Mat Pilates Faults Corrections Reference for Instructors (PDF Booklet)

A body in front of you looks wrong and the room is waiting. You can see something is off. You need the word, or the change of position, or the hand, and you need it now. This reference is for that exact moment.

The Mat Pilates Faults and Corrections Reference is a look-it-up teaching tool for the common faults you see in a mat class and how to fix each one in place. For every fault it gives you what you See, the Likely cause, what to Say, how to Adjust the body, and a Tactile cue or an easier option. It is indexed by what you see, so the fix is where your eye already is. On a machine you could change a spring. On the mat the only thing to change is the body, so every fix here is a cue, a change of position, or a hand. Built for qualified and trainee mat instructors.

It is the third tool in the mat set. The Mat Cueing Library gives you what to say. The Mat Progressions and Regressions Reference gives you what to offer instead. This one is the eyes.

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WHAT'S INCLUDED
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✔ 86 mat faults, each with the same five lines: See, Likely cause, Say, Adjust, Tactile or option
✔ Indexed by what you see: the four fault families, Control, Alignment, Stability and Range
✔ A find-by-position cross-index: supine, prone, seated, side-lying, kneeling and standing
✔ A ready-to-speak corrective cue for every fault, tied to the exercise it shows up in
✔ A body-only Adjust for every fault: a change of position, base, lever or floor pressure, never a machine
✔ Two formats: a 32-page A4 reading booklet and 43 printable reference cards, 2-up

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PERFECT FOR
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• Mat Pilates instructors, newly qualified or established
• Teachers who freeze when a body looks off and cannot name the fix fast enough
• Anyone teaching group mat classes who wants to scan the room and correct on the spot
• Reformer instructors who also teach mat and want the body-only correction toolkit

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WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT
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✓ Indexed by what you see, so you find the fix from the fault your eye already caught
✓ Learn the four families and you can place a fault you have never seen before, then read the fix from the same logic
✓ Every cue is corrective and ready to speak, tied to the fault, not a general cue list
✓ Every fix is a cue, a change of position, or a hand. The mat has no dial to turn, and that is the whole craft
✓ One correction at a time, base then joint then speed. Most faults clear in two to five pointed cues
✓ Pull it up in seconds before or during a class, on any device, or print the cards for the clipboard

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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• Instant digital download. Two PDF files: the reading booklet and the printable cards
• No physical item is shipped
• A4 format, print-friendly, and readable on phone, tablet or laptop
• For personal professional use by the purchasing instructor

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DISCLAIMER
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This is a professional teaching reference for qualified Pilates instructors. The faults and corrections are about movement quality in mat Pilates for healthy clients working at different levels. They are about teaching, not assessment, diagnosis, or treatment, and do not replace clinical judgement. Where a client has an injury, a medical condition, or is pregnant or postnatal, refer to a suitably qualified professional and work within your own scope of practice and certification. The overhead and inverted exercises, such as the Roll Over, Jackknife and Control Balance, load the neck and spine. Each carries a non-inverted foundation and routes any neck or back concern to the client's own clinician. Exercise names and forms vary across Pilates schools. Every correction is taught as a movement fix, which holds on any mat and in any method.