Feedback and Description Let's think about these points a little bit further by clarifying what I mean by feedback. The implication is that feedback is what you get from people who do or do not like something you did. That, of course, is a mistaken view. Feedback is not about praise or blame, approval or disapproval. That's what evaluation is - placing value.
Feedback is value-neutral.
It describes what you did and did not do. When I was traveling through Boston the other day, I read in the Boston Globe about my beloved but depressing Red Sox. The article contained an explanation from the pitching coach about why the Red Sox's chief relief pitcher, Mr. Slocum, had been recently banished to the bullpen. And when that happens, you know that he's not striding properly. And when that happens, you look at his delivery and, sure enough, we saw that he planted his foot four, five, six inches to the left of where he normally plants it, throwing the ball consistently outside.