COMMON BEGINNER/NOVICE-ZONE CHARACTERISTICS
Skiers in the beginner/novice zone typically share the following characteristics. Terrain
Skiers progress from flat terrain, to the easiest green terrain, to all groomed green terrain, and then the easiest groomed blue terrain.
Balance and Movement
Initially, skiers may use extreme or random body movements and be inconsistent in balancing on even the easiest terrain. In this zone, they begin to refine balance and movements on groomed green terrain, but may still have difficulty maintaining balance and making accurate movements on easier blue terrain.
Ski Performance Outcomes
Skiers progress from self-propelled movements on flat terrain to straight runs, slight direction changes, rounder turn shapes, and skidded turn finishes. At first, most skiers control speed with a braking action of the skis, later developing the ability to control speed through turn shape.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMON BEGINNER/NOVICE-ZONE OUTCOMES Te following sections offer information you can share – or exercises you can have beginners and novices perform – to help them develop fundamental skiing skills.
Introduction to Equipment ■ Explain the shape and purpose of ski design (see Chapter 5: Equipment). ■ Conduct a visual check for each student and explain how boots should fit and function. ■ Discuss and demonstrate how to get in and out of the bindings. ■ Show students how to carry equipment vertically over the shoulder in crowded areas.
Focus: Familiarizing your students with their equipment helps them develop awareness of equipment design, proper fit, comfort, and warmth.
Athletic Stance and Movement –
Without Skis ■ Show students what an athletic stance looks like (see Chapter 1: Skills Concept – Defining the Skills), and explain how to use the ankles to establish flex in other joints, such as the knees, hips, and spine.
■ Practice maintaining an athletic stance in motion by walking forward and stepping laterally.
■ Explore turning and tipping the feet and legs without skis.
PHOTO 7.8: Movement without skis introduces basic skills.
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