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Skills are learned through high quality practice. They enable athletes to perform effectively. Skills range from basic to complex and can be open or closed depending on the sport.

Performers need guidance to acquire and improve their skills. Visual, verbal, manual and mechanical guidance are used in different situations and to support performers in a range of different ways.

Feedback is crucial to learning and refining skill and can be achieved in numerous ways. Feedback comes from the feel of a performance, the outcome of an action and can be both positive and negative.

To succeed and perform their best, athletes need to use their minds as well as their bodies. Mental techniques help to control emotions, manage stress and improve participation and performance.

Setting SMART targets helps participants to improve and optimise their performance, plan their training, keep focused, stay motivated, track their progress and achieve long and short term goals.