Guidance
Physical Education: AQA GCSE, topic 6.2.2
Guidance on Performance
There are 4 main types of guidance that can be offered to performers.
Visual
- Visual guidance is when the performer can see something.
Verbal
- Verbal guidance involves a coach or teacher telling a performer what they are doing well and badly.
Manual
- Manual guidance involves physically moving the performer.
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.
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.
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.
Test yourself on Guidance
Which of the following is not a type of guidance offered to performers?
Types of guidance that can be offered to performers
Visual demonstrations for beginners need to be...
When do elite performers use visual guidance?