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Year 11 - Physical education

Types of feedback to optimise performance

Sport psychology: goal setting, guidance and feedback

Unit Summary

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.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to identify and use different types of feedback to improve performance.

Key Notes

  • Intrinsic feedback comes from the performer's own senses and feelings.
  • Extrinsic feedback comes from external sources like coaches or peers.
  • Concurrent feeback is given during the performance.
  • Terminal feedback is given at the end of a performance.
  • Effective feedback depends on multiple situational factors.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • feedback: information received during or after a performance about the performance
  • intrinsic feedback: information received from the performer's senses
  • extrinsic feedback: information received from outside of the performer, e.g. from a coach
  • concurrent feedback: feedback provided during a performance
  • terminal feedback: feedback provided after a performance

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Types of feedback are often confused with types of guidance from the previous lesson.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Intrinsic feedback comes from the performer's own senses and feelings. Extrinsic feedback comes from external sources like coaches or peers.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'feedback'

information received during or after a performance about the performance.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Types of feedback are often confused with types of guidance from the previous lesson. Correction: Ensure students can differentiate between guidance being information needed to understand how to perform a skill, and feedback being information about how well it is being performed.

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