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FREESTYLE DOUBLES SLALOM
• A runner is told their lap times by
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their coach
Look at the 4 different paddle sports
• A long jumper gets a ‘red flag’ for a
(canoe polo, doubles slalom, freestyle
foul jump
kayaking, and sprint racing) and write
down the similarities and differences
• A relay runner sees the baton successfully
in feedback the performers would
exchanged
receive during the event.
• A sprinter crosses the line first
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Knowledge of performance (KP)
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Imagine that you were the coach of
This type of feedback is about the
one of these athletes and that they had
performance and how well the action was
just performer poorly
How would you decide to provide
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completed. This information may be
them with feedback?
received from a coach or teacher about the What aspects did you have to think
technique or may come from video analysis
about before you reached your
or the performer’s own ability to observe
decision?
and analyse their skill.
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