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Coaches
around the world all preach the same statement; “ what
are the 3 most important things you can do that will make
you excel at a sport?”
The answer; “Practice, Practice and Practice some
more!”
I
would like to add, “if you are going to practice,
practice properly.”
This is where proper coaching and lessons are
critical to your safety but also to proper development and
successful out comes.
The last thing you want is to establish bad or poor
habits through improper training or learning.
When
it comes to lessons the more lessons you take the
greater your accomplishment level will be.
To
ski or snowboard correctly and well has a high entry
level that one must overcome.
I
recommend taking 10 to 12 or more session programs that
allows beginners and intermediates to overcome any entry
barrier.
Like
any sport it takes proper muscle development and
coordination as well as entrenching what is known as
"muscle memory."
It
is not the first 4 or 5 lessons that one obtains the
needed skills to ride properly but the last 2 or 3
sessions in a series of 10, 12 or more sessions that one
begins to ingrain the needed skills.
There
is no magic formula that makes one a better skier or
snowboarder - only hard work through many practice
sessions, in the proper environment with the proper
instructions. The reward is you begin to feel
the ride and can begin to control the optimization of it.
Remember,
good skiing or snowboarding is a habit and becomes as
simple as walking as your muscles and balance becomes
naturally reactive to changing positions.
If
you have to think about it, it is too late.
Some
experts say it takes a week’s worth of practice or more
of focused practice or repetition to develop just one new
movement pattern into a solid skiing or boarding habit.
Given
the practice time, the right environment and focused
instruction beginners can easily become intermediates and
intermediates can become expert.
Learning or training on the Endless Slope at SnoZone is an
ideal way to establish good skiing and boarding habits and
engrain proper muscle memory. You will do in half an
hour on the Endless Slope as many turns as a whole day on
snow.
Like
any sport a little commitment can go a long ways and
learning before you go is a smart and safe way to
be.
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