Alpine Level 1 Prep

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

1. Stability – engage both ankles and minimize useless upper – body movement
2. Leave round tracks – make the distinction between pushing on the skis and guiding the skis
3. 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.

1. Participants with a skiing emphasis – identify their most relevant technical focus that will lead to the most significant performance change.
2. Participants with a teaching emphasis – identify a relevant technical focus in their own skiing and make a lesson plan.
3. 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

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