Feedback and Motor Control | Edexcel A-Level Physical Education (9PE0)
Feedback and Motor Control
- 57 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 2: psychological and social principles of physical education
- Component 2
Feedback and Motor Control is examined in Component 2, Psychological and social principles of physical education.
It covers Purposes and effectiveness of feedback, types of feedback, feedback technology and performance analysis and open and closed loop control.
Sample questions from Feedback and Motor Control
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Purposes and effectiveness of feedback
Why should feedback be given soon after a movement?
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The movement is still fresh in short-term memory, so the feedback can be linked to how it felt. Delayed feedback is harder to relate to the action. -
Purposes and effectiveness of feedback
Why should feedback target the cause of an error rather than its effect?
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A correction aimed at the cause removes the fault at source. A netball shot that falls short may stem from poor leg drive, not the arm action. -
Types of feedback
Why is knowledge of results useful to a beginner?
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A beginner cannot yet judge technique but can see whether the outcome succeeded. A successful outcome also motivates. -
Types of feedback
Define intrinsic feedback.
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Intrinsic feedback comes from within the performer through proprioceptors. Intrinsic feedback is the kinaesthetic feel of the movement. -
Feedback technology and performance analysis
What feedback does a force plate provide?
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A force plate measures the size and timing of the ground reaction force. A sprinter can see how powerful the drive from the blocks was. -
Feedback technology and performance analysis
How can instant replay benefit a gymnast?
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A replay on a screen straight after a routine shows the gymnast faults they could not feel. The gymnast can correct them before the next attempt. -
Open and closed loop control
What is input in a motor control model?
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Input is information taken in from the display through the senses. A goalkeeper's input includes the flight of the ball and the striker's run-up. -
Open and closed loop control
How does kinaesthesis support closed loop control?
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Proprioceptors in muscles and joints signal body position during the movement. The brain compares this feel with the correct model and makes adjustments.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Purposes and effectiveness of feedback | Feedback as motivation, reinforcement and error correction, its timing, amount, accuracy and specificity, over-reliance on the coach, the feedback sandwich, correcting a young swimmer's breathing, and letting the performer try again soon after. | 14 |
| Types of feedback | Positive and negative feedback, knowledge of performance and knowledge of results, concurrent and terminal feedback, intrinsic and extrinsic feedback, beginners and elite performers, and classifying a basketball coach's comment and a swimmer's split time. | 15 |
| Feedback technology and performance analysis | Video analysis, GPS trackers, heart rate monitors, force plates, wearable sensors and performance analysis software, objective data and its limits, instant replay for a gymnast, electronic timing and concurrent feedback for a rower. | 14 |
| Open and closed loop control | Motor programmes, the input, executive, effector and output stages of open loop control, what closed loop control adds, beginners and experts, kinaesthesis, the tennis serve and a footballer dribbling through cones. | 14 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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