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8. Elements Of Leading Group Fitness Classes Flashcards

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1
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What are the three ways that people learn?

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Verbal, visual, kinesthetic

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How can you communicate with a verbal learner?

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They need to hear specific cues. Use descriptive and concise instructions, be anticipatory, use body parts, direction, and other descriptions

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How do you communicate with visual learners?

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They need to see specific cues. Indicate muscle being used, demonstrate direction, stop, start hold, direction

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Watch me cue

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Two fingers pointing to eyes

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Hold/ stay cue

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Stop sign hand

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From the top cue

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Pat top of head

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Forward or backward cue

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Motion pointing forward or thumb back

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Direction Cue

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Number fingers pointing the direction of step

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Single/double cue

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One or two fingers raised

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Lead leg cue

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Pat top of thigh

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Stay in place cue

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Both arms pointed down with thumbs and little fingers stretched

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Shift to face this direction cue

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90° elbow’s, open palms facing indicated direction

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13
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March in place cue

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Hands walking in front of body with palms down

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Hold cue

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Fist raised with thumb facing class

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Or cue

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Thumb and fingers form “O”

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Breathe through nose Cue

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Point to nose

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Encouragement Cue

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Thumb up

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What choices does instructor have in her position in front of the class?

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Teach with a mirror observing students in the reflection or teach standing facing the participants

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What are the advantages to teaching while facing the class?

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Better Eye contact, better view of the instructors body

However Participants may have difficulty in mirroring the instructor

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How can the instructor help the participants perform better as they mirror the instructor?

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Cuing the opposite direction to match the class

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How can an instructor communicate with kinesthetic learners?

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Help them feel specific cues. Incorporate cues that create an experience and a sensation e.g. sense, imagine, pretend, and feel

They may also find value in being provided with a subtle touch that helps and better experience the movement

22
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How can an instructor ask for permission to provide cues and feedback through hands on assistance?

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Ask permission from the whole group at the beginning of the class and explain the benefit

23
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What are the components of an effective cue?

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Concise, condensed, specific information, gestures

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What are the types of cues?

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Breathing, rhythm, anatomical, numerical, directional, safety, motivational, alignment, spatial, humour

25
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What are the different types of teaching?

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Command, practice, self check

26
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Describe the Command style of teaching?

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The instructor makes all the decisions about posture rhythm and duration; the participants imitate the instructor

Creates an effect of uniformity but it must be made to achieve inclusivity

27
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What are the components of the practice style of teaching?

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It provides opportunities for individualization and one on one feedback; participants work on the same task but they choose their own intensity level e.g. high intensity interval training; the instructor walks around and interacts with individuals

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What are the components of the self check style of teaching?

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Provide their own feedback; this can be used in equipment based classes were participants work to a rating of perceived exertion

29
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What are the domains of learning?

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Cognitive, affective, psychomotor

30
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What is learning?

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Internal change in an individual that comes about from a relatively permanent improvement in performance as a result of practice

31
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What is the difference between performing and teaching?

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In performing, participants mimic the instructor; in teaching, the participants gain important knowledge that they can apply themselves towards improving their fitness

32
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What is the cognitive domain of learning?

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It describes the brains ability to gather and retain information and knowledge eg. ability to count out movements, remember patterns of choreography

33
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What is the affective domain of learning?

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It describes emotional behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes. Individuals can develop a positive attitude about physical fitness and demonstrate aspirations for growth in these areas

34
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What is the psycho motor domain?

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Refers to those activities requiring movements E.g. Learning new motor skills, alignment, physical abilities, fundamental movements

35
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Why do instructors teach?

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To bring about an independent change in behaviour or thought

36
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In what ways does an instructor try to empower participants?

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Teach in such a way that participants independently able to execute moves with confidence and proper form; encourage people to take responsibility for their own form and body mechanics; develop ways to increase participants kinesthetic awareness eg. Body alignment and movements

37
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What is the purpose of empowering participants to understand their body?

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They can apply their learnings to daily life having an increased physical awareness and everything that they do

38
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How might an instructor help a person to better understand their stability?

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Use a ground up approach. Bringing attention to the position of the feet move up the body of the metaphor of building a house with a firm foundation

39
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Through which stages of learning does a participant progress in learning motor skills?

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Cognitive, associative, autonomous

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What does a person experience in the cognitive stage of learning?

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They are adjusting to the new movements and may make errors and have incorrect alignment, there will be some struggle and lack of coordination

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What does a person experience in the associative stage of learning?

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They make improvements in the fundamental components of the skill, their concentration improves

42
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What does a person experience in the autonomous stage of learning?

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They demonstrate excellent knowledge of the skill, and begin to perform it automatically or habitually
They perform it on their own and they can detect their own errors

43
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How can an instructor be aware of all participants in class?

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Experienced participants are usually in the front, average participants in the middle, and newer in the back

Have an ear for the front row, an eye for the middle row, and a heart for the back row.

44
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What is an effective way for an instructor to give feedback?

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First, give some positive feedback; second, mention the correction and highlight performance standard; third, go on to add an additional positive comment

45
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Which teaching strategies can an instructor use to appropriately break down and build up movement patterns?

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Slow to fast/half time, repetition – reduction, part-to-whole/add – in, simple to complex/layering

46
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How does an instructor use slow to fast or half time strategies?

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Perform a move at a slower speed, use the half time of the music, keep in mind it may reduce exercise intensity

47
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What does the repetition reduction strategy involve?

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Reducing the number of repetitions that make up a movement sequence eg. 8 grapevines down to 4

48
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What is involved in the part to whole teaching strategy?

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Teaching the isolated components of a segment individually and then piecing them together, breakdown the movements into the simplest form

49
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What is involved in the simple to complex layering teaching strategy?

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A sequence is taught all together but each component of the sequence begins at the simplest and complexity is added

Variation can be added in direction rhythm and lever length

50
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How might layering choreography work?

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Start with the base movement; add arms, add direction, change the legs, change the arms

51
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What are the advantages to using repeating patterns in choreography?

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The human mind instinctively creates patterns which allow the mind to relax and easily anticipate what will happen next, the repetition allows participants to commit to the movement and to maintain a steady state work out

52
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What is an effective way to create progressions and regressions of movements?

A 
DRILLS
Direction
Rhythm, range of motion, resistance, repetitions
Intensity, impact
Lever length
Stability

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