Coaching Principles Test 2 Practice

In early learning, augmented feedback from a coach complements what the athlete feels and perceives. Novices often rely on their sensory feedback, but that information can be noisy or incomplete, making it hard to know what to change and why. The coach’s guidance provides specific cues and corrections (knowledge of performance) and confirmation of outcomes (knowledge of results), helping the learner interpret sensory signals and adjust movements more accurately. This external input helps build a clearer reference model for how the movement should feel and look, speeding up the development of correct patterns. As skills become more stable, the learner can rely more on intrinsic feedback, but in the initial stages the combination is typically more effective than sensory feedback alone.