Q Technical Skills: A clearly defined set of fundamental mechanics that can be adapted and applied to any ability level, situation, application, or outcome and are at the core of everything we do.
Q Teaching Skills: A method of developing content and adapting delivery based on the physical, mental, and social needs and desires of each student, and form the connection to the teacher and the sport.
Q PSIA-AASI’s Teaching Model and Teaching Cycle give instructors the tools they need to be successful.
Q When teaching children, the focus is on FUNdamentals.
A DEEPER DIVE INTO DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC SKILLS Based on the Learning Connection Model, here is a snapshot of the skills the PSIA-AASI Alpine, Snowboard, and Nordic Teams will focused on at Interski, and what they hope to bring home to share with you and your fellow snow pros.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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TEACHING SKILLS
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PSIA-AASI’s new Learning Connection model represents three equal components of student-centered teaching – technical skills, people skills, and teaching skills.
Alpine: Teaching Skills Te Alpine Team has spent years welcoming all the different ways people like to ski, such as racing, freestyle, deep powder, and bumps to name a few. Te new Alpine Technical Manual, inspired by Interski 2011, is a solid resource for teaching and explaining the sport’s technical foundational skills, as well as the fundamental mechanics of good skiing. Sogard said, “After putting all of our efforts into the Skills Concept, the physics, movement analysis, and biomechanics, the fundamentals are very clear. We have a boatload of information, but how do we teach it in a logical, simple fashion? Tat’s what we want to get out of Interski.” Quite simply, Sogard said, “We are bringing a challenge, and
2.PEOPLE SKILLS (I.E., STUDENT-CENTERED INTERPERSONAL SKILLS)
Q Interpersonal skills are used to build trust and create a personal connection to the guest.
Q Empathy based decision-making – built on interaction with the student – ensures that the guest’s needs and desires are central to the experience.
Q People skills depend upon the instructor’s ability to understand themselves and moderate/adapt their response to the student’s needs and the situation.
3.TECHNICAL SKILLS (I.E., FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS)
Q The Skills Concept and Board Performance Concepts clearly define the essential actions of the skis or snowboard, respectively.
Q Skill blending identifies how to adapt the action of the skis or snowboard to any desired outcome.
Q Skiing/riding fundamentals define the mechanics and movements essential to any ski or snowboard performance outcome.
Q Ski/board performance and movement blends are key to technical proficiency.
Q Biomechanics play a significant role in ski and snowboard movement patterns.
4.TEACHING SKILLS: TEACHING FUNDAMENTALS
Q The instructor’s role is that of a facilitator who helps design the learning environment.
Q The instructor creates learning experiences in which students identify sensations and stimulate emotions.
Q The learning partnership is at the core of this experience.
what we hope to get back is clarity. We’re going through a process like we did when we first attended Interski in the 1950s and ’60s. We want to talk to the other countries about teaching, and steal a few ideas we can use for ourselves.” Said PSIA-AASI Director of Education Dave Schuiling,
“We will present two alpine–specific, on-snow workshops, both focusing on our ‘universal’ approach to mechanics and skiing fundamentals.” Te first workshop explored the development of PSIA’s skiing fundamentals through ability levels – beginner/novice, intermediate, and advanced – stressing that the same fundamentals are relevant to every ability level. Titled “Te Essential Actions of the Skis,” this workshop addressed the Skills Concept and the following:
Q The framework for understanding the basic actions of the skis in all skiing outcomes
Q Biomechanics related to each category of action of the ski Q The development of skills in each of these actions Q The skills of blending these actions
Te second workshop examined how skiers blend the skiing fundamentals through a variety of advanced skiing applications. Titled “Skiing Fundamentals: Te Mechanical Priorities for Great Skiing,” this workshop addressed how skillful skiers do the following:
Q Control the relationship of the center of mass to the base of support to direct pressure along the length of the skis
Q Control pressure from ski to ski and direct pressure toward the outside ski
Q Control edge angles through a combination of inclination and angulation
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