1. Respect their prior experience. 2. Engage them in a discussion of potential, realistic goals for the time you are with them.
3. Don’t be afraid to push them to stretch their envelope of comfort.
4. Work with the skills they already have, and pace your program based on their age and conditioning. Insist on maintaining their sense of humor. Skiing is recreation, not boot camp! – Sherm White (Eastern Division)
Remember safety fi rst, falls are not fun. Keep it simple; a wider stance may be necessary for a better foundation. And remember: Positive comments get positive results. T e outcome may be as simple as a complete stop or a successful lift ride, so keep your ego out of the equation and enjoy their successes. – William Gumula (Eastern Division)
1. Create a relationship with your students; make it a real relationship not a fake one for the lesson time.
2. Be honest, and be more and more honest the deeper the relationship goes. Don’t treat all student/instructor relationships the same, they are all at diff erent levels.
3. Do your best to understand your students, their strengths, physical weaknesses for riding purposes, and do your best to understand your student’s strengths and weaknesses mentally so you can present things in a way that fi ts them.
4. Create casual, open conversations based on things happening right in front of you. Let that lead and help guide the next conversation. Turn the lesson content off and on throughout the lesson. T is will help you fi gure out your student, their goals, needs, personality, and possibly even learning styles, which will then allow you to custom-deliver a lesson for this person. T ey will get a better lesson, love riding, and never forget that you helped make that happen for them. – Scott Anfang, PSIA-AASI Team (Snowboard Coach)
1. Trust 2. Patience 3. Details
Take it slow! As we age, muscle memory slows and muscles weaken. Pay attention to the details of how the ski works and help translate that for your student from the ski to the body and dial it back. It takes twice as long for someone older to fi gure out the specifi c movements and convert it to memory. Be engaging. Make it about being outside in the fresh air and
excitement of learning. Safety fi rst – older people take twice as long to heal. Be certain about where you go and what they are ready for. – Brenna Kelleher, PSIA-AASI Team (Alpine)
Don’t try to be interesting; be interested. You could learn a lot. Respect their opinions and look for ways to demonstrate you genuinely care. Be willing to relinquish control. T e axiom “Slow and steady wins the race” is very true here. Err on the side of caution and be mindful of your pacing. If your student gives you the green light to amp up the intensity, do so gradually. Check in often and be sure your student shares the same goals for the lesson. Also, some advice I was given by a Seniors group several years ago was, “Don’t ski too far, or stop too long.” – Eric Lipton, PSIA-AASI Team (Alpine)
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