ACTIVE Pilates Cueing Worksheets

Five Printable Worksheets with Step-by-Step Instructions

Plan the Movement. Choose the Priority. Cue What Matters.

Turn movement observations into clear, purposeful teaching decisions.

Effective Pilates cueing is more than finding the right words. It requires understanding the movement, recognizing what matters most, choosing how to communicate, and observing how the mover responds.

The ACTIVE Pilates Cueing Worksheets provide five practical tools to help Pilates instructors plan, build, deliver, and evaluate cues with greater clarity and confidence.

Designed as a companion to the ACTIVE Pilates Cueing Playbook, this 24-page downloadable resource can also be used independently for teaching preparation, instructor development, and professional reflection.

What's Included

Five printable worksheets, each with step-by-step instructions:

1. Plan the Movement & Choose the Priority

Organize your understanding of an exercise using the ACTIVE framework, identify the movement intention, and select one cue-worthy teaching priority.

2. ACTIVE Cue Dimensions Worksheet

Explore delivery, content, attention, and scope to choose how to communicate a cue and develop meaningful alternatives when the first approach does not work.

3. ACTIVE Cue Builder Worksheet

Transform movement knowledge into concise, actionable cues. Build a primary cue, develop alternatives, and identify what works.

4. ACTIVE Cueing Loop / Decision Worksheet

Practice the CUE → MOVE → OBSERVE → DECIDE process. Evaluate the mover's response and determine whether to allow, fade, modify, replace, simplify, clarify, or change the task.

5. ACTIVE Cue Delivery Model Worksheet

Refine your words, voice, demonstrations, and timing. Use practical review tools to evaluate delivery and develop more effective teaching habits.

How These Worksheets Help

Use the worksheets to:

• Plan exercises with a clear movement intention.
• Identify and prioritize what matters most.
• Build concise, actionable cues.
• Explore different communication strategies.
• Observe and evaluate the mover's response.
• Make informed teaching adjustments.
• Reflect on your cueing habits and strengthen your instructional skills.

Work through all five worksheets as a complete development process, or select the individual tool that addresses your immediate teaching need.

PLAN → CHOOSE → BUILD → TEACH → REFINE

Who This Resource Is For

• Pilates instructors in training
• Newly certified instructors
• Experienced instructors refining their cueing
• Pilates mentors and master trainers
• Teacher-training educators

The worksheets are designed for use across Pilates methods, apparatus, and teaching environments.

What You'll Receive

One 24-page downloadable PDF featuring:

• Five structured, reusable worksheets
• Step-by-step instructions for each worksheet
• Practical teaching and reflection prompts
• Black-and-white, printer-friendly formatting
• US Letter size (8.5 × 11 inches)

Print the pages you need and complete them by hand. Two-page worksheets can be printed double-sided.

A Companion to the ACTIVE Pilates Cueing Playbook

These worksheets complement the ACTIVE Pilates Cueing Playbook, which provides the complete explanations, examples, and instructional frameworks behind the tools.

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