CROSSFIT LEVEL 2 54 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COACHING
METHODOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL FITNESS
PRINCIPLES
◉ Teaching.
Answer: Effectively articulate and instruct the mechanics of each
movement, focus on major points of performance before more subtle
and nuanced ones, change instruction based on the athletes needs
and capacity and teach athletes how to improve poor positions and
movement patterns.
◉ Knowledge in fitness related areas.
Answer: Ability to accurately convey as much knowledge as possible
to others.
◉ Effective Communication.
Answer: Be able to change communication style to meet the capacity
of the student and change strategies until the athlete succeeds.
◉ Assess the effectiveness of teaching and communication.
Answer: Determining whether an athlete meets performance
expectations.
,◉ Teaching as much as neccessary.
Answer: Reduce and simplify body of knowledge to one or two most
critical points.
◉ Seeing.
Answer: Ability to discern good from poor movement mechanics and
identify both gross and subtle faults with athletes in motion and
static.
◉ Static Faults.
Answer: When the athlete is not moving, even briefly. In the starting,
receiving and finishing positions.
◉ Dynamic Faults.
Answer: When the athlete is moving between static positions.
◉ Most useful dynamic view.
Answer: A profile view offset by 45 degrees
◉ Difficulty seeing dynamic faults increases when.
Answer: Athlete moves quickly and faults become subtler
, ◉ Methods to develop ability to see faults.
Answer: Study film
Survey athletes for only one fault at a time
◉ Correcting.
Answer: Ability to facilitate better mechanics for an athlete using
visual, verbal or tactile cues. Ability to triage faults. Understanding
of how multiple faults are related.
◉ Correcting mechanics results in.
Answer: Increased performance gains and decreased risk of injury.
◉ Abilities for correcting.
Answer: Use successful cues
Know multiple corrections for each fault
Triage faulty movement
Balance critique with praise.
◉ Cues.
Answer: Direction to help an athlete execute perfect mechanics.
◉ Good Cue.
STUDY GUIDE 2026 COACHING
METHODOLOGY AND FUNCTIONAL FITNESS
PRINCIPLES
◉ Teaching.
Answer: Effectively articulate and instruct the mechanics of each
movement, focus on major points of performance before more subtle
and nuanced ones, change instruction based on the athletes needs
and capacity and teach athletes how to improve poor positions and
movement patterns.
◉ Knowledge in fitness related areas.
Answer: Ability to accurately convey as much knowledge as possible
to others.
◉ Effective Communication.
Answer: Be able to change communication style to meet the capacity
of the student and change strategies until the athlete succeeds.
◉ Assess the effectiveness of teaching and communication.
Answer: Determining whether an athlete meets performance
expectations.
,◉ Teaching as much as neccessary.
Answer: Reduce and simplify body of knowledge to one or two most
critical points.
◉ Seeing.
Answer: Ability to discern good from poor movement mechanics and
identify both gross and subtle faults with athletes in motion and
static.
◉ Static Faults.
Answer: When the athlete is not moving, even briefly. In the starting,
receiving and finishing positions.
◉ Dynamic Faults.
Answer: When the athlete is moving between static positions.
◉ Most useful dynamic view.
Answer: A profile view offset by 45 degrees
◉ Difficulty seeing dynamic faults increases when.
Answer: Athlete moves quickly and faults become subtler
, ◉ Methods to develop ability to see faults.
Answer: Study film
Survey athletes for only one fault at a time
◉ Correcting.
Answer: Ability to facilitate better mechanics for an athlete using
visual, verbal or tactile cues. Ability to triage faults. Understanding
of how multiple faults are related.
◉ Correcting mechanics results in.
Answer: Increased performance gains and decreased risk of injury.
◉ Abilities for correcting.
Answer: Use successful cues
Know multiple corrections for each fault
Triage faulty movement
Balance critique with praise.
◉ Cues.
Answer: Direction to help an athlete execute perfect mechanics.
◉ Good Cue.
