The Coaching Process: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Effective Sports Coach by Lynn Kidman & Stephanie J. Hanrahan

Author:Lynn Kidman & Stephanie J. Hanrahan [Kidman, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2010-12-15T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 6.2 Video analysis is a useful tool

ACTIVITY

Select a situation to video.

Which constraints will be the focus for this situation?

Where will you position the camera to see the performance?

When in the training session will you record the movement?

Providing feedback

During observation and analysis, coaches often need to decide how athletes will benefit from these analyses through various forms of feedback. Feedback fulfils two main functions: informational and motivational. Informational feedback provides athletes with knowledge about how the movement was performed. Motivational feedback provides athletes with verbal or non-verbal cues from the coach, or intrinsically from the experience itself, to encourage or discourage ongoing attempts of the skill or technique. Although the two functions can be independent, they also can be outcomes of each other. For example, informational feedback can be motivational in and of itself. A tone of voice or a nonverbal gesture combined with information of the performance can be motivating or demotivating (Martens, 2004).

There are two types of feedback: intrinsic and extrinsic (Martens, 2004). Athletes receive intrinsic feedback as a natural consequence of their performances. Intrinsic feedback comes via kinaesthetic, tactile, visual, and auditory sensory systems, for example the feel of the ball as it leaves your hands, the sound of the ball hitting the racquet, or the sight of the ball going through the net. Extrinsic feedback is that which is given from an external source such as the coach, other athletes, parents, and spectators. Extrinsic feedback can be verbal or non-verbal and can help or detract athletes from improving their performances. Extrinsic feedback can supplement intrinsic feedback.

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