About this Event
This training clinic if for employees of Powder Mountain Ski & Snowboard School ONLY.
This will be done in 5 week sessions, progressively builiding off previous clinic.
Please sign up for 5 consecutive Wednesdays
PSIA Level 1 Resources
Level 1 Outcomes
- Stability – engage both ankles and minimize useless upper – body movement
- Leave round tracks – make the distinction between pushing on the skis and guiding the skis
- Preserve momentum – make the distinction between braking and gliding during a wedge straight run and the finish phase of the turns.
Activities and Outcomes for Sessions 1 – 5
Session 1 - Video Baseline: Each group will video 2 activities and review the video with their group to help establish a baseline of competence in at least 1 of the following areas: skiing, teaching, or movement analysis.
Outcomes: Each participant will use the video to achieve at least 1 of the following outcomes.
- Participants with a skiing emphasis – identify their most relevant technical focus that will lead to the most significant performance change.
- Participants with a teaching emphasis – identify a relevant technical focus in their own skiing and make a lesson plan.
- Participants with an MA emphasis – identify an accurate and relevant technical focus for at least 2 skiers from their group.
Session 2 – Alignment: Each group will focus on a specific element of alignment that is the most relevant for their level of performance.
Level 1 – Stability emphasis – reduce useless movements
Session 3 – Turning movement emphasis: Each group will focus on creating accurate turning movements that are the most relevant for their level of performance.
Level 1 – Guiding emphasis: use the outside leg to guide the outside ski through a round arc
Proposed activity: guided uphill arc
Session 4 – Alignment Emphasis: revisit the alignment for each group that is most relevant for their level of performance.
Level 1 – Stability emphasis – reduce useless movements
Session 5 – Turning movement emphasis: revisit the accurate turning movements that are the most relevant for their level of performance.
Level 1 – Guiding emphasis: use the outside leg to guide the outside ski through a round arc
Proposed activity: guided uphill arc
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Sundown Lodge - Powder Mountain, 6965 E North Powder Mountain Road, Eden, United States
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