 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm starting to look at schischule options in Scheffau this year, and after going to La Plagne last year where the group lessons were for almost 6 hours each day, was surprised to see that the adult lessons in Scheffau are only 2hrs per day in the mornings. My first reaction was that this wouldn't be enough, but after further thought I'm now thinking that a shorter lesson followed by your own practice would help to focus and consolidate.
To be honest I really didn't rate the lessons I got last year; I spent the entire time in the dreaded snake formation, and I didn't actually receive any real tuition. I'm happy to shorten the lesson on the basis that the quality will (hopefully) be better, but is 2hrs really enough?
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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 guess in a small class (say 4 or 5) then you may get more personal tuition than in the traditional 12 - 15 group "follow-me"conga and as such a 2hr lesson may be enough for the day. This assumes that you will use at least some of the remaining day to practice what you have learnt.
Whenever I've had tuition its been around 2.5 - 3 hrs in the morning.
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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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wickyb, as halfhand says, less is more if you have smaller group or private lesson. IME 6-8 people is plenty even with a good instructor. Two hours is enough and you can do your own thing and practice later.
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All day everyday with people better than you and terrain that challenges more and more.
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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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In my opinion 2 hours per day, private one-to-one lessons is the optimum . . . but more expensive than groups
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Couldn't imagine doing 6 hour lessons! In Les Arcs this year we had 2.5 hour lessons each day, the length was enough for us. We probably wouldnt do this next year though as we found some days we just wanted to do our own thing. I agere with the less is more comment, we're planning on taking a few private lessons this year.
btw our groups were no more than 6-8 people french and english, this was with ESF. On the first day though there was an army of arround 25-30 people but they then split you down into smaller groups depending on level.
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2 hours is short. In St Anton and Saalbach, it was roughly 2-2.5 hours in the morning, one hour lunch, two hours in the afternoon. Left time for an hour or so's skiing afterwards, and the keen ones could get in 30-45mins or so in the morning too.
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We only did the full day once in La Plagne, I agree 6 hrs was far too long. I'm leaning towards private tuition as I really want to improve my technique!
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Go on vacation for 2 weeks, Sat to Sun.
Hire a private 1-2-1 instructor for 3hrs a day for 10 of the 15 days.
10 x 3 is the ideal ratio for a vacationer.
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I would do a couple of hours private tuition with a really good instructor and then ski my dangly bits off for the rest of the week.
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