Monday, December 28, 2009

Ski Practice Review

Hi All! the couple race we've done have been great! the kids should be very proud! You have prepared them well!

There are about 40 video clips...please take a look and have your kids look at their videos! They should enjoy looking at them!

Please have your kids comment back on this blog the following:
1. What are they learning?
2. What do they feel the need to work on?
3. What will make it more fun for them?

For the past practices we've been focused on 'basic' skiing, so:

Athletic position (what the kids called 'Hugs & Bugs' and 'z-formation')
Drills - Hopping
Balanced stance
Drills - Slide Slipping, Traverses on varying terrain, partner w/ a rope doing circles
Hands up and in front
Drills - Hands up so they can see them, holding poles vertical
Parallel position - draw lines...from ankle to ankle, knee to knee, across the hips, across the shoulders. All those lines should be parallel.
Drills - holding poles, traverses, controlled turns

angulation through
:
Rolling the ankle and knees
Drills - varying flat terrain Ribbon turns, one ski drill, 'up & over' drill
Adding hip angulation
Drills - Schlopy (Dn hill hand on hip/behind hip, uphill hand up and forward), 'C' or as the kids called it 'Banana' shaped drill

Pole Planting


Line through the courses. we are focusing on the 'high line'

All the video's will be uploaded to SkiCoachPete channel on YouTube

Please have your kids comment back on the following:

1. What did the they learn?
2. What do they feel the need to work on?
3. What will make it more fun for them?

7 comments:

  1. i learned to shin the gates
    i need to work more on squashing the bug
    i already think the practices are fun

    Grace

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  2. 1. I learned that you need to keep all your weight on the downhill ski.
    I learned that always need to turn early.

    2. Turning early, keeping all my weight on the downhill ski and stronger pole planting.

    3. I think it's already fun enough.

    Aziz :))

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  3. 1. I learned that you need to put all the weight on the downhill ski which will stop you from skidding.
    2.I need to get better at keeping my legs shoulder width apart.
    3. to make it fun.... Well I think we should vote at the END of practice what candy to get.
    [we should try to get a kind of candy that all the kids like].

    [eily]

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  4. Ryan said...

    1. I learned to keep my knees apart on my turns and to put all my weight on my downhill ski.
    2. I need to work on leaning forward and getting more on edge.
    3. I think its totally fun as it is!

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  5. Megan said:

    I learned how to pole plant better.
    I need to work on getting forward and putting weight on the downhill ski
    I want to boot ski for fun!

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  6. 1. I learned how to squish the bug and hug the tree.
    2. I nedd to work on train tracks
    3. I already have fun coach Pete!!!

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  7. Megan learned. Making a c shape
    Megan needs to work on pole planting ans squishing the bug
    Meg wants to boot ski.

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