The concept of feedback is very familiar in the sporting and teaching environment. Without it, students and athletes do not learn and therefore can not improve. Feedback for a skill can come in many forms, all of which are valuable sources of information and therefore can become learning experiences. These include internal and external feedback. How the skill feels or how it looks.
As a coach or teacher it is important to remember that feedback needs to be constructive. This is used as a motivational tool. It should motivate students and athletes to strive for more rather than give up.
Therefore the timing of feedback is important.
One thing that I learnt from a lecturer was to always finish a session with a skill that the athlete deems as 'good enough to finish on'. Never should you finish on feedback because there is no time to practice and implement the feedback immediately, therefore it is pointless and lost. By ending on a skill that is deemed good enough, an athlete will walk away from the session feeling positive. Therefore motivation is high. Rather than a feeling of negativity and failure. Never end on this!
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