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PT Manager's Coaching Map Saves Which Coach Worked, So Next Session Isn't A Guess
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: Today's first post gave the four-step method for working out which muscles an exercise trains, run on a medicine ball throw. Today's second post named six coaching styles a trainer can switch between, client by client and session by session. PT Manager's Coaching Map is a per-client canvas, switched on from the client record, where a trainer notes which style landed, alongside the goals, movements and milestones that make up that client's picture, so the next session starts from what's known rather than what's half-remembered.
Two posts, one client's record
Today's first post ran the four-step method on a medicine ball throw and named the exact muscles, the abs and lats snapping the trunk down, a trainer needs to watch. Today's second post named six coaching styles and made the case that the right one changes client by client, and session by session. Both are real skills. Neither one, on its own, tells a trainer what happened the last time they trained Sarah.
Where the two things get written down
PT Manager's Coaching Map is a per-client space, switched on from the client record alongside Programmes and Nutrition, built for exactly this. A note that the Sports Coach Style got a personal best out of someone on a Monday. A note that the Mentor Style is what Friday needs. A note that the cue that finally stopped a client's lower back rounding on a medicine ball throw was "chest tall before you throw," not the one that's in the textbook. Goals, movements and milestones sit on the same canvas, so the coaching decision lives next to the reason it was made.
Why written beats remembered
A trainer holding this in their head is fine for one client. It stops being fine somewhere around client fifteen, when Monday's Sports Coach Style and Tuesday's Zen Master start blurring into whichever one got used last. A note on the Coaching Map stays exactly as accurate as the session it was written after, so the only thing that changes on purpose is what a trainer decides to try next.
What to do next
PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with any FASTER course, and adding real clients and their Coaching Map unlocks the day you pass one. Movement Trainer (AFT), £375, is today's second post in full, teaching the six coaching styles this map is built to hold notes on. Read more at PT Manager.
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See what the course covers →Frequently asked
Do I have to fill the Coaching Map in during the session?
No, it's built for adding a note afterwards, a style that landed, a cue that clicked, so the next session starts from it rather than from memory.
Is the Coaching Map only for PT Manager's paid tier?
PT Manager itself opens the moment you sign up with any FASTER course, and adding real clients and their rooms unlocks the day you pass one.
How does this connect to today's earlier two posts?
The medicine ball throw post named a movement to watch closely, the coaching styles post named a voice to deliver the cue in, and the Coaching Map is where a trainer writes down which combination worked for that specific client.
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