Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, Vol 24(2), May 2024, 95-104; doi:10.1037/bar0000289
Verbal feedback and video feedback are commonly used interventions to enhance performance in a variety of sports. Deshmukh et al. (2022) compared the effects of verbal feedback versus video feedback to improve the dance skills of three beginner-intermediate dancers. In the current study, we conducted an analysis of the feedback delivered during training for participants in Deshmukh et al. (2022). We analyzed the completeness and accuracy of the feedback. Completeness was the percentage of steps on the task analysis with feedback delivered. Accuracy was the percentage of steps where the feedback delivered (i.e., praise or corrective feedback) that matched the correct or incorrect performance of the step. The percentage of accuracy was collected for praise and corrective feedback in both feedback interventions. For all participants, the completeness of feedback was higher in video feedback than verbal feedback. For one participant, the accuracy of feedback was consistently higher in video feedback. For two participants, the accuracy of feedback was slightly higher in video feedback than verbal feedback. For all participants, the accuracy of corrective feedback was higher than the accuracy of praise in both verbal and video feedback. The implications and limitations of verbal feedback and video feedback are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)