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Hi ,

I bet it is hard!! Your explanation would make more sense if I understood the term musical phrases better. I have an idea what that means but it was a long time ago that I took any kind of music classes. I can see getting the natural rhythm after a while, if you have any sense of rhythm that is! I suppose if you know the routine inside and out your muscle memory takes over and you can do the counting, but how do you talk and count? I'm sure you can see I'd be a disaster at cueing! :-) That doesn't stop me from criticizing lousy cueing though (and I normally don't criticize people doing something I cannot even consider trying but this is different because I'm supposed to be able to follow them). How did you learn to cue? As part of your Turbo Kick certification? Or did you come to it fairly naturally? I would love to see examples of exemplary cueing too so when you do see some please report it. Thanks for educating me, , I've been curious about this for a long time!!

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Hi ! Learning to cue properly is the hardest thing to learn as a new instructor because you have to call the move before it happens. There is a natural rhythm to this once you get the hang of it. Aerobics it taught in terms of musical phrases, or 4 sets of 8. You call moves within one 8 count, the one before the move change. You count in your head, "one, two, three, four, right uppercut"I hope this makes sense! Next time I hear exemplary cueing in a video I will make note of it.32 counts,

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it is amazing what happens to your body once you've started teaching regularly after a few months!   I swear you grow a second pair of lungs, because indeed you talk through the workout.  It is NOT easy in the beginning, and neither is cueing.  These two things are harder to grasp even than memorizing an hour's worth of choreography.

They do show you how to cue at instructor trainings/certs, but really the only way to get it is by practice, practice, practice!  After awhile it really does become second nature. Kind of like driving a car.  At first you consciously think about shifting gears and what to shift to but after awhile you just do it automatically.

You have every right to criticize cueing - it's what can make or break an otherwise great class!  Rob Glick is very good at cueing (even though he bugs me) and I will try and note who else is good.

Cheers!On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM, <nancydewolf@...> wrote:

 

Hi ,

 

I bet it is hard!! Your explanation would make more sense if I understood the term musical phrases better. I have an idea what that means but it was a long time ago that I took any kind of music classes. I can see getting the natural rhythm after a while, if you have any sense of rhythm that is! I suppose if you know the routine inside and out your muscle memory takes over and you can do the counting, but how do you talk and count? I'm sure you can see I'd be a disaster at cueing! :-) That doesn't stop me from criticizing lousy cueing though (and I normally don't criticize people doing something I cannot even consider trying but this is different because I'm supposed to be able to follow them). How did you learn to cue? As part of your Turbo Kick certification? Or did you come to it fairly naturally? I would love to see examples of exemplary cueing too so when you do see some please report it. Thanks for educating me, , I've been curious about this for a long time!!

 

 

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Hi !  Learning to cue properly is the hardest thing to learn as a new instructor because you have to call the move before it happens.  There is a natural rhythm to this once you get the hang of it. Aerobics it taught in terms of musical phrases, or 4 sets of 8.  You call moves within one 8 count, the one before the move change.  You count in your head, " one, two, three, four, right uppercut " I hope this makes sense!  Next time I hear exemplary cueing in a video I will make note of it.32 counts,

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Very, very interesting stuff, ! Thank you!!

I haven't done any Rob Glick, except a little bit from the video that came with my slanted risers. His choreography is too complex for me and if I recall, he bugged me too! :-)

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Hi ! Learning to cue properly is the hardest thing to learn as a new instructor because you have to call the move before it happens. There is a natural rhythm to this once you get the hang of it. Aerobics it taught in terms of musical phrases, or 4 sets of 8. You call moves within one 8 count, the one before the move change. You count in your head, "one, two, three, four, right uppercut"I hope this makes sense! Next time I hear exemplary cueing in a video I will make note of it.32 counts,

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Thank you tons for this explanation, Tonya, it is great! And you have just quadrupled and more my respect for fitness instructors. OH WOW that sounds so incredibly mind-blowingly tough. You have overcome a lot to learn to do it too!

Thanks again!

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Hi ! Learning to cue properly is the hardest thing to learn as a new instructor because you have to call the move before it happens. There is a natural rhythm to this once you get the hang of it. Aerobics it taught in terms of musical phrases, or 4 sets of 8. You call moves within one 8 count, the one before the move change. You count in your head, "one, two, three, four, right uppercut"I hope this makes sense! Next time I hear exemplary cueing in a video I will make note of it.32 counts,

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