Group ex instructors

[Sissy1983]

How long did it take to get the art of teaching step and breaking routines down ect? Just looking for some insight.

 

[Stebby]

I was teaching step in the early 90's and had about 7 years' experience teaching floor aerobics at that point. As I recall, it took me about 6 months to get pretty good at breaking down and cueing my routines when I first started teaching floor aerobics (that was with teaching 10-12 classes per week and doing a lot of practice at home). When I started teaching step I'd say it only took a month or so to get to a good skill level because the basic teaching skills are the same, just the moves and the names of the moves are different, and I had to learn how to give a few beats' more warning for move changes on the step.

Stebby

 

[NRG Woman]

I would say Stebby is right. Whenever I start teaching a new format it takes me about 6 months to get comfortable with it. Like Stebby said that is with a strong teaching background. If this is your first format it will take longer to master all of the skills needed to teach a class.