How can the martial arts instructor encourage the process within the student of developing internal methods of feedback?
The first step in any type of teaching physical skills, of course, involves providing the student with a standard of correct technique and how to perform the technique. This can be given through demonstration, videotapes, written materials, or physically guiding the student through the process. Often a combination of these methods can be most effective. Once the student has learned the basic skill and is in the process of perfecting performance, the issue of teaching the student to self-correct errors becomes crucial. The following suggestions may be useful in teaching this process: 1) If the instructor notices the student reacting to an error such as through a nonverbal grimace or a verbal statement, he/she can ask the student what the student noticed and how the error can be corrected. This forces the student to focus on the internal information that was apparent to the student and to develop a plan for solving the problem. In addition, it provides the instructor a chance to assess t
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