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Practice and Guidance

Visual, verbal, manual and mechanical guidance

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Overview

Visual guidance and effective demonstrations, direct and indirect verbal guidance and prompting, manual guidance and forced responses, mechanical guidance and restriction, and guidance for autonomous performers and beginner swimmers.

What you need to know

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Evaluation

Evaluate manual and mechanical guidance.

Key term

What is guidance in skill learning?

Key term

What is visual guidance?

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What is guidance in skill learning?

    Model answer

    Guidance is information given to a learner to help them learn or improve a skill. Guidance can be visual, verbal, manual or mechanical.

  2. 2

    What is visual guidance?

    Model answer

    Visual guidance shows the learner what the skill looks like, through a demonstration or visual materials. Videos, posters, diagrams and markers on the floor are examples.

  3. 3

    What makes a demonstration effective?

    Model answer

    A demonstration should be accurate, given by a credible model and seen clearly by every learner. The coach should highlight one or two key points and repeat the demonstration several times.

  4. 4

    Evaluate visual guidance.

    Model answer

    Visual guidance suits beginners, who can copy a clear mental picture of the skill. A poor demonstration is copied too, and visual guidance cannot show how the movement feels.

  5. 5

    Define direct verbal guidance.

    Model answer

    Direct verbal guidance tells the learner exactly what to do, such as keeping the head still over a putt. The instruction is explicit and specific.

  6. 6

    Define indirect verbal guidance.

    Model answer

    Indirect verbal guidance leads the learner towards a solution through questions and hints rather than instructions. A coach might ask a batter where the weight should be at the moment of contact.

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