How to Prepare for Your Child's First Ski Lesson
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He spent 40 years in the medical profession. For fun, he coached skiing for over 20 years. He is a member of the Professional Ski Instructors of America, and is certified in Alpine Skiing, Level 2; Adaptive Specialist, Level 1; Children's Specialist, Level 2; Children's Trainer; and Senior Specialist, Level 2. Currently he is employed by Vail Resorts and is presently on the Vail Educational Staff. He was the former Director of the Children's Advanced Training Specialist, and the Express Pre-School Ski School Programs.
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How to Prepare for Your Child's First Ski Lesson - Herbert K Naito
Introduction
It happened to me. It may have happened to you too; not only once, but twice, or even more. How many times have you gone into the store to purchase a product or service, only to find that the salesperson misdirected you and you were not satisfied? Perhaps, you did not do your research to prepare yourself to purchase what you were really looking for and you were at the mercy of the salesperson. This is no different in the ski industry. If you do not know how to select the best ski instructor available, you will be handed any coach; some good, some not so good. This book is intended to prepare yourself every step of the way, from how to mentally prepare your child for the first ski lesson, how to dress for the outdoors, preparing for safety, getting the right equipment, what to expect from the first lesson, to how to choose the right coach. No stone will be left unturned; you will be fully prepared for your child’s first ski lesson.
Chapter 1
Mentally Preparing your Child for Skiing
Not every child is mentally prepared to leave their parents to take their first ski lesson. You may experience separation anxiety. Some will be too young to venture out into the cold to learn how to ski. This chapter will focus on four things:
Determining the proper age to begin this sport.
How to motivate your child to want to learn to ski.
Figuring out what your child wants to learn.
How to assess if your child is mentally, physically, and socially ready to tackle this sport.
Figure 1. A child that does not want to go skiing, and is pouting because he is not motivated and not mentally prepared to go for a skiing lesson.
Determining the Proper Age to Begin this Sport:
Before we can approach those questions, you need to know about the different developmental stages that a child goes through. We have the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), who educate, train, and certify instructors in various disciplines, i.e., Alpine skiing, Snowboarding, Cross-country skiing, Free-style Skiing, Adaptive skiing, Telemark skiing, and Children’s Specialist skiing. When educating the instructors, they emphasize the importance of using the PSIA CAP Model²-⁵, ¹¹, ¹³, ²⁴, ³², ³³ when evaluating a student’s profile. This model helps the coaches to better understand each child’s readiness and to help prepare an appropriate lesson plan, specifically tailor-made to fit your child’s profile. It will also help you, as a parent, to better understand the different developmental stages that a child goes through, and what to expect out of a ski lesson. A student-parent-coach partnership must develop through constant and proper dialogue for a successful lesson to develop with your child. As a parent, you need to act as your child’s consultant and provide sufficient information to the ski instructor so that he/she knows the exact and complete profile of the student. Likewise, the coach needs to provide his/her teaching experiences, his/her goals for your child, and how, where, and when he/she intends to accomplish those objectives. Assessing the student’s developmental stages include:
Figure 2. PSIA CAP Model²-⁶,¹³,¹⁶,²⁵,³⁰,³³: Cognitive, Affective, and Physical Developments.
Cognitive: How kids think, process the information, follow instructions.
Affective: How kids feel (Humor, how they see themselves, play, follow rules, moral values), how they compete in a sport, how they socialize, and their emotional development.
Physical: How kids move; nerve and skeletal muscle development (Motor control, balance, coordination, large and small muscle movements and coordination).
Cognitive Development:
These stages of CAP development will change as your child matures. For example, in the 3- to 6-year-old age group, they do not understand concrete logic, cannot mentally manipulate information, and are unable to take the point of view of other people. Children become increasingly adept at using symbols, as evidenced by an increase in playing and pretending. For instance, a child is able to use an object to represent something else, such as pretending that a stuffed monkey is a real monkey riding on his/her back. At this age, they often like role-playing like being a policeman, a robber, superman, superwoman, a rabbit hopping around.
Few children show any real understanding of adult conversation prior to the age of five. This age group can only focus on one aspect of a situation at a time. For example, try lining up two rows of pennies in such a way that a row of five pennies is longer than a row of seven pennies. Ask the child to point to the row that has more pennies, and he/she will point to the row of five pennies.
For the 7- to 10- age group, the cognitive development is more refined; the brain is more developed. Children demonstrate more independence, self-awareness, and self-confidence. Their vocabulary increases to approximately 2,000 words. They can compose sentences with five or more words. They can count up to 10 objects at one time. They know left from right. They begin to reason and argue and understand concepts like, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. They begin to use words like Why and Because. They can copy complex shapes, such as drawing a diamond, a horse, a bird, a snake. They have more vivid imaginations and