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"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT":
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSW's)
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)
CSW #10:
"Beginning skiers can learn from their skiing friends".
(See "Why
take a Ski Lesson from a Professional?")
Friends don't let friends drive drunk. Friends don't let friends teach friends to ski.
If this website has any validity and you have considered its points, you will
understand this truisum. And even if your are the friend of a skilled ski
instructor, the adage may still apply, for there is also a "chemistry" factor
among friends that can get in the way of learning. Our pysches are complex. Many
ski instructors understand this and prefer not to teach their own friends.
Of course this Conventional Ski Wisdom is not a universal truth (are there
any universal truths)? But ignoring it has caused many a skier to learn slowly,
poorly, wrongly, or not at all. Ignoring it has also caused many skiers to give
up their attempts to learn the sport--to their dismay and the dismay of their
friends. If you still decide to ignore it and teach a friend or learn from a
friend, watch for trouble signs and if they occur, go take a lesson from an
instructor.
main CSW contents
prior CSW #9: "If a skier looks good, the skier is
good"
next CSW #11: "Skiing faster is the way to learn how to
ski faster"
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual:
Skiing Web Manual
Contents Why Read
This Skiing Web Manual That
First Lesson A
Little Skiing History
Motion in
Skiing
CONVENTIONAL SKIING WISDOMS
Skier Excuses
Fear in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique
Skiing Equipment
How Skis
Work
How
to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing
Turn Simplified Tactics for Terrains and Snow
Textures
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri
Children
and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender & Skiing Culture
& Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Survival Slope Safety Skiing
Environment Glossary Acknowledgements
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Copyright © 2010 William R Jones.
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