Q Control the skis’ rotation (turning, pivoting, steering) with leg rotation, separate from the upper body
Q Regulate the magnitude of pressure created through ski-to- snow interaction.
Snowboard: People Skills AASI Snowboard Team Coach Lane Clegg said that as the team prepped for Interski 2015, “We worked together more than we ever have.” Te increased interaction allowed team members to define the Connection Pyramid, and see that each discipline – and each student – has different needs at different times. Te snowboard team is reinvigorating its people skills to allow
instructors to quickly read their students, welcome them, engage with them at a deeper level to establish trust and confidence, and then assess what they need to improve. “If we can improve engagement, our students are more likely to feel they are part of our community and culture, and our instructors will feel that too,” said Snowboard Team member Eric Rolls. “Tis could help encourage both of them to stick around.” Regarding the team’s Interski presentation, Schuiling said,
“We will focus on the development of people skills to promote new instructor and guest engagement and retention while integrating fundamentals of board performance and movement blends for different outcomes.” One focal point of the presentation is “Te Soft Skills Tool
Kit” in which team members will share insights on a four-part approach to establishing deeper connections with students:
Q Read: Clothing and equipment, fitness, behavior
Q Welcome: Verbal/physical contact, lesson presentation, rapport
Q Engage: Establish relationship, emotional connection Q Assess: Motivation, understanding, skill development
Te AASI Snowboard Team will also engage Interski attendees with an in-depth discussion on “Board Performance Concepts and Movement Blends,” which focus on the following ways of influencing the rider’s interaction with the snow:
Q Tilt Q Pivot Q Twist Q Pressure
Nordic: Technical Skills Te Nordic Team hit Argentina with a new technical model. “Why another model?” team member David Lawrence asked. “Because the last model didn’t quite hit it. It didn’t have the simplicity and straightforwardness that this one has.” Based on the United States Ski and Snowboard Association’s Sports
Performance Model – which informs all athletic endeavors with a focus on power, timing, fundamental movement, and fundamental
46 | 32 DEGREES • FALL 2015 “Te Nordic Team will blend the Nordic Team’s the connection between
communication and teaching skills to enhance the learning connection while delivering new technical models and educational resources,” Schuiling said. Specifically,
classic and skate presentation covered the following:
Q The Cross Country Technical Model (as presented in the new Cross Country Technical Manual slated for release this winter)
Q Sports Performance Triangle as the “first principle” Q Primary Skills: Push-off, Weight Transfer, and Glide.
Q People Connection: An empathetic approach to building relationships based on trust and respect
Q Teaching Specific Demographics: A focus on teaching women
On the telemark front, the Nordic Team engaged Interski attendees with a presentation on the following:
Q The Telemark Technical Model Q Telemark Technical Manual (released in 2014) Q Telemark Skills Concept Q Lead Change: Applications of lead change in skill development
skiing
athletic body position – the Nordic Team’s presentation covers both skate and classic styles. Te new model boils down to three elements: the push-off
(which is continuous with the pole plant and kick), the weight transfer (as the skier moves forward), and the glide (of the skier in motion).
Continuous
POWER:
SPEED X FORCE TIMING: OF
POLES & BODY MOVEMENTS
FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT: ROTARY, FLEXION & EXTENSION, ADDUCTION & ABDUCTION INVERSION & EVERSION
FUNDAMENTAL ATHLETIC BODY POSITION: FLEXED ANKLES & KNEES, ROUNDED BACK & SHOULDERS, CORE OVER ANKLES
GLIDE: POLE RECOVERY, ARM RETURN, FOOT RETURN
Forward
Motion
WEIGHT TRANSFER: MOVING FROM SKI TO SKI
PUSH OFF: WAX SET, EDGING, POLING
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