BECOME THE COACH PEOPLE COME TO WHEN THE EASY ANSWERS STOP WORKING.
Build the assessment, movement and coaching skills to solve more problems, serve clients longer, and create greater value inside your business.For coaches, trainers and gym owners.
YOUR CLIENTS WILL EVENTUALLY NEED MORE THAN A WORKOUT.
Clients change.They get older. They get injured. Their mobility changes. Old problems resurface. They plateau. They return from rehabilitation. Sometimes the training that once worked simply stops being the right answer.And increasingly, they look to their coach to understand what comes next.When the only answer is to train harder—or send them somewhere else—you lose the opportunity to continue helping them.The more you can see, the more intelligently you can coach.
Berlin. Germany. October 2015
ASSESSMENT BEFORE PRESCRIPTION.
For more than twenty-five years, our work has been built around a simple principle:Before deciding what someone should do, learn to understand what you're seeing.The Balance Method brings together decades of experience in movement, biomechanics, mobility, rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, and human performance.It teaches coaches to observe more carefully, ask better questions and make better decisions about what comes next.Not another collection of exercises.A better way to decide which exercise belongs in front of which person—and why.
Hong Kong. December 2014
ONE BODY. DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH.
PREHAB & MOBILITYLearn to recognize restrictions, compensations and movement limitations—and develop strategies that improve the way clients move before those limitations become larger problems.REHAB & RESTORATIONDevelop a deeper understanding of restoring movement and helping people progress from limitation toward greater capacity and training.RUNNING MECHANICS & PERFORMANCELearn to observe running as a movement skill, identify mechanical inefficiencies and coach better movement rather than simply prescribing more conditioning.
OBSERVE → ASSESS → DECIDE → COACH
London. England. April 2015
BETTER COACHING CREATES MORE VALUE.
Increasing your capability doesn't just change what you know.It can change what you're able to offer.A coach with deeper assessment and movement skills may be better positioned to retain clients as their needs change and develop services beyond conventional personal training.That can include:Movement assessments · Specialized mobility sessions · Small-group services · Return-to-training support · Running clinics · Workshops · Higher-value individualized coachingFor gym owners, expanding the capabilities of your coaches can create new ways to serve your existing community—without simply trying to sell more memberships.MORE CAPABILITY. MORE VALUE. MORE OPPORTUNITY.
FROM A GYM OWNER“I came away with a far better understanding of how to apply the principles to my members and myself. I have already scheduled a workshop to start helping our growing community.”Dave
Head Coach, Iron Gate CrossFit · South Africa · 2015
BUILT THROUGH PRACTICE. REFINED THROUGH TEACHING.
The Balance Method wasn't created as a certification and then taken into the gym.It happened the other way around.It grew from decades spent working with real people—observing movement, solving problems, testing ideas, changing approaches and teaching other professionals.Some of those lessons came from high-performance environments.Others came from helping ordinary people regain movements they thought they had lost.The method grew from the work.
FROM A COACH“Paul is a great teacher, mover and coach. His approach to the course is full of passion, enthusiasm and great knowledge. The weekend was one of the most inspiring I have experienced for a long time.”Dan Kuwel · France · 2015
Sao Paolo, Brazil. December 2013
EXPERIENCE CHANGES WHAT YOU NOTICE.
Early in a coaching career, it's easy to focus primarily on exercises.Over time, you begin noticing relationships.How the foot influences the knee.How the hip changes what happens elsewhere.How breathing, tension, mobility and previous injury alter movement.How two people performing the same exercise may actually be solving completely different problems.Eventually, coaching becomes less about knowing more exercises.It becomes about seeing more.
Stokholm. Sweden. September 2015
FROM THE SEMINAR FLOOR“After watching our videos and pointing out exactly what needed to be fixed, the group was revved up and ready to go.”“Even though it had only technically been a day and a half, EVERYONE was moving better, moving faster, and moving efficiently.”Victoria Parker · Toronto · 2018
WHAT COULD THIS BECOME INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS?
WHAT COULD THIS BECOME INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS?Learning something is useful.Being able to turn that knowledge into a service your community values is different.The long-term vision for The Balance Method is not simply to teach coaches techniques.It's to help qualified professionals develop practical services they can bring back to their clients and communities.Assessment.Mobility.Running mechanics.Restorative work.Small-group programs.And, over time, specialized systems developed through Total Balance.Learn it. Apply it. Build with it.
Oakville. Canada. September 2016
BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO KEEP GROWING.
TBM is for coaches, personal trainers and gym owners who know there is more to coaching than programming workouts.People who are curious.People who pay attention.People who want to understand why something works—not simply memorize what to do.And professionals who want their knowledge to create greater value for both their clients and their business.If that sounds like you, we should talk.
BRING MORE VALUE TO YOUR COACHING.
Whether you're an individual coach, trainer or gym owner, we'd like to hear about the people you work with, the problems you're trying to solve, and where you'd like to expand your capabilities.
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