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Yasmin

March 6, 2020 admin Skier Development

Yasmin’s initial video shows the use of stemming (plough), “balancing” over the outside ski in the turn (body remaining completely[…]

John 1

March 5, 2020 admin Skier Development

Talking to John or our way up the gondola I was already very clear where his difficulties in progressing with[…]

Majd, Emir, Rani

February 29, 2020 admin Beginner Skier, Skier Development

Majd was frightened by the beginner’s slope so he really needed much more time playing with skis on flat terrain[…]

M., Emir, Rani 2

February 28, 2020 admin Beginner Skier, Skier Development

M wobbled around for a while this morning then discreetly retired. He was frightened to slide on his own and[…]

M, Emir, Rani

February 27, 2020 admin Beginner Skier, Skier Development

M and Emir were working on basic preparatory skills and were a bit tired from their travelling so we only[…]

Tala, Mohammed

February 25, 2020 admin Skier Development

TalaTala was a bit nervous today after yesterday’s descent from the restaurant. Just a few runs on the easy green[…]

Tala, Darine

February 24, 2020 admin Beginner Skier, Skier Development

Tala (and later Darine) worked through exercises for understanding the basics of dynamics – “moving the centre of mass”. The[…]

Natalie, Darcy, Zak

February 21, 2020 admin Beginner Skier, Skier Development

NatalieToday for Natalie was another step in reinforcing both confidence and understanding.Initially Natalie just revised yesterday’s work, particularly getting forward[…]

Gia, Zakira, Rafi 2

February 18, 2020 admin Skier Development

Three hour sessions do not give a long time to get to know and understand people – especially when there[…]

Gia, Zakira, Rafi

February 17, 2020 admin Skier Development

Today’s video was taken before we began working on technique. None of the skiers could ever remember being filmed skiing[…]