Method
Coaching: skill; technique; drill; cue; method; progression; assessment
GLOSSARY
Coaches use these words for different things: what a rider can do (skill), how they move (technique), what they practise (drill), what they focus on (cue), the teaching system (method), the order of steps (progression) and how ability is checked (assessment).
Context and distinction
Each term has its own entry. Mixing them up leads to unclear teaching, for example treating a drill as if it were the skill itself.
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Coaching: skill; technique; drill; cue; method; progression; assessment
Skill. A capability that can transfer across tasks, such as managing balance or edges. Transfer still requires assessment in the new context.
Preparation and setting
A terminology reference: use an existing matching technique for a reproduction lesson.
Execution / application
- Identify the term in one existing movement.
- State its feature and travel context.
- Compare the observable property with its nearest confusion pair.
- Link the exact established lesson.
- Keep disputed source conventions alongside the definition.
Learning and practice
Explain the term in plain English using a source-matched example. This is terminology application, not a new drill for every word.
Errors, limits and corrections
Do not substitute a body pose for a board-mechanics definition or derive movement from a name alone.
Observable checks
The reader can define each listed term and identify what it does not establish.
Technique
A way of solving a movement task. Different source-specific techniques can achieve a similar outcome through different timing or actions.
Drill
A practice task that directs attention to a component. Its value is the change it transfers to ordinary riding.
Cue
A short instruction or attentional prompt. It should connect to an observable response rather than become a universal movement law.
Method
An organized teaching or training approach with stated authorship and scope. A method name is not an explanation of the actual movement.
Progression
A useful sequence of learning tasks. Increasing one demand at a time does not make every earlier task a mandatory prerequisite.
Assessment
An evaluation of a defined task under stated conditions using observable criteria. It is not an unconditional global rider label.
Editorial status
definition_draft; coaching review pending.
Evidence and review limits
New explanatory and teaching text is SBSweet editorial synthesis grounded in existing material. Referenced source scope is stated; it is not a source-certified curriculum. No video/image review or live-site validation. Existing Packages1–4 — Definitions synthesize already indexed concepts and retained source distinctions. Exact glossary wording is new editorial text; term-level review pending.
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editorial review notes
Imported from the supplied editorial package; technical and coaching review remains required.