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LEARN – AND TEACH – THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF SENSATION


By Matt Boyd H


ollywood has a long history of creating movies in which two people switch bodies. Lindsey Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis hilariously swap bodies in “Freaky Friday”


and Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin get mixed up in “All of Me.”


Te usual story line ends with a miraculous return to normal, leaving the two characters with a much better understanding of each other’s feelings and with a newfound respect for the other person. Have you ever wished you could do the same with students? Jump inside their bodies, burn into their subconscious the sensations that you feel when you’re skiing well, then jump back out and carry on. Although this is only possible on the silver screen, creating awareness of sensations when skiing may be the next best thing.


TO TEACH, YOU MUST FEEL Before you can incorporate the idea of sensations into your teaching, it’s important


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to understand what’s meant by sensations. Sensations are very specific. Tey are not the five skiing fundamentals outlined in PSIA’s Alpine Certification Standards (see page 48); rather they are the subtle physical sensations skiers feel and perceive in their bodies in response to interactions with their boots, skis, and the snow. I try to key in on specific sensations felt when the five fundamentals are well deployed, such as the interaction of the leg and the groove where the boot’s tongue and liner meet, or the interaction between the ball of the foot and the footbed. Specific muscle tension, joint flexion, and even using senses of hearing and sight, give students cues to their own performance.


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Be sure to incorporate the sensations of skiing in the teaching skills you bring to each lesson.


As teachers of sensations, we must


first learn to be feelers, spending time paying attention to what we sense. Start by thinking about your connection to the snow. Feel the snow interact with the skis. Absorb what you feel in your boots.


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