One for the instructors...

As per my previous posts...I'm off to Chamonix at the end of January with the OH and 3 friends.

I'm a fairly confident intermediate skier, but the rest are complete beginners. I'll be having refresher lessons before I go just to get back into it, as it's been a couple of years since I skied

The rest will be having 6 hours of lessons before we go, so should be able to snowplough turn. After that I think they'll be relying on tips from me as the price of lessons is going to be prohibitive...especially with the exchange rate so bad.

My question is this...

Assuming the rest of my group can ski, turn and stop in snowplough, and use their edges to stand up on a slope etc, what other skills would you introduce, and in what order?

I'm pretty sure I can pass on what I know, but just want to know whether there is an accepted order of learning.

Cheers.

I think I hear a can of worms being opened )

I'm no longer qualified so I shall leave this for those that are but I would ask 2 questions.

Are you sure that you really know how you do what you do, and are you sure that what you do is what you should be passing on to your friends? :D

Neiltoo wrote:I think I hear a can of worms being opened )

I'm no longer qualified so I shall leave this for those that are but I would ask 2 questions.

Are you sure that you really how you do what you do, and are you sure that what you do is what you should be passing on to your friends? :D

A can of worms indeed, but unfortunately, despite my best advice they all seem determined to avoid paying for lessons once we're there. I've told them also to get as much tuition before we go to speed along the process once we're there.

I'm not saying I'm going to teach them really. Just tell them what I do and let them work it out for themselves. A couple of them I'm fairly confident will simply throw themselves into it and learn fairly quickly. The others...well, I don't know, but I've got to try something to help them get the best out of their limited skiing while we're there.

The holiday is booked and we're going. If they won't/can't pay for lessons then what other option do I have?!

I won't be taking them on anything more than intermediate slopes, that's for sure.

Had to read your post a few times to make sure I read it right !?! :D

I wouldn't know where to start, but rather you than me :D

Seriously though I reckon your OH/mates must be able to justify a couple of private lessons between them. This'll work out reasonably cheap between them, and will prove invaluable.

Having taken complete beginners before, the one thing I can assure you of, is that you'll have a whole bunch of fun, and probably stop for more hot chocolates tan you usually would do.

hymac580 wrote:Had to read your post a few times to make sure I read it right !?! :D

I wouldn't know where to start, but rather you than me :D

Seriously though I reckon your OH/mates must be able to justify a couple of private lessons between them. This'll work out reasonably cheap between them, and will prove invaluable.

Having taken complete beginners before, the one thing I can assure you of, is that you'll have a whole bunch of fun, and probably stop for more hot chocolates tan you usually would do.

I'm not exactly overjoyed about it.

I really don't think I'm going to be able to convince them to pay for lessons (the OH is skint and too proud to let me pay...the other are plain tight), although I am still trying.

Assuming I fail on that count, any tips from anyone would be greatly appreciated.

Get a good instructional dvd now and make them watch it over and over so that they learn the drills that they'll then practice on the slopes??

It sounds like a nightmare to me - I consider myself a good to advanced intermediate, but I really really struggled to teach my kids when they were learning a couple of years ago. I knew what to do for myself but I couldn't remember the basic drills that you learn when you start out and those that I could remember i wasn't very good at getting across to them. I guess that's why I'm not a teacher :lol:

Why are you going to Chamonix?

Brucie wrote:Why are you going to Chamonix?

Do you want the obvious answer, or is there more to that question?