Providing Effective Feedback
By Caroline Silby,
Ph.D.
Components of Effective
Feedback
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Describe the Behavior
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React to the Behavior
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Acknowledge Feelings
Correcting Behavior
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What you see - "Your arms
are bent."
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What you hear - "You're
crying."
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What happened
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Avoid judging the athlete
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Give a Reason for the
Desired Behavior Change
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Make it simple - "We can't
get any work done when you are crying."... "It makes the vault so much
more difficult when your arms are bent."
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Acknowledge the child's
feelings
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Validate the child's efforts,
predicament, motives, confusion or carefulness - "I see how frustrated
you are."... "I know how hard it is to keep your arms straight."
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State What is Expected
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"I want you to go get
a drink of water."... "I want you to think about keeping your arms straight
as a pencil. I don't care if you miss it, let's just work on your arms."
This article was originally
written for the US Gymnastics Program.
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