An Intervention Featuring Public Posting and Graphical Feedback to Enhance the Performance of Competitive Dancers

Quinn et al. (2017) worked with four teen dancers on a competitive team.

Each week the coach posted last week’s scores on the studio wall.

Dancers also got a simple bar graph showing their own turn, kick, and leap scores.

The coach used a multiple-baseline design across the three moves.

Every dancer’s percent-correct scores rose after the wall chart and graphs started.

Turns, kicks, and leaps all got cleaner and sharper.

Skills stayed high as long as the feedback kept coming.

Brobst et al. (2002) tried a similar package with high-school soccer players.

They added goal setting and oral feedback, but the gains stayed in practice and barely showed on game day.

Quinn’s dance study trims the package to wall posting plus one simple graph and still sees clear improvement, suggesting cleaner visuals can work without extra talk.

Plant et al. (2007) used visual feedback with teachers and saw the same jump in performance, proving the tactic travels across jobs and ages.

You can copy this Monday morning: pick one skill, count it, post last week’s scores on the wall, and hand each learner a tiny bar graph. It takes five minutes, needs no gear, and works for dancers, athletes, or even staff. Try it during warm-ups and watch the numbers climb.