As coaches we are always striving to give our clients what they NEED in a program, from the muscle releases and mobility work they need to improve their movement, to the training style and exercises best suited to them to help them make positive progress. We’ve talked a lot about… Movement screens & assessments – …
In our last post we talked Programming 101 – incorporating the 7 primal movement patterns and all 3 planes of motion into your sessions (if you missed it scroll down and check it out). When facilitating an FTI course I always ask the team to list the 7 movement patterns as established by Paul Chek, …
We are all PT’s who promote and practice, or are at least educated in some form of ‘Functional Fitness’, but when it comes to program design and coaching our clients what does it take to ensure we are living by the philosophies of “Functional Training”? To me, the concept of functional training means we’re training …
Demonstrating movement – something we do every day! But everyone listens, understands and learns differently, so how do we ensure we can be efficient and effective in teaching or tweaking a movement? As coaches, it’s safe to say we usually have an in-depth understanding of the exercises we demonstrate and coach our clients in… As …
Last week we explored what key elements make an effective cue when coaching, and this week we will dive further into the types of cues and which will help us achieve understanding, congruency and retention with clients. I’ll kick this off with a somewhat left-field story.. My first ever course day as a participate with …
Last week’s wisdom was NOT to be missed, so if you didn’t catch the post on how to communicate with clients scroll down and check it out now, because it’s VITAL to consider the language we use if we want to be great coaches! Sticking with the theme of communication, in this week’s post we …
Following last week’s post on Assessments (if you missed it scroll down and check it out), it’s paramount to consider how we communicate with clients – from how we share assessment results with them, to how we cue their movement, to how we motivate them. So for the next few posts we’ll be focusing on …
Wednesday Wisdom is back, and I’m pumped to be taking the lead on these weekly posts for a while! If you haven’t seen me around… I’m Kim, Master Presenter for FTI, based in Melbourne. This week’s post is all about client assessments – WHO you’re assessing, WHAT you’re assessing and WHEN you’re assessing. As …
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