CrossFit Level 2 Questions and Answers (Graded A)

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