Assignment 6.2.3 – Group Fitness General Knowledge

ASSIGNMENT 6.2.3 – GROUP FITNESS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Complete each of the following questions to a satisfactory level.
Q1. Insert the missing words from the Learner Guide in regards to the benefits / aims of group
exercise and community programs:
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Complete the sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
There are many benefits from training in a group - it’s [social], [fun] and there is lots of [variety], incentive and
[motivation]. Group training helps people train [harder] and more [consistently] than they would training alone.
Q2. List the five (5) stages or phases of group session development?
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5 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
Your answers:
1. Planning
2. Pre-session and introduction
3. Preparation or warm-up phase
4. Conditioning phase
5. Cool down and post class phase
Q3. Name two (2) legislative and regulatory requirements regarding the delivery of group exercise
and community fitness programs.
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2 dot points
or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
Examples: Work Cover, Copyright Duty of care
 Trade practices
Q4. List five (5) organisational policies and procedures that would need to be developed
specifically for group fitness classes.
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5 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
Examples: Pre session screening, client to instructor ratios
 Ventilation, climate control and hygiene measures
 Risk analysis and management of the session
 Measures to prevent overcrowding (limiting numbers attending each session)
 Standards of instructor personal presentation
 Participant clothing and footwear requirements
Q5. List two (2) social and cultural considerations group fitness instructors need to understand and
accommodate to ensure sessions are inclusive:
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.2 – Community Fitness
Example: Language Barriers, modes of greeting
 Body language
 Formality of language and word choice
Q6. List two (2) potentially harmful practices an instructor may find in group fitness classes.
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
Example: Ballistic movements and excessive spinal hyperextension:
 Deep knee bends with excessive load
 Inappropriate lever length
Q7. Give two (2) barriers to group development and performance.
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.3 – Group Facilitation
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Examples: Conflict of Interest or conflict between individuals and group goals
 Personality clashes
 Lack of group cohesion.
Q8. Describe two (2) positive group performance strategies that could overcome barriers.
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.3 – Group Facilitation
Examples: Encourage active participation and engagement of all participants
 Monitoring and reviewing group and individual development
 Being prepared for the need to reduce or eliminate challenges to group unity.
Q9. Give two (2) examples of ways to modify an exercise to make it less intense and more
achievable.
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2 dot points or sentences Group Fitness and Work Experience
Examples: Knees down in pushups, squat instead of jump.
• Light weight lifting
• Cycling.
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Q10. Write a brief description of the following to show your understanding of music mapping:.
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6 sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
What does BPM stand for:
Beats per minutes
Describe the teaching method:
--Add on: Each component is included turn and afterward began "from the top" once more
What a 32 count phase make up?
Quantities of beats or heartbeats that pass by in one "express" of music and is in this manner a 32-
check state. Music is normally isolated into phrases, which can be broken into littler parts called
measures, which regularly comprise of 4 beats of music.
What does “chorus and verse” mean in group fitness:
Development force and style are connected with the power inalienable in the music
How do you describe the teaching method, layering:
A base example is built up and components are changed step by step
One reason you should turn music volume down:
At the time of warm up.
Q11.a Download Fitness Australia’s Guidelines for Pre and Post Natal Exercise and Children’s
Health and Fitness Services Guidelines
Q11.b Write three (3) recommendations or guidelines for each.
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3 dot points or sentences
each section www.fitness.org.au/guidelines
Pre natal:
Pregnant ladies who were formerly practicing may proceed yet ought to be encouraged to
adjust their activity as per general physiological changes related with pregnancy and their
individual circumstance.
Enlisted Exercise Professionals ought to think about the general wellbeing of the customer
consistently. Suitable rest ought to be empowered and joined as a proper segment of
programming.
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It is prescribed that session span is restricted to maintain a strategic distance from
hypoglycaemia and overheating.
Post natal:
(0-3) weeks:
Ought to incorporate strolling, post-natal centre/profound stomach preparing and pelvic floor works
out
(3-8) weeks:
It is suggested that customers hold up until their 6-week postnatal check with their primary care
physician or maternity specialist before starting a gathering exercise program, coming back to the
rec center or to the individual preparing
(8-12) weeks:
After 8-12 weeks they can start gym with light weight machines.
Teens 13- 17yrs:
Screening of grown-ups and volunteers who have contact with kids younger than 18 is required and
enacted across most states and domains in Australia.
Screening and appraisal are prescribed to happen before cooperation in practice exercises for
youngsters and youngsters.
All Registered Exercise Professionals have an obligation of care to forestall hurt which could sensibly
be relied upon to happen over the span of giving counsel or guidance to customers.
Kids 5 – 12yrs:
Kids' physical movement ought to incorporate an assortment of high-impact exercises, including
some enthusiastic force action.
To accomplish extra medical advantages, kids ought to participate in greater action – as long as a few
hours out of every day.
Separate extensive stretches of sitting as frequently as could reasonably be expected.
Q12. Name two (2) training organisations that require a contract and license fee in order to deliver
their programs.
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.1 - Online Research
Example: MOSSA
 Les Mills: BODYPUMP, BODYATTACK, BODYSTEP
 Radical Fitness: Fight Do, FACTor, U Bound
Q13. Music copyright and license fees are governed by APRA/AMCOS (Australian Performing
Recording Artists) and PPCA (Phonographic Performance Company of Australia).
Go to the following links / websites and write a brief summary of what each organisation does as
well as a definition of what “PPCA FREE” is.
 http://apraamcos.com.au – Go to: About Us > What We do
 http://www.ppca.com.au/ppca-about-us/about--us/
 https://fitness.org.au/articles/latest-industry-news/life-after-the-ppca-challenge/45/433/184
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3 short paragraphs Independent Research Websites provided
What do the letters APRA/AMCOS stand for and what do these organisations do?
Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society, both not-
for-profit copyright collectives which jointly represent over 47,000 composers, lyricists and music publishers in
Australia and New Zealand.
What do the letters PPCA stand for and what does this organisation do?
PPCA is a non-benefit association that gives licenses to Australian organizations to play recorded
music out in the open. The net expenses are dispersed to record marks and enlisted Australian
craftsmen who make the accounts so they can keep on making music for every one of us to
appreciate.
What does PPCA FREE mean and how does it differ from music requiring PPCA and APRA licensing?
It is illicit to play ensured sound accounts for business purposes without a permit. PPCA is approved
by partaking record marks to concede these licenses and to gather permit charges. On the off chance
that you don't get a permit from PPCA, you should get a permit from each significant individual
copyright proprietor.
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Q14. Name two (2) steps to do to organise a community fitness program.
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2 dot points or sentences Learner Manual Module 6.2 – Community Fitness
Examples: source venue, understand target group requirements
 Review standards of personal presentation
 Confirm licencing and program provider requirements
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Q15. Name three (3) factors influencing group dynamics:
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3 dot points or sentences Learner Guide Module 6.3 – Group Facilitation
Examples: group numbers, communication methods
 Trust in each other and the facilitator
 Methods of conflict resolution
 Safety and comfort
Q16. Using your search engine, find the answers to the two (2) questions below
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2 x 5 dot points or
sentences
Independent Research
What are the names of “Tuckman’s” five (5) stages (include name and brief description):
The principal phase of group advancement is forming, which is a great deal like direction day at gym
or fitness academy.
In the storming stage, the truth and weight of finishing the job that needs to be done have now hit
everybody. The underlying sentiments of energy and should be obliging have likely worn off.
Storming sometimes overlaps norming. As new assignments emerge, gatherings may even now
encounter a couple of contentions.
In the performing stage, individuals are certain, persuaded and comfortable enough with the task
and their group that they can work without supervision.
In the adjourning stage, Once an undertaking closes, the group disbands. This stage is now and then
known as grieving in light of the fact that individuals have developed close and feel a misfortune
since the experience is finished.
List five (5) different types of leadership styles (e.g. Authoritarian):
 Democratic leadership: It allows lower level employees to participate in the decision
making.
 Transformational Leadership: Under this leader always encourages the team members with the
immediate efforts to direct their work in order to accomplish common goal of the organization.
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 Coach-Style Leadership: Leader provide training or act as a coach to help his/her team members.
 Bureaucratic Leadership: This style of administration may tune in and think about the contribution of
workers - in contrast to absolutist authority - however the pioneer will in general reject a
representative's info on the off chance that it clashes with organization arrangement or past
practices.
 Transactional Leadership: Transactional leadership or transactional management is the part of one
style of leadership that focuses on supervision, organization, or performance; it is an integral part of
the Full Range Leadership Model
Q17. Prepare an introduction and closing script as well as note common WHS risks.
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As per template below Learner Guide Module 6.1 – Group Fitness
Introduction Script (example):
I – (Introduce yourself – give your name and just a little bit about you)
N – (Name your class)
T – (Type of your class with a brief outline of what you will be doing and rest breaks)
R – (Reassure new people and pre-screen for injuries or conditions)
O – (Organise participants into start position, allocate equipment etc.)
Write your sample introduction script here (50 – 100 words):
Cool Down / Closing script (example):
C – (Congratulate participants on their achievements)
L – (Link activities to the benefits of exercise)
O – (Outline the next class or session you will be conducting)
S – (Seek feedback from participants)
E – (Encourage participants to return or to discuss any questions they may have)
Write your sample cooldown/post class script here
Congratulation for successfully accomplish your today’s goal, your hard work is appreciated. The light
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weight lifting exercise will enhance your stamina. Next class for the same exercise will be conducted
day after tomorrow. I am open for your feedback.
Harmful Practices/WHS considerations:
A composed general wellbeing and security strategy exhibits to the board, administrators and labourers
that there is a promise to guaranteeing elevated requirements of wellbeing and security. The strategy
should cover a few, or all, of the accompanying things: Risk appraisals, Conference with
representatives, etc.
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