 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all I am a newbie on here so be nice......
I am doing my level 1 at Hemel on the 13th October and have a few questions that I'm sure some of you can answer.
I have searched hi and low for a good review on the course but only found the post in this site for Skiing. My main question is about the mini lesson you have to give on the final day of the course. has anyone here done it? Is it difficult? overall I pick things up well and try to nail the technical side of things but as soon as i know i am being judged on something I feel like im going to crumble!
Just wondering if anyone could give me an insight in to how BASI expect you to deliver the mini lesson etc?
Cheers
Chris
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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 did my BASI L1 there in June. You'll be given a specific part of the central theme to deliver your lesson on and will be 'instructing' your fellow students. It's not hard if you've been paying attention and just remember to talk through the points. The main purpose is to demonstrate that you have the confidence to talk to a group and that you have a grasp of the methods and process. You learn more about actual teaching when you do your shadowing.
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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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Cool that sounds ok then, Best I pay full attention then! Out of interest what area did you have to deliver your lesson on?
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Plough parallel
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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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Do you get told the day before what your lesson needs to be about?
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They will also be looking at your ability to deliver clear demonstrations of what you are teaching, and give good quality feedback to the people you are teaching.
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| chrisrawles wrote: |
| Do you get told the day before what your lesson needs to be about? |
No, just on the day. You don't need to work out a complex lesson plan or anything beforehand. It's pretty straightfoward
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sounds like I am worrying about nothing! Just need to pay attention and relax
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where are you based Chris?
visit your lcoal slope and ask if you can shadow a few lessons before your Basi. it will really help you understand the teaching element of the course
Mini
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That's a great idea.
I'm based south of Cambridge, I'm lucky that i have MK or Hemel both about 1hr away.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Welwyn is probably your closest slope (Bassingbourn would have been even closer, but they are also using the slope at Welwyn at the moment).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| feef wrote: |
| chrisrawles wrote: |
| Do you get told the day before what your lesson needs to be about? |
No, just on the day. You don't need to work out a complex lesson plan or anything beforehand. It's pretty straightfoward |
I don't mean to contradict. But the day before we were paired up & told what our phase of the CT mini lesson should focus on the next day (day 3 I think). Mine was Developing the Plow turns.
We worked out a lesson plan & practiced after the course the eve before.
Good luck
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Thanks for the replies guys, I get the impression this course is more popular for Ski rather than boarders?
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You know it makes sense.
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Yep, at a rough guess I would say there are probably an order of magnitude more ski instructors than board instructors qualified through BASI.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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This will explain why I got moved from MK to Hemel as the MK course did not have enough people on it. It sounds like the SkI course is more technical than the board one. Or would I be wrong in thinking that?
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Poster: A snowHead
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chrisrawles, Did you see this one:
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=29934
The teaching element is OK if you are paying attention. IIRC on the boarding it was split between, intro, side slip \ diagonal side slip, J Turns \ Garlands, Basic turns. I did mine a little while ago and it may have changed. I'm pretty sure we were told the day before.
I personally thought the boarding course was probably technically demanding in terms of performance than the ski course but I guess it depends on the circumstances at play and it is indoors. Upper body rotation was the cause of most of the fails on the course I did.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks for the heads up. The thing is, I'm not actually planning on wanting to teach right away, its more for my own personal development and to also make sure I get the most of of when I go away on a holiday and can handle different situations well. But at the same time I don't like to fail!
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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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did my level 1 snowboard there last year you get a days notice as to which part of the central theme and you have free time in the evening to practice when I did mine the instructor pick the area i need the most work on it was pretty easy
The hardest part was the text book general riding stacked and aligned after 6 years ridding with only 4 hours lesson in the beginning had given me a lot of bad habbits some of which had followed me from other board sports
the important thing is to relax and listen to the feedback
Good luck Andrew
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Thanks Andrew, this makes me feel a little better. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be pretty wiped out at the end of most days thorough mental tiredness.
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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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Hi guys.
had the last level 1 session today but sadly I did not make the grade on my technical side. Passed the teaching bit easily but I seem to have a terrible habit of sitting back on my board with twisted shoulders when doing toe to heel turns. Tried so hard to shake this habit but still doing it. Anyone else do this?
My intention was never to go in to instructing but still sucks that i failed.
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chrisrawles, stick at it. Whether or not you continue with Basi you'll have a good idea on how to improve technically.
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Chris just stay up, when i did my lv.1 many friends (4out of 9 if i remember correctly) failed.. many of them now are much better riders and instruct! So take the "fail" as an imput to progress, you'll do fine next time!
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Yep, sometimes failing can be the best thing to happen to us. It's a wake-up call that you need to work on your riding and make progress.
I'm sure the trainer discussed it with you, but my suggestion for working on your toe/heel turns with better posture would be to get yourself on a toe-side traverse in a good, stacked position. Even do some little hops off the edge to make sure you're centred. Then make the turn using pedalling only, nothing else.
I was completely self-taught and had been riding a lot longer than you (including a couple of seasons) so I had some massively ingrained habits to get rid of. Still working on some of them!
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I am by no means giving up, and considering I only learnt to board in Jan this year I think I have done well to almost be at a level to teach others. Only 3 passed out of 10 and most of them are level 2 ski instructors so its not all bad.
Doing the course has certainly made me more aware of what a good session should feel like and I can also help the other half (if she lets me LOL)
At least I have a reason to go to a indoor slope and practice something, rather than just looping round riding just for the hell of it which gets boring.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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All failed on Technical side. Just a bad batch of use boarder i guess LOL
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I wonder how much tuition people take before they decide to start instructing?
If you really only started to learn to ride in January this year, you'd need to be a pretty good athlete to have it dialled by now, in my opinion. I've never ridden with anyone, local or otherwise, who could ride well without having to spend a few seasons at it. 10,000 hours, maybe.
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@philwig,
I suspect your definition of "ride well" and BASI's are somewhat different 
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