training aids

Practice support devices

Training aids are tools or devices designed to help develop skills or reinforce proper technique.

In sports, training aids include weighted bats, swing analyzers, or putting guides: She used a training aid to fix her golf grip.

In education and professional development, training aids encompass visual materials, simulators, or practice equipment that supplement instruction.

Opposites
authenticity/simulation

training aidsthe real thing

Authentic original version

live ammunition · live fire · match play · live performance

learning support

training aidstrial by fire

Test through difficult experience

sink or swim · no safety net · learning the hard way

assisted vs. unassisted performance

training aidsnatural ability

Innate capacity for something

raw talent · independent practice · free play

Family

training, aids

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G