training aid
Practice assistance equipment
A training aid is any device, material, or tool designed to help someone learn or practice a skill.
In sports, training aids include swing analyzers, resistance bands, or alignment sticks: She used a putting training aid to improve her stroke.
In education and military contexts, training aids range from diagrams and models to simulators.
The term emphasizes that the object exists to facilitate learning rather than for actual use.
- manualWritten instructions for use
- study guideExam preparation resource
- how-to videoFilmed instructions for tasks
- instructorOne who teaches skills
- guideLeader or instruction book
dummy · crash test dummy · simulation · flight simulator · practice · drill · tutorial · props · equipment · coaching · demonstration · flashcards · workbook · cheat sheet · model · visual · diagram · exercise
- emergency aiddisaster aid, emergency aid, relief funding, relief funds, disaster relief
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