Chapter 11 - Providing Feedback With A Decision Training Focus
Where are we going? Chapter 11 shows how the athlete's decision making skils can be improved using the three-step DT Model (see below) and DT Tools 3, 4, and 5, Bandwidth Feedback, Questioning and Video Feedback.

The goal of all decision training drills is to give the athlete the opportunity to make effective decisions during daily practices.

Decision training drills are cognitively stimulating and physically challenging.

A good decision training drill tells both the athlete and the coach if the correct decision has been made.

In this exercise, the three steps of the DT model (below) are used to design a practice that concentrates on delaying feedback and asking questions in cycling.

Step 1: the decision trained is to anticipate the movement of other riders and be prepared to handle bumping, and any other obstructions while riding

Step 2: the drill is simulated pack riding, where the cognitive trigger is the coach asking a variety of questions related to balance, control and anticipation.

Step 3: the decision training tools being used are delayed feedback and questioning.

Step 1: Define a decision that athletes have to make in competition. The decision should name at least one key perceptual or cognitive skill the athlete needs to master while performing a specific skill or tactic. The seven cognitive skills are anticipation, attention, focus and concentration, memory, pattern recognition, problem solving, and decision making.
The decision trained is to anticipate the movement of other riders and be prepared to handle bumping, and any other obstructions while riding

Step 2: Design a drill or progression of drills to train the decision in a game-like situation. As a part of designing the drill, it is also necessary to identify a cognitive trigger that lets both the athlete and coach know if the athlete has made the right decision. Some cognitive triggers include object cues, location cues, memory cues, reaction times, and self-coaching cues.
The drill is simulated pack riding, where the cognitive trigger is the coach asking a variety of questions related to balance, control and anticipation.

Step 3: Select one or more of the seven decision tools to train the decision in a variety of simulated competitive contexts. The seven DT tools are variable practice, random practice, bandwidth feedback, questioning, video feedback, hard-first instruction and modeling, and external focus of instruction.
the decision training tools being used are delayed feedback and questioning.