Since obtaining my Level 1 Certification for CrossFit in early August, I've been "interning" at my box, CrossFit Cleveland. For the first several weeks, I felt really apprehensive about coaching. Not so much because I felt I didn't know what I was doing, but because I wasn't sure what the expectations were. That's not to say that when I was asked to start hanging around, it wasn't made clear that I would start interning and slowly working with people, but I wasn't really sure what "slowly working with people" meant. I had a realization. As a coach or trainer, it is partially my responsibility to define what "slowly working with people" is to mean. I as a coach or trainer have to be comfortable with the cues and direction I am issuing. I won't say I haven't had an awkward moment or two, or potentially issued a cue that didn't correct the fault I was looking to correct, but, that too is a learning experience. Previo
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