By Keith and Heather Nicol
The best way to
learn a sport is to have individual instruction by someone who has been trained
to look for areas of improvement and then come up with drills or exercises to
build the skills that are lacking. I
usually teach cross country skiing at a few different areas in B.C. in the
winter but through my you tube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/k2nicol) get a number of requests for feedback on
people’s skiing. These skiers live in various places in North America and
beyond, often where they may not have regular access to good ski instruction.
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Often with
lessons or clinics, skiers are presented with a variety of techniques that they
try to learn in a short period of time. Usually change is slow and unless the
skier comes back periodically for lessons through the winter they will invariably
revert to their original ski errors once they leave the lesson. Even if they practice the areas they need to
improve , without guided feedback they often won’t know if they are improving
or not.
With my new on
line instructional programme the skier shoots video (using their smart phone or
tablet) of the techniques that they would like to improve and then emails these
to me for analysis. I review the video and provide video drills and other
written feedback for how they can improve. A week or 2 later after more
practice they send off some more examples of their skiing for more feedback.
Then gradually over time they can begin to improve their skiing through this on
line programme of feedback throughout the ski season. If you are interested in learning
various aspects of cross country skiing from classic to skating to downhill
technique including telemark skiing – contact Keith Nicol for information on how to
sign up for this on line ski programme and
current pricing at k2nicol@gmail.com
Keith Nicol holds Canada's highest ranking in both as a cross country
and telemark instructor and has taught 1000's of skiers since 1985. He
has taught at Supercamp at Silver Star Ski Resort and Sovereign Lake in
BC's Interior for many years and also represented Canada at 4 Interski
events.He was the CANSI Technical Board member for the Atlantic
Provinces for many years.
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