} guidance.

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