 Poster: A snowHead
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| easiski wrote: |
| richmond, I find kids fairly naturally do the right things if brought along gently (not necessarily slowly), |
Kids certainly don't seem to regard skiing techniques as counterintuitive, as I and most of my chums who learnt as adults did.
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| however it often happens that parents rush their little darlings onto relatively steep runs |
I can well believe it; that was one of the reasons (there were many) why we didn't try to teach our kids.
Megamum, you don't think that you might be over analysing a bit? Find a school with decent class sizes, bung 'em in, check that they're enjoying it OK and watch them become excellent skiers in no time flat.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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there is never any reference to teaching the person how to stop
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I should hope not - skiing is all about going, not stopping. With negative thoughts like that there's no hope for you 
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Yoda, but there's always the time you know you should stop but.............
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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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| Boredsurfing wrote: |
| Yoda, but there's always the time you know you should stop but............. |
From my little bit of teaching experience the bigger problem is beginners trying to stop by doing a high speed 'death plough' in a straight line down too steep a slope. Better to control speed by turning and saving the stopping plough for slow speed stops such as approaching a lift line.
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Axsman, 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Boredsurfing, er - snowploughing, edging, traversing - all mentioned. 
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| Megamum wrote: |
| So, if the protestations of the instructors on this thread are to be believed, and contrary to my own experience, do I conclude that every country teaches its ski students using the same curriculum, progression guide and within the skills of the instructors themselves, using the same methods of teaching? |
Quite the contrary!
What they're saying is no two instructor teaches using the same method! Never mind all instructor within the same country.
Let's seperate the issues.
If you're concern about placing your kids in the right level, easiski had assured you they'll be moved if neccessary. So it seems that issue is settled.
If, however, you're suggesting one country has better method than the other, as in the title, that's a very different issue.
Now, we're back to the "real" issue, aren't we?
Except, if no two instructor teaches using the same method, there couldn't possibly be a "national" method, could it? So what's the issue again? 
Put another way, the differences between individual is bigger than any possible differences between the norm of any two country. That seems to be supported by both instructors and learners/parents.
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Wed 4-03-09 21:15; edited 2 times in total
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