Episode 013 How To Ace Your Fitness Course Practical Assessment
Here’s what we talked about on today’s FitPro Sessions Podcast
In today’s FitPro Session podcast episode, Neale and I explore the Level 2 and Level 3 Fitness Course Practical Assessment and give you clear tips and advice so you can ace it first time.
Below the video, you can grab the show notes and timestamps for the podcast episode as well as 11 tips to ace your fitness course practical assessment.
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https://parallelcoaching.co.uk/episode013-fitness-course-practical-assessment
1:00 What makes a great assessment day for you as the assessor?
2:00 Understanding the assessment paperwork – there is no guessing
2:40 What’s the difference between Summative and Formative assessments?
3:40 Looking at the summative checklist (see image below)
4:30 Using the IDEA principle to add structure to your instructing
5:00 Applying this to a video submission practical assessment
5:30 Being planned allows you to relax and have enough time
6:40 “Repetition is the mother of all skill”
7:00 Using the paperwork to plan in advance
8:40 What is meant by Safe and Effective
10:35 “It’s not a memory test”
11:00 Warm yourself up
12:30 Doing a reccy of the gym
14:00 Plan the first 4 mins and practice it a lot to reduce anxiety 🙂
14:45 Why your assessment day is kinda like surfing
15:30 Avoid the teapot pose
17:16 Have a map of the gym
20:50 The most important question … “How Do You feel?”
22:40 What to do on the rest period in between exercises
25:20 Keep the advice to 1-2 pieces of info at a time to reduce overwhelm
27:07 Use the client’s name
28:00 Go into the assessment to enjoy it 🙂
28:55 Ask before you touch the client
29:40 Using External cues
31:30 Summarise and review each exercise or training system
33:20 Take a pen and paper in with you
33:45 Should I count reps for my client?
38:30 The benefit of the criteria being standardized
39:00 A typical fitness course practical assessment day
42:40 Feedback from your assessor doesn’t mean you’ve failed
44:10 Leave us a review on iTunes
45:00 The start of today’s Revision Power Hour
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