NASM GPT - Chapter 5 Flashcards

Coaching Terminology and Styles

• Filler: Words signaling the speaker is transitioning thoughts without finishing.
• Informational Cues: Enhance participant knowledge; examples like explaining the purpose of specific exercises.
• Motivational Cues: Encourage persistence; examples include positive reinforcement related to goal achievement.

Coaching Styles

• Coaching: Instruction and guidance during exercise sessions.
• Authoritarian Coaching: One-way communication style with directives from the coach only.
• Democratic Cooperative Coaching: Involves participant input and responsiveness during sessions.
• Democratic Advisory Coaching: Empowers participants to make decisions within the session structure.

Key Psychological Concepts

• Self Efficacy: Confidence in one’s ability to complete tasks successfully.
• Cue: Verbal prompts that stimulate an action from participants.

Rapport Building

• Rapport by Chance: Founded on common associations between individuals.
• Rapport by Design: Established through strategies like open-ended questions and active listening.

Communication Styles

• COACH Analysis: Framework for effective communication involving collecting data, asking open-ended questions, affirming thoughts, concentrating, and providing help.
• Collaborative Communication Style: Emphasizes listening to clients and understanding their challenges through non-judgmental inquiry.
• Educating/Informing Style: Provides information without bias, offering varying perspectives for credibility.
• Directing Style: Focuses on instruction and corrective feedback for exercises.

Cueing Techniques

• Cueing and Coaching Layers: "Tell, Show, Do" approach for effective guidance during exercises.
• Cue Layers: Stance: Initial positioning cues to ensure proper technique; delivered in short, concise phrases.
• Cue Layers: Movement: Instructional cues that detail how to perform movements; emphasizes the order of actions and body part positions.
• Cue Layers: Motivation: Encouraging cues that utilize tone and motivational techniques to support participants.

Body Language and Engagement

• Eye Contact: Essential for making participants feel valued; focus should be distributed among group members to maintain engagement.

Test your knowledge on key terms from NASM Chapter 5 with these flashcards. Each card provides definitions for important concepts like 'Filler' and 'informational cues'. Perfect for preparing for your NASM certification or enhancing your understanding of exercise science.