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Exercise Leadership

Exercise Leadership. Good Exercise Leader qualities: Strong teacher skills Strong knowledge of your area Ability to adjust leadership style to meet the objectives of many different exercise settings Effective communicator Organize activities to maximize participation and safety

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Exercise Leadership

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  1. Exercise Leadership • Good Exercise Leader qualities: • Strong teacher skills • Strong knowledge of your area • Ability to adjust leadership style to meet the objectives of many different exercise settings • Effective communicator • Organize activities to maximize participation and safety • Recognize behaviors and provide individual feedback • Create a positive environment!!

  2. Showing Interest in Participants • Create a positive environment • Warm setting • Clients should feel welcome and respected • Interesting • Clients learn helpful facts to improve quality of life • Atmosphere provides opportunities for everyone to participate successfully • Effective • Clients engage in activities that move them closer to their goals (“Performing positive actions!) • Be Genuine! (“Mean what you say!”) • “How are you today?” • Read negative body language in your participants

  3. ReinforcementPerformance Feedback • General feedback (Be Positive!) • Addresses emotional needs • Given to individuals and groups • Conveys recognition of effort • “Good Job!” “Nice work!” • Provides pleasant and positive atmosphere • “Smile!” “Be Happy!” • Encourages continued effort • “Try one more rep!” “You can do it!” • Reminds participants of general info • “Go at your own pace!” “Warm-up slowly!”

  4. ReinforcementPerformance Feedback • Specific feedback • Addresses technique and cognitive needs • Given to individuals and groups • Suggestions on how to improve action • “Shorten your stride!” “Relax your shoulders!” • Avoid negative statements • “Keep your chin up!” instead of “Don’t arch!” • Based on individual client actions • Focuses on one aspect! Short and concise! • Provided immediately!

  5. ReinforcementPerformance Feedback • Fitness evaluations • Avoid comparing to others! • Emphasize the benefits of improving • Work-out records/logs • Good methods to monitor individual habits • Encourage daily recording to monitor progress • Rewards or incentives!

  6. Enthusiasm • Set the example yourself (Role model) • “BE POSITIVE!” • Utilize paralanguage • Voice quality • Tempo and pitch convey more than the words! • Everyone demonstrates! • Body language • Eye contact, posture, gestures • Be proud! Be concise! Believe in yourself! • Don’t be obnoxious! • Proxemics • Spatial relationships • Don’t invade personal space (Avoid intimidation!) • Research suggests 4 to 12 feet distance

  7. Understanding Reasons forJoining Exercise Programs • Explain the positive benefits to personal health and fitness. • “Increased quality of life” • Exercise is a positive recreational activity! • Improve body image! Improve self-esteem! • Provide social reinforcement! • Involve family and friends! • Positive social environment!

  8. Reasons for Program Adherence • Address convenience to the participant • Be aware of scheduling! Make it feasible! • Set achievable goals! • If goals are unreachable, it’s disheartening! • Be realistic and have clients be realistic! • Support • Constant support and approval of their participation and effort! • Recognition • Express a genuine feeling of accomplishment! • Congrats! You’re doing great! Keep it up!

  9. Reasons for Non-Compliance • Goals are unachievable! • Don’t encourage failure! • Injury (Excessive soreness & fatigue!) • Monitor activities, limit risky actions! • Boredom • Prevent staleness through creative programming and scheduling of activities! • Lack of attention • WAKE UP! Exercise leaders must be vibrant! • Fitness is a low priority! Explain benefits!

  10. Teaching Techniques • Direct or command style • Clients are told exactly what to do, when, and how! Little opportunity to make decisions regarding their behavior! • Very effective in large groups! • Indirect • Provides clients to explore and make decisions for themselves! • HFI role is to provide a range of experiences to choose from! • HFI does not just observe! • Good to use a flexible continuum!

  11. Personal Contact • Don’t invade personal space! • Be aware of other’s sense of space! • Keep distance about 4 to 12 feet! • Minimize physical touching unless part of instructional method! • Assisting in teaching technique, etc.

  12. Provide Motivation • Provide Creative Incentives! • T-shirts, parties, free prizes, etc. • Goal setting • Realistic and clearly explained! • Reinforce with incentives! • FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! FUN! • Games and friendly competitions! • Be careful! Watch for internal conflicts! • Basketball leagues, non-competitive activities!

  13. Important Considerations • Variety is the spice of life! • Cross-training, activity choices, etc. • Continual encouragement • Tough chore on bad days for you! • Gotta be up! Rarely let yourself be down! • Realistic yet challenging progression • Overload principle • Listening skills • Good sounding board! Don’t lecture or preach! • Class organization • Table 24.2

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