Think about the how you would teach someone to ride a bike, or to drive a car. You can’t transfer the knowledge or how it feels to them by words. Telling them things will not do much in terms of helping them to experience it.
“Just counter balance when you feel like you’re falling on one side”
“Step on the gas pedal at 10%”
You cannot transfer knowledge in the way that they do in the Matrix movies.
The primary role of a coach along the similar vein is not to transfer knowledge, but it is to help design a practice environment for the athlete to experience first hand and to embody the movement for the skill you want to develop. You would put them in an environment where they would get exposed to the necessary stimuli and information from the environment as much as possible so that they can attune to it. You also put up safety barriers so that they don’t get injured.
I’m not saying to write off verbal instructions completely, but telling your athletes to turn more or to bend their knees will only do so much. By directing their task focus and telling them to achieve a task goal, allow self exploration will take the athlete much further in terms of developing a long lasting adaptabile skill. Your verbal instructions should help them perceive things differently to help them attune to the information. By prescribing optimal solutions you are also robbing them of the problem solving process which will most likely lead to less adaptible skill. Not to mention, that optimal solution are not universal amongst everyone. People with different sizes ride their bikes differently.