SKI POLES Need To Be Taught Right

Many ski instructors don't have the foggiest idea what to teach their students about Ski Poles, especially beginners and advanced students. If poles are confiscated from beginners, then a huge part of the introductory lesson is skipped--and the beginners are without an asset they really need for balance and working bindings and getting up easily. Then, most advanced skiers are never taught one of the most important things in an expert's repertoire: a blocking pole-plant for the steep-n-narrow. The lack of knowing what all they can do with poles . . . is what holds back a high percentage of students. As a ski instructor, if I am bi-polar or even tri-polar, I am proud of it.