Season 5 · Episode 174
GUIDANCE HYPOTHESIS - Motor Learning for Coaches
In the first episode of our new show Motor Learning for Coaches, John Mayer, Andy Bass, Harjiv Singh, and Kasey Crider discuss feedback.
November 18, 202136m 51s
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Show Notes
- Introducing Kasey, Andy, and Harjiv + why they think motor learning is important.
- 0:42 - Kasey’s thoughts.
- 2:00 - Andy’s thoughts.
- 3:46 - Harjiv’s thoughts.
- 6:16 - The Guidance Hypothesis in relation to feedback.
- 6:22 - The only law in motor learning: Fitts Law.
- 7:19 - Using the analogy of bowling balls and bumper lanes to demonstrate the importance of removing dependence in athletes.
- 8:30 - Information and feedback is better processed when given in a concise form + why coaches should put in the extra effort to do so.
- 11:29 - How coaches should approach giving feedback to their athletes.
- 13:25 - How much of feedback should revolve around the athletes thoughts + using open questions to elicit feedback from athletes.
- 14:51 - Limiting feedback to avoid overloading athletes with information, while also effectively sharing information with them.
- 15:00 - Evaluating the influence of the coach’s ego + pushing it aside to better develop athletes.
- 17:11 - Finding the right time to offer feedback to athletes.
- 18:32 - How the institution of self-regulated learning within athletes during practice can also be used as a constraint to main focus during matches.
- 19:43 - What do players actually benefit from becoming less reliant on coaches?
- 20:51 - Including a step-by-step process instead of overloading athletes with information all at once.
- Identifying critical points of tasks.
- Correlating it to success to improve the mentality of athletes.
- 21:56 - Precise feedback is not always the most effective feedback.
- 20:51 - Including a step-by-step process instead of overloading athletes with information all at once.
- 25:06 - Targeted feedback vs. “untargeted feedback”.
- 27:01 - Feedback is ultimately a constraint.
- 30:15 - Studying the effects of giving more feedback.
- 33:51 - Why youth coaches should hold back on giving vocal feedback without the backing of data, spreadsheets, film, etc.
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