Nine Foundational Movements Summary

Effective coaching can be measured as a trainer’s capacity in six areas: teaching, seeing, correcting, group management, presence and attitude, and demonstration. This section helps participants learn the fundamentals of the first three: teaching, seeing, and correcting the nine foundational movements of the Level 1 Certificate Course.

The nine foundational movements of the Level 1 Course are: • The Air Squat • The Front Squat • The Overhead Squat • The Shoulder Press • The Push Press • The Push Jerk • The Deadlift • The Sumo Deadlift High Pull • The Medicine-Ball Clean

Teaching requires knowing the necessary points of performance for proper execution, including set-up and finish positions. Seeing builds on this knowledge by requiring the trainer to assess these points of performance (and deviation from them) in real time. Correcting is the ability to improve a client’s mechanics to better adhere to the points of performance.

Each movement has at least two sections: 1) Points of Performance; and 2) Common Faults and Corrections. Where applicable, some movements also have a third section: 3) Teaching Progression. These progressions break complex movements down into simple steps that focus on developing the primary points of performance in the full movement.

This section is not meant to serve as an exhaustive resource of all the knowledge, teaching progressions, or possible corrections when coaching movements. Rather, it is a sufficient introductory guide to support the development of new trainers.

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