CrossFit South Brooklyn Group Class Coaching Expectations

Timeliness

• Coaches should be available and ready five to 10 minutes before classes start.
• Coaches should start and end classes on time.
• Coaches should use clear time stamps to manage class objectives.
  
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Communication 

• Brief every class on workout and scaling options at whiteboard before each segment. Here is an opportunity to focus on one to three points of performance.
• Connects individually with every athlete at least once, if not twice, each class.
• Projects confidence and interest, and engages both the entire class and individuals.
• Loud and clear communication, considering vocal projection and orientation relative to audience.
• Facilitates inclusive and friendly interaction with the entire class, and between individuals.
  
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Coaching 

• Provides clear and effective progressions during coach-led segments.
• Controls tempo and positions of everyone during coach-led reviews.
• Ability to micromanage troubled movers without slowing the rest of the class down, and provides concise solutions for individuals who need it.
• Confidence to stop and scale improper and unsafe movement, even at the expense of performance results.
• Encourages individuals to scale up when you think it's appropriate.
• Prioritized and methodical cueing, during warm-ups, lifting, and metcons.
  
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Presentation

• Clean and groomed.
• Wearing workout clothing.
• Not eating while teaching.
• Never on phone unless emergency situation.

Tandem Coaching Guidelines

• Discuss work distribution before class starts, trying to keep overall workload even.
• While one coach is leading flow, the second coach should be organizing logistics for the following segment or working with troubled movers.
• Evenly distribute athletes between coaches.
• If a class goes over, one coach should finish out that class while the other coach begins the next class.
  
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Large Class Logistics

• When there are 16 or more athletes, double them up on led barbell reviews.
• Effectively pair people up, using the appropriate method. 
• Communicate with other coaches using the space during any given class, so that everyone's space and equipment needs are accomodated in the most effective way.
• Abbreviate scaling options in the interest of streamlining the process of pairing partners.
• Evenly divide clusters of athletes into zones, which each coach will be responsible for
  
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