During a lesson I noticed a student’s boots were unbuckled and suggested she might want to fix them. She replied, “my instructor told me to ski like this.” I quickly remedied that situation, but it serves as a constant reminder to always bring my lessons back to regular skiing. By the way, they were rear-entry boots.
Every lesson has time constraints and we need to come up with a lesson plan that works within those constraints that includes enough time practice and integration into regular skiing.
Let’s say we are working on drills involving lifting the inside ski. As we near the end of the lesson I’ll ask my student to start out lifting the inside ski and then start to do the same turns with both skis on the ground.
Then we should take the same feeling and movements into our regular skiing. If the movement starts to break down, don’t hesitate to go back to the drill and work your way into regular skiing.
At the end of the lesson, I like to wrap up by reminding my students why we did the drill and what movement I want to see in their skiing.
Don't go leaving your students unbuckled.
Every lesson has time constraints and we need to come up with a lesson plan that works within those constraints that includes enough time practice and integration into regular skiing.
Let’s say we are working on drills involving lifting the inside ski. As we near the end of the lesson I’ll ask my student to start out lifting the inside ski and then start to do the same turns with both skis on the ground.
Then we should take the same feeling and movements into our regular skiing. If the movement starts to break down, don’t hesitate to go back to the drill and work your way into regular skiing.
At the end of the lesson, I like to wrap up by reminding my students why we did the drill and what movement I want to see in their skiing.
Don't go leaving your students unbuckled.
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