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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 03-20-06 08:25Ski School
A recent post on here says that they were shocked to find out that a ski instructor never taught parallel skiing to a beginners class in 6 days.When recently in Pamporovo, we also weren't taught parallel skiing in our 6 days, but I assumed this was because this is generally not taught to beginners.
Please advise?!
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it really would depend on whether or not the hole group was ready to be taught that if they did not think you had perfected the other ski moves then they would not move onto to parallel skiing.re: Ski School
Hi,We were in Pamps last week and had friends in beginners class. They were taught it but there were not many in class so they were progressing quite quickly I think. It probably depends on the group you were in, the instructor etc? I was skiing for second time (first time a decade ago) and we were taught earlier in week because of the level of skiers in our group (they were already starting to parallel). By the end of the week, the beginners were better than we were!!
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was in pamporovo 5th march a beginner in ski school was taught parallel sking 2nd day we did exercises down hills parallel sking then in too snow plow,was a must when we were goin down the green runs comin up to the flat bits.re: Ski School
I agree my first ski holiday we didn't do parallel turns as we weren't up to the standard required but my sister went this year and had a small group and they were taught them. It depends on what level the group gets to.re: Ski School
Sam,
When I was taught in Switzerland and my brother and sister both in France (different restorts) and my best friend in Austria we where all taught to :
Stem Turn
Step Turn
Parrallel Stop
Parrallel Turn
We where also taken down blue and red runs, and on my last week we went down half a black run.
The lesons in Swizterland and France are 3 hours in the morning over 6 days. In Austria it is 4 hours over 6 days.
My friend (who takes instructor courses for fun and spent a ...
When I was taught in Switzerland and my brother and sister both in France (different restorts) and my best friend in Austria we where all taught to :
Stem Turn
Step Turn
Parrallel Stop
Parrallel Turn
We where also taken down blue and red runs, and on my last week we went down half a black run.
The lesons in Swizterland and France are 3 hours in the morning over 6 days. In Austria it is 4 hours over 6 days.
My friend (who takes instructor courses for fun and spent a ...
Sam,
When I was taught in Switzerland and my brother and sister both in France (different restorts) and my best friend in Austria we where all taught to :
Stem Turn
Step Turn
Parrallel Stop
Parrallel Turn
We where also taken down blue and red runs, and on my last week we went down half a black run.
The lesons in Swizterland and France are 3 hours in the morning over 6 days. In Austria it is 4 hours over 6 days.
My friend (who takes instructor courses for fun and spent a couple of seasons in ski resorts) also was concerned about the lack of teaching.
We ended up taking our beingers with us and trying to teach them the next steps.
Obviously the instructor has to accomodate for all levels in the class but there should be some progress.
Snow plow should not be the extent of your ski school for a week. This is not ski-ing!
When I was taught in Switzerland and my brother and sister both in France (different restorts) and my best friend in Austria we where all taught to :
Stem Turn
Step Turn
Parrallel Stop
Parrallel Turn
We where also taken down blue and red runs, and on my last week we went down half a black run.
The lesons in Swizterland and France are 3 hours in the morning over 6 days. In Austria it is 4 hours over 6 days.
My friend (who takes instructor courses for fun and spent a couple of seasons in ski resorts) also was concerned about the lack of teaching.
We ended up taking our beingers with us and trying to teach them the next steps.
Obviously the instructor has to accomodate for all levels in the class but there should be some progress.
Snow plow should not be the extent of your ski school for a week. This is not ski-ing!
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Hi
Ive skiied in bulgaria the last 4 years, and this is how ski school goes:
week 1: Snow plough and traversing. mainly green/blue
week 2: stem turns (sort of half plough and half Paralell) and parralel intro. mainly blue/red
week 3: More Paralel. reds/black
week 4: Paralel perfection, step turns. reds/black + off-piste.
This what I did. How quickly you progress depends on you and unfortuattly somestimes by others in your group.
But at the end of the day its all about having ...
Ive skiied in bulgaria the last 4 years, and this is how ski school goes:
week 1: Snow plough and traversing. mainly green/blue
week 2: stem turns (sort of half plough and half Paralell) and parralel intro. mainly blue/red
week 3: More Paralel. reds/black
week 4: Paralel perfection, step turns. reds/black + off-piste.
This what I did. How quickly you progress depends on you and unfortuattly somestimes by others in your group.
But at the end of the day its all about having ...
Hi
Ive skiied in bulgaria the last 4 years, and this is how ski school goes:
week 1: Snow plough and traversing. mainly green/blue
week 2: stem turns (sort of half plough and half Paralell) and parralel intro. mainly blue/red
week 3: More Paralel. reds/black
week 4: Paralel perfection, step turns. reds/black + off-piste.
This what I did. How quickly you progress depends on you and unfortuattly somestimes by others in your group.
But at the end of the day its all about having fun. You could learn Paralel turns faster if you spend all week doing boring exercises, but thats no fun when you you just wanna ski!!
Garry
Ive skiied in bulgaria the last 4 years, and this is how ski school goes:
week 1: Snow plough and traversing. mainly green/blue
week 2: stem turns (sort of half plough and half Paralell) and parralel intro. mainly blue/red
week 3: More Paralel. reds/black
week 4: Paralel perfection, step turns. reds/black + off-piste.
This what I did. How quickly you progress depends on you and unfortuattly somestimes by others in your group.
But at the end of the day its all about having fun. You could learn Paralel turns faster if you spend all week doing boring exercises, but thats no fun when you you just wanna ski!!
Garry
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Priorities 1, 2 and 3 for every ski instructor.
1. Everybody is safe 100% of the time.
2. Everybody has fun.
3. Everybody progresses with their skiing.
VERY MUCH IN THAT ORDER.
It's no good trying to run before you can walk. Parrallel turns are not easy if you have yet to master step turns, and most instructors will not touch on these until your 2nd or even 3rd year.
Becsause an instructor may touch on these earlier does not necessarily mean that you are ready for them and ...
1. Everybody is safe 100% of the time.
2. Everybody has fun.
3. Everybody progresses with their skiing.
VERY MUCH IN THAT ORDER.
It's no good trying to run before you can walk. Parrallel turns are not easy if you have yet to master step turns, and most instructors will not touch on these until your 2nd or even 3rd year.
Becsause an instructor may touch on these earlier does not necessarily mean that you are ready for them and ...
Priorities 1, 2 and 3 for every ski instructor.
1. Everybody is safe 100% of the time.
2. Everybody has fun.
3. Everybody progresses with their skiing.
VERY MUCH IN THAT ORDER.
It's no good trying to run before you can walk. Parrallel turns are not easy if you have yet to master step turns, and most instructors will not touch on these until your 2nd or even 3rd year.
Becsause an instructor may touch on these earlier does not necessarily mean that you are ready for them and they take many years to perfect.
From the beginning, my learning curve was......
Snowploughing,
Step turns.
Learning to ski on 1 ski.
Then parrallel turns.
Then check turns.
Then jump turns.
In all I recon it was at least 5 years before I felt I was doing proper parrallel turns and now it's dead easy. But the learning was intense and it does take time.
PP
1. Everybody is safe 100% of the time.
2. Everybody has fun.
3. Everybody progresses with their skiing.
VERY MUCH IN THAT ORDER.
It's no good trying to run before you can walk. Parrallel turns are not easy if you have yet to master step turns, and most instructors will not touch on these until your 2nd or even 3rd year.
Becsause an instructor may touch on these earlier does not necessarily mean that you are ready for them and they take many years to perfect.
From the beginning, my learning curve was......
Snowploughing,
Step turns.
Learning to ski on 1 ski.
Then parrallel turns.
Then check turns.
Then jump turns.
In all I recon it was at least 5 years before I felt I was doing proper parrallel turns and now it's dead easy. But the learning was intense and it does take time.
PP
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Thanks Guys.It does make sense - especially as there was a couple in our class who couldn't be bothered, didn't want to learn (why on earth they were at ski school was a mystery!) and had a wayward 7 year old son tagging along all of the time.
Hopefully, next ski school we're on we'll have Wannabe-Skiers!
