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A signal to participants to take note of body alignment and technique.  

A transitional cue that provides detailed movement cues specific to the lower body, usually expressed as left or right.  

Equipment used in water exercise to maintain neutral buoyancy or assist with maintaining proper alignment.  

Decreasing the angle at a joint or moving out of anatomical position. Bending of a joint between two bones that decreases the angle between the two bones. The movement of a body joint such that the angle about the center of rotation or fulcrum decreases: extension. Bending of a joint (e.g., the elbow) that causes…

A flat bone is thin and generally flat, as the term implies. Examples are the cranial bones and the scapula.  

The largest branch of the lumbar plexus and originates from the ventral divisions of the second, third, and fourth lumbar nerves. A major peripheral nerve originating in the lumbosacral plexus. A nerve which governs the muscle at the front of the thigh. Main nerve of the anterior (front) part of the thigh, receiving sensory impulses…

Cues used to maintain an open line of communication between the instructor or trainer and the exercise participant.