Poster: A snowHead
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I will bring along the ukcp l1 manual sat
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I would think that the skills being taught are all pretty much transferable to coaching non-racers as well. Am I right? |
Yes definitely, but not just the specific skills. More importantly for me it's the way in which you work with your clients/athletes, particularly if you think you will be able to work with them on a longer timescale than a typical ski school experience. The L1 and L2 coaching courses had a big impact on how I look at my own teaching, and I'm sure that's the same for skimottaret.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just wanted to report back on this thread, as it's been very useful for me.
I took (and passed!) the UKCP L1 Alpine Coach course, run by SSE, at Hemel last weekend, and found it almost exactly as AndAnotherThing... described.
It's a well thought out and structured course, lots of fun to do, and I came away with lots of ideas and enthusiasm for how to improve my own teaching. I've no experience of racing or coaching per se, but I do think I'll be able to apply a fair amount of what I've learnt to some of sessions I teach. If anyone else is thinking of having a go, I'd give it a very positive thumbs up.
There was a real mix of people on the course, from army, racers, instructors at all levels, and even those with no teaching background at all.
I had prepared for the course by doing one of @skimottaret's Masterclass sessions on Introduction to Coaching last year, and was very glad I had as it meant I already had a good idea about what to expect and I like to go into a course feeling like I'm up to the level.
Before I did the course I wasn't sure where it would take me (other than ticking another box towards the BASI L3), but now thinking I'd quite like to get more experience doing some race coaching and wondering how I'm going to fit that into my already full schedule.
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One more thing - the CSCF Drills Handbook would be a good read for anyone thinking of doing the course.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@kieranm, Well done. Did you get a manual when you did it?
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kieranm wrote: |
I had prepared for the course by doing one of @skimottaret's Masterclass sessions on Introduction to Coaching last year, and was very glad I had as it meant I already had a good idea about what to expect and I like to go into a course feeling like I'm up to the level.
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Are you running this course again in the near future Scott?
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@kieranm, Well done. Did you get a manual when you did it?
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No, just the workbook. I'm not sure what manual would be appropriate.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@kitenski, I wasn't planning on it for this summer as it was only Kieranm who attended. We ran one years ago with Ross Green as special guest coach for L1 and L2 coach wanna bees and I think most of the people we know or who had expressed an interest took it at that point. Running two days this summer on skier analysis and Performance development http://www.insideoutskiing.com/uk/masterclass.html#3
If there were a couple interested I would be happy to run it again, put a fair amount of work into the course content and there was a lot of useful material that I was able to pass on.
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kieranm wrote: |
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@kieranm, Well done. Did you get a manual when you did it?
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No, just the workbook. I'm not sure what manual would be appropriate. |
One that clarified the terminology used on my course would be a start for me
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@skimottaret, I might be interested perhaps if you were looking to make up numbers.
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