Adaptive: Technical Skills T e Adaptive Team headed to Interski with a technical message and information from the new adaptive manual in development to help trainers and instructors see the connection between communication, motivation, and the instructor/student relationship. T e team’s Interski presentation covered everything from “evaluating the technical needs of the adaptive skier to teaching bi-skiers, as well as the technical skills required to tether equipment,” said Schuiling. Focal points included the following:
Q Connecting with the Bi-ski: Beginner to Expert Q Consistency in teaching practices Q Technical fundamentals of tethering the equipment
Q Fundamental Mechanics: Consistent Mechanics for Adaptive Disciplines
Q Applying fundamental alpine mechanics to instruction using adapted equipment
Q Applying the Skills Concept to teaching using adapted equipment
Freestyle: Learning Connection T e PSIA-AASI Teams also focused on the people, technical, and teaching skills of the Learning Connection Model as it pertains to freestyle. Key points of the presentation by the freestyle specialists are as follows:
Q Fundamentals for Freestyle
Q Highlight and blend specifi c fundamentals for diff erent trick/ maneuver outcomes
Q The Session Lesson
Q A blend of aff ective environment, camaraderie, and experiential learning for a deeper learning connection
Q Freestyle Culture and Marketing Q Growth and retention of emerging and infl uential demographics Q Avoiding “culture killing” and embracing diversity
With a multi-faceted focus on augmenting formal presentations with on-snow clinics that provide additional opportunities to share American methodology and innovation
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AASI Team’s discipline-specifi c handouts on The Learning Connection, go to
tiny.cc/ktqc3x PSIA-AASI posted photos, videos, and other content generated live at Interski, so even if you didn’t make the trip to Argentina, you’ll feel like you’re there and be able to join the conversations and apply Interski wisdom all season long!
– and gather tips
and teaching tactics from their international counterparts – the PSIA-AASI teams had their work cut out for them in Argentina. You could say that Interski is a fact-fi nding-and-sharing event. And it’s a springboard for the educational ingenuity presented to you and your fellow snow pros in webposts and social media during the event, video highlights after the event, 32 Degrees articles for future issues, and in the clinics you attend this winter and in winters to come. Even if you didn’t book a fl ight to Argentina to be part of the PSIA-AASI delegation, your development as a ski or snowboard instructor is in for a great journey.
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