There are three types of co-ordination exercises: facilitating, forcing and complicating/consolidating. Each has their own type of objective, and timing in the learning process. If e.g. a complicating exercise is given to someone who does not yet have the required technique, chances of progress are slim, but ski instructor courses generally do not teach the differences and how to apply them correctly.
Facilitating exercise
A facilitating exercise makes it easier to achieve the objective. Facilitation can come in several forms. One of the forms is to cut the movement pattern of the end form up into elementary movements.
Forcing exercise
A forcing exercise is one whereby the objective can only be reached with a correct movement pattern.
Complicating/consolidating exercise
In this type of exercise it's made harder to achieve the objective. It's given to consolidate a technique that the learner already has, but that may not hold under more difficult circumstances. It may also serve as a check: does the learner really master the technique?
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