6.2.2

Guidance

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Guidance on Performance

There are 4 main types of guidance that can be offered to performers.

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Visual

  • Visual guidance is when the performer can see something.
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Verbal

  • Verbal guidance involves a coach or teacher telling a performer what they are doing well and badly.
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Manual

  • Manual guidance involves physically moving the performer.
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Mechanical

  • Mechanical guidance involves using mechanical aids to help a performer.

Visual Guidance on Performance

Guidance on performance can be offered to performers visually. This is when the performer can see something. This could be a demonstration, a DVD, still images, photographs or posters.

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Beginners

  • For beginners, visual guidance is important because the performer often needs to see what the desired skill should look like to try to copy it.
  • Demonstrations need to be:
    • Clear, concise, quick, easy to understand and of a realistic standard.
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Elite performers

  • For elite performers, visual guidance comes into play when performers watch themselves on video to look at their technique.
  • Elite performers also use visual guidance when looking at video analysis of their future opponents.

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