Friday, January 10, 2014

FDB Skiers Need One-Ski Before Two

One of the best things you can do for your First-Day-Beginner Skiers is to start them out on one-ski with poles---they learn several things: they learn to ski while they walk, to use their poles to go but not to stop, to operate their bindings, to get around, to be able to get up after they fall down--they learn tons of confidence, setting the stage for the rest of their ski life. Skip the one-ski scenario, and you teach them failure--and it only takes a few minutes,--otherwise they can't get started right . . . and learn to abuse or hate poles.
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  1. GARY HEINSJanuary 10, 2014 at 9:09 PM

    I don't think I've ever spent more than five minutes on this one-ski step, but I'll spend twenty if I have to.

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  2. GARY HEINSJanuary 10, 2014 at 9:14 PM

    I've taught as many advanced skiers as beginners--they both need the best teachers. Unfortunately most Instructors of my seniority feel exempt from teaching beginners, and most don't have the patience or efficiency.

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  3. GARY HEINSJanuary 10, 2014 at 9:17 PM

    Unfortunately, most FDB Skiers are relegated to new instructors, who may have to spend years figuring out what I'm talking about (if they ever do).

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  4. GARY HEINSJanuary 10, 2014 at 9:23 PM

    Another huge factor in FDB Skier failure is the fact that they failed at SnowBoarding first: Before they ever learn the good, they learn . . . the slope is bad, the snow is bad, the equipment is bad, the lift is bad, . . . . The prerequisite to SnowBoarding is skiing, skateboarding, or surfing; otherwise, the failure rate is great--and I still wouldn't recommend SnowBoarding. Again, most old Ski Instructors don't see this dysfunction, because they're immune to it via the politics.

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