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The influence of giving different feedback on the level of learning in artistic swimming

Previous studies suggest that some aspect of information feedback influences the performance, retention and transfer of motor skills. At the artistic swimming training, feedback is given according to what the coach sees outside the water and what he sees below the water. The aim of the present study is to examine the effectiveness of four information feedback conditions on the level of learning of the four new position in artistic swimming. Artistic swimming belongs to a group of conventional sports that contain aesthetically shaped and choreographed acyclical motion structures defined by the FINA rules for evaluation. Judges are evaluating only what they see outside the water, but the movement done outside the water is result of what is being done inside the water. Participants were artistic swimmers (N=15) aged 10 to 12. All participants participated in four different experimental groups in learning of four different figures with four different feedbacks (videotape feedback, demonstration feedback, verbal feedback and without feedback) about their mistake. Repeated Measures ANOVA was used to evaluate if there is a statistically significant differences between analysed feedback information. Results show that younger artistic swimmers will better understand the mistakes if the coach told them verbally rather than just showing them by video or demonstrating them. Since, this is a first research about examination of effectiveness of different kind of feedback in artistic swimming, the results would enable the trainers and the expert team better communication with their athletes to achieve the best results.

performance, information, figures, young artistic swimmers

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