When used correctly, what should help increase student dependency on intrinsic feedback?

• A. Classroom quizzes
• B. Verbal feedback only
• C. Peer coaching
• D. Training aid

Answer: (D)

Fostering reliance on internal sense during practice is the goal here. When a training aid is used correctly, it shapes the movement in a way that the student can feel and monitor with their own body, helping them develop a reliable internal sense of what a good swing should feel like. The learner experiences clear, repeatable cues through the body and can compare their current feel to that stored as correct, which strengthens their ability to self-correct without needing constant external input. Over time, external cues are faded so the student trusts their intrinsic feedback more.

Other options provide information or cues from outside the learner—classroom quizzes test knowledge, verbal feedback offers outside guidance, and peer coaching involves feedback from another person. While these have value, they don’t cultivate the same internal sensing as a well-chosen training aid, which nudges the student toward relying on their own perceptual feedback.