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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.
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,Cues - Answer: Direction to help an athlete execute perfect mechanics.
Good Cue - Answer: Any cue that results in improved movement mechanics
Cues do not - Answer: Perfectly describe the mechanics of the movement
Cues should be - Answer: Short
Specific
Actionable
Actionable cue - Answer: Gives a single task for the athlete to complete
Fault Identification - Bad Cue - Answer: Pointing out the fault, does not tell the
athlete how to fix it
Cue language - Answer: Simple and easily understood by anyone
Three step cue proccess - Answer: Identify the fault
Identify what is out of place
Give direction to that body part
If athletes movement does not improve - Answer: Use multiple cues until the fault
is resolved
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, Corrective strategies - Answer: Verbal
Visual
Tactile
Verbal Cues - Answer: Tell an athlete a specific instruction
Visual Cues - Answer: Create contrasting images between current and desired
positioning
Tactile Cues - Answer: Use physical targets to achieve proper mechanics
Triaging faults - Answer: Assigning urgency to the multiple faults present in order
of most to least important
Order for triaging - Answer: Highest risk for injury first then severity of deviation
from ideal
After delivering a cue - Answer: Stay with athlete for at least another rep to assess
result
Cue feedback - Answer: Let the athlete know if movement was same, better or
worse
If cue is unsuccessful - Answer: Find a new cue, do not repeat unsuccessful cues
with the same athlete
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