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Sophie, Steven day 1

Both Steven and Sophie did extremely well on their first day of skiing and they covered the progression given in[…]

Rough start to the week for Sam and Lemmy – seems that everything was stacked up against them from the[…]

Unfortunately Rachel was unwell today – but I suggest that Anna and Rob try to teach the contents of todays[…]

Isabel demonstrates perfectly a “compression turn” in preparation for attacking some steep BIG bumps later on. I never explained all[…]

Skating Skating Step Turns Basic Dynamics Foot Forward Technique Sideslipping SkatingSkiing is just disguised skating. The main difference is the[…]

Unfortunately Isabel had a fever today so missed skiing. Hope she is feeling better by tomorrow. Teaching was well received[…]

William leading the group – skiing with his feet together (according to William!) – and everyone following his tracks –[…]

Today was a first attempt at penetrating the inherent adolescent wall of resistance to learning anything “different” that might require[…]

Combining Dynamics and Pivot Dynamics depends of forward motion of the skis and lateral falling/pushing of the centre of mass[…]

Learning Hip Angulation… Pivoting… Pivot (Skis sliding Sideways)Pivoting is derived from the skis sliding sideways and can be developed from[…]