Guidance

The topic's key definition trap. Guidance comes before or during an attempt -- e.g. demonstrating a serve before a player attempts it. Feedback comes after, on how well they did. Candidates blur the two, or write an answer that fits either, scoring nothing. Lock it to timing: guidance before/during, feedback after.

Asked for an example of a guidance type, stating why it is useful (a benefit) is not the same and scores nothing. "Visual guidance helps beginners" is a benefit; "a coach demonstrates the tennis serve before a beginner attempts it" is an example. Read the command word: "give an example" wants a named instance; "state a benefit" wants a reason it helps.

Both are physical, hands-on support, so they are taught together -- but a scenario expects the precise sub-type. Manual = a person moves the body with their hands, e.g. a gymnast's arms through a forward roll. Mechanical = equipment, not a person, e.g. armbands or a trampolining harness. A scenario describing armbands is mechanical, not manual.

Writing "manual guidance is guidance that is manual", or "visual guidance is guidance you can see", just restates the name in the question and scores zero. Always describe the actual mechanism: WHO or WHAT delivers the information (a coach's hands, a video, equipment) and HOW it reaches the performer. A term re-used from the question leaves the point unanswered.

A common misjudgement is recommending detailed verbal guidance for a complete beginner. At the cognitive stage they cannot yet process much spoken detail, so long instructions overload them. Beginners learn best from a clear visual demonstration plus manual/mechanical support that keeps them safe. Verbal guidance helps more later, once they understand the coaching points.

Candidates often suggest heavy visual or manual guidance for a skilled, autonomous performer -- but the movement is now largely automatic. Repeated demonstrations add little, as the performer already has an accurate mental picture, and manual guidance interrupts a fluent movement. The right choice is brief verbal guidance alone.

Students confidently list disadvantages of visual guidance -- an inaccurate demonstrator, it can't show the internal "feel", too much overloads a beginner -- but few give a genuine advantage. In fact it gives a clear mental picture, suits complex skills and beginners, and needs no language. So evaluate answers are one-sided, capping the mark.