BLUE PASSPORT SERIES

SKI

• Skill Blending: Edging and Pressure

Learning Outcome:

Enhance edging and pressure control movements using tasks to help us improve ski performance.  Explore these concepts through presenting concepts back to the group using teaching cycle and teaching model.

Learning Objectives:

·         Gain depth of understanding around Edging and Pressure skills.

·         Improve application of edging and pressure skills in performance skiing

·         Use Edging and Pressure skills to build a progression at the Level 2 competency.

Learning Experiences:

·         Railroad tracks

·         Skating

·         Outside Ski Turns

·         Medium Radius Turns

·         Edging and Pressure teaching assignments 

Assessment of Learning:

·         Can Demonstrate refined edging movements from the foot, ankle, and lower leg

·         Shows movement along the length of the ski throughout turn shape

·         Directs the pressure to the outside ski consistently from turn to turn

·         Is able to give accurate feedback on ski and body performance around edging and pressure movements

·         Uses appropriate drills in teaching assignments to develop edging and pressure skills 

• Skill Blending: Rotary and Pressure

Learning Outcome:

Enhance rotary and pressure control movements using tasks to allow us to improve ski performance. Explore these concepts through presenting concepts back to the group using teaching cycle and teaching model.

Learning Objectives:

·         Gain depth of understanding around Rotation and Pressure skills.

·         Improve application of Rotation and pressure skills in performance skiing

·         Use Rotation and Pressure skills to build a progression at the Level 2 competency

Learning Experiences:

·         Linked Sideslips

·         Hockey Slides

·         Basic Parallel

·         Short Radius Turns

·         Rotation and Pressure teaching assignments

Assessment of Learning:

·         Pivot point is under the foot

·         Demonstrates a consistent rate of rotation

·         Legs turn separate from the upper body

·         Is able to give accurate feedback on ski and body performance around rotation and pressure movements

·         Uses appropriate drills in teaching assignments to develop rotation and pressure skills 

• Turn Shapes: Rotary through Different Turn Shapes

Learning Outcome:

Explore Duration, Intensity, Rate, and Time through various intermediate drills.  This will translate to dialing it up in the afternoon to work on variable turn shapes and terrain

Learning Objectives:

·         Increase working knowledge of  D.I.R.T

·         Apply adjustments to D.I.R.T to modify turn shapes

·         Consistently use D.I.R.T in feedback and discussions of movements

Learning Experiences:

·         Wedge Christy

·         Basic Parallel

·         Switch Basic Parallel

·         Lane Changes

·         Funnel Turns

·         Off-Piste Skiing 

Assessment of Learning:

·         Accurately uses D.I.R.T while describing experiences

·         Shows a variety of ski performance while exploring D.I.R.T.

·         Can identify changes in D.I.R.T in other skiers

• Performance in All Conditions: Rotary, Edging, and Pressure

Learning Outcome:

Ownership of movements in all conditions.

Learning Objectives:

·         Develop movements needed for performance short radius turns

·         Explore how these movements change in varying conditions

·         Understand different rotational inputs

·         Address the impact of different snow surfaces on ski performance.

Learning Experiences:

·         Short Radius Turns

·         Fall Line Bumps

·         Medium Radius Turns

·         Variable conditions

·         Funnel Turns

·         Lane Changes

Assessment of Learning:

·         Demonstrates appropriate adjustments for different snow surfaces

·         Understands ski snow interaction for different snow surfaces

·         Can give feedback addressing adjustments to ski and body performance in different conditions

• Performance Skiing With Video and Movement Analysis 

Learning Outcome:

Strengthen the connection between perception and reality.

Learning Objectives:

·         Become more targeted in your development

Learning Experiences:

·         Performance Short Turns

·         Performance Medium Turns

·         Performance Bumps

·         Video Analysis

·         Identify Cause and Effect Relationships in your skiing

Assessment of Learning:

·         Displays an understanding of feedback

·         Intent matches technique

·         Can relate ski performance to body performance of personal skiing

• Movement Analysis and Teaching

Learning Outcome:

Watch videos and perform movement analysis to identify movement patterns to set up teaching scenarios. Build your understanding for why we teach what we teach.

Learning Objectives:

·         Build knowledge base of common movement patterns seen in ski instruction

·         Create teaching progression based on the skiers viewed in the Video session

·         Deliver a well-supported lesson that will improve assigned skiers movement pattern     

Learning Experiences:

·         Observe videos of skiers with common movement patterns

·         Use Movement Analysis process to identify trends in skiers movement patterns

·         Discuss possible drills and solutions for stated movement patterns

·         Use Teaching Cycle and Teaching Model to deliver a well-organized progression

·         Identify different pieces of the Teaching Cycle in peer teaches

Assessment of Learning:

·         Shows understanding of Movement Analysis Process

·         Can identify trends within movement patterns

·         Uses appropriate drills to improve states movement pattern

·         Represents all parts of the Teaching cycle

·         Demonstrates use of the Teaching Model in delivery of progression

• Guests to Clientele

Learning Outcome:

Develop an understanding of how to grow your clientele via product knowledge, guest experience, communication, and exceeding expectations.

Learning Objectives:

·         Generate business via connection with the guest

·         Understand resort-specific product knowledge

·         Use guest goals and expectations to create a guest-centered experience

·         Understand town/village/ community offerings

Learning Experiences:

·         Discuss and practice various communication styles to better connect with the guest, create guest-centered goals and lesson plans, and exceed guest expectations.

·         Explore the Sales Styles Grid to develop understanding of sales tactics for a variety of situations.

·         Discuss tactics for connecting the needs of the guest to the resort-specific product and town/village/community offerings.

Assessment of Learning:

·         Demonstrates a variety of communication styles based on individual guests.

·         Demonstrates a variety of sales tactics tailored to fit the needs of the guest based on resort-specific products.

·         Connect the needs of the guest to the appropriate resort-specific product and community offerings.

• Spatial Performance 201

Learning Outcome:

Increase awareness of spatial cues and data gathering in order to expand decision-making parameters, as well as physical and mental performance.

Learning Objectives:

·         Increase peripheral awareness

·         Exposure to data gathering techniques used by pro athletes

Learning Experiences:

·         Create a “BINGO” game board with common sights of the slope (GoPro, one-piece bibs, straight skis, pro sighting, ect.). Fill in a block for each sighting while in “scan mode.” First person to fill a row, column, or diagonal wins.

·         Track the color- On a low angle, low traffic piece of terrain, while performing a low end task, one person wears a helmet cover (color cue) and snowboards among the group, while the group must avoid the color. The color cue rotates through the group. As proficiency of avoidance increases, the color cue size decreases.

·         Color call- Hand out a card with a different color to each participant. Using a line rotation used for MA, perform short radius skidded turns. As the participant slides by, they will call out the color on each card. For the second rotation, the color cards will be re-shuffled and a letter card will be added. The participants will be call out the color and letter. Review what order the color and letter cards were in.

·         Set a kids’ trail or adventure trail up with colored flags. Ride through the trail at normal speed and do not mention the additions. Discuss who noticed the colors on the trail. Re-ride the trail at normal with awareness of colors. Discuss who noticed the colors and placement the second time through. 

Assessment of Learning:

·         Demonstrates the ability to have greater awareness as their field of focus deceases.

·         Demonstrate an increase in visual acuity and peripheral awareness.

·         Demonstrate an increase in tracking movement into memory.

·         Demonstrates uses of spatial/ environmental cues to draw awareness to changes to surroundings.

BLUE PASSPORT SERIES

SNOWBOARD

• What Goes Down, Must Come Up Blending of Board Performances and Fundamental Body Movements

Learning Outcome:

Refine the blending of fundamental body movements to achieve being most-flexed at edge change while blending board performances for a desired snow interaction outcome, with the opportunity to incorporate these into an afternoon teaching session.

Learning Objectives:

·         Understand and perform blending of fundamental body movements via body-part specific coaching and board performances for various carved and skidded turns

·         Understand and perform blending and management of board performances in a variety of turns

·         Understand how TID effects blending of most flexed at edge change movements and board performances in skidded vs. carved turns

·         Identify and apply cues to create guest-centered experience within a lesson

·         Understand how to use MA to create an accurate and useful lesson plan

·         Understand the applications and mechanisms of being most-flexed at edge change  for carved and skidded turn

Learning Experiences:

·         Present and apply the use of blending fundamental body movements to achieve most flexed at edge change movement patterns relating to carved vs. skidded turns.

·         Explore how TID of fundamental body movements can effect board performance

·         Explore different methods to create the desired blending of board performances via most flexed at edge change movements

·         Present a motor-learning cycle linking the blending of fundamental body movements and board performances, resulting in most flexed at edge change movements

·         Discuss and use a variety of MA methods to help create accurate feedback related to flexion and extension movements - real vs. ideal, adults vs. kids, Participants will lead teaching scenarios based on the blending of fundamental body movements and board performances to create most flexed at edge change movements for different terrain and tasks including freestyle.

Assessment of Learning:

·        Show comfort in blending fundamental body movements to create a most-flexed at edge change movement pattern.

·        Able to discuss the importance of the most-flexed at edge movement pattern with intermediate snowboarders.

·        Able to create carved and skidded turns resulting from the blending of fundamental body movements while being most-flexed at edge change and blending board performances.

·        Demonstrates a progression involving blending of fundamental body movements and board performances resulting in various turns. 

·        Demonstrates the use of MA to help refine board performance and fundamental body movement skills.

• Rotate Your Fundamentals

Learning Outcome:

Enhanced ability to continuously steer the snowboard through various intermediate rotational drills and tasks, and on variable terrain, with the opportunity to teach in the afternoon.

Learning Objectives:

·         Understand and perform rotary movements through body-part specific drills in a variety of turn options and with changing flexion and extension movement patterns

·         Understand and perform rotation via body-part specifics through freestyle maneuvers

·         Understand how TID of rotation effects the desired outcome through various tasks and on various terrain (groomed, variable, terrain parks and features)

·         Identify and apply cues to create a guest-centered experience within a lesson focused on using rotary to steer the snowboard

·         Understand how to use MA to create an accurate and useful lesson plan to teach steering movements through rotary movements

·         Understand the applications of rotation and the mechanisms to steer the snowboard through these applications, including freestyle, for intermediate rider

Learning Experiences:

·         Present and explore a variety of options for body-part specific movements to create rotary while riding through a variety of advanced tasks and drills.

·         Present MA methodologies to identify accurate cause and effect relationships between rotary movements and board performance.

·         Explore outcomes focused on guest-experience- real vs. ideal, adults vs. kids, cues/ body parts associated with rotation, best point of view to observe.

·         Explore how TID of rotary movement options effect board performance and steering options.

·         Present a motor-learning cycle linking rotary movements to board performances for an intermediate rider.

·         Participants will lead teaching scenarios for intermediate riders based on rotary movements and board performances to create a desired outcome on different terrain and task applications, including freestyle.

Assessment of Learning:

·        Shows comfort in creating and controlling rotary movement options while snowboarding, including steering through a variety of turn styles and freestyle.

·        Can discuss the importance of rotary movement options with intermediate snowboarders.

·        Creates a variety of desired outcomes resulting from rotational movements.

·        Can teach an intermediate progression involving rotary movements

·        Participants will demonstrate the use of MA to help refine intermediate rotary movement skills.

• Flex and Extend Your Fundamentals

Learning Outcome:

Enhanced ability to continuously balance on and control the snowboard through various intermediate flexion and extension drills and tasks, and on variable terrain, with the opportunity to teach in the afternoon.

Learning Objectives:                                      

·         Understand and perform flexion and extension movements through body-part specific drills- most-extended at edge change vs. most- flexed at edge change movement patterns

·         Understand and move through - vertical, lateral, longitudinal

·         planes of flexion and extension Understand and perform flexion and extension via body-part specifics through various turns and freestyle maneuvers and on various terrain with varying TID

·         Explore and teach to assist guests in learning to use flexion and extension to balance on and control their snowboards

·          Create a guest-centered experience for intermediate riders focused on use of flexion and extension to balance on and control their snowboards

·         Utilize MA to create an accurate lesson plan to teach balancing and control movements through flexion and extension

·         Understand the applications of flexion and extension and the mechanisms to balance on and control the snowboard through various applications, including freestyle, for intermediate rider

Learning Experiences:

·         Explore body-part specific movements to create flexion and extension through all planes while snowboarding through a variety of intermediate tasks and drills.

·         Present MA methodologies with accurate cause and effect relationships between flexion and extension movements and board performance.best point of view to observe.

·         Explore how TID of flexion and extension movement options effect board performance balance, and control.

·         Present a motor-learning cycle linking flexion and extension movements to board performances for an intermediate rider.

·         Participants will lead teaching scenarios for intermediate riders based on flexion and extension movements and board performances to create a desired outcome on different terrain and task applications, including freestyle

Assessment of Learning:

·        Shows comfort in creating and controlling flexion and extension movement options through all planes while snowboarding, including balance and control through a variety of turn styles and freestyle.

·        Able to discuss the importance of flexion and extension movement options with intermediate snowboarders.

·        Able to create a variety of desired outcomes resulting from flexion and extension movements.

·         Demonstrates  an accurate intermediate progression involving flexion and extension movements

·        Demonstrates the use of MA to help refine intermediate flexion and extension movement skills.

• Get the Shot: Performance Snowboarding and Freestyle for Level 2 with Video and Movement Analysis

Learning Outcome:

Exposure to and videoing of Snowboard Level 2 tasks and skill sets while riding on the associated terrain followed by indoor video analysis.

Learning Objectives:

·         Develop and refine body movements and skill sets for Cert. 2 riding tasks

·         Understand and apply Riding Concepts to Cert. 2

·         Ability to apply body-part-specific feedback and skill sets to their own riding

·         Understand the Cert. 2 riding standards, including timing, intensity, and duration for most-flexed at edge change movement patterns

·         Understand how Cert. 2 skill sets and most-flexed at edge movements tie to intermediate level riding and beyond

·         Ability to create accurate MA cause and effect relationships with a relevant prescription for change while using video analysis

Learning Experiences:

·         Present and apply AASI Riding Concepts to the Cert. 2 standard.

·         Present movement options and TID for the most-flexed at edge change movement pattern.

·         Present and provide time to practice the TID for blending of fundamental body movements to effect board performance

·         Allow for practice riding through each skill set associated with each task, provide individualized feedback, with participant application to their riding.

·         Video  of riding tasks from several points of view.

·         Indoor MA discussion based on the video.

·         Create MA relationships based on the video

Assessment of Learning:

·        Demonstrates Cert. 2 riding tasks with clear and desired movements while being able to speak to the skill set behind each task.

·        Participants will Can adjustriding skill sets to demonstrate most-flexed at edge change patterns and blending of fundamental body movements to effect board performance

·         Can articulate how Cert. 2 skill sets tie to higher level riding by creating prescriptions for change via the MA process.

·         Displays comfort in using the MA process with video analysis by vocalizing cause and effect relationships related to desired outcomes.

• Linking Movement Analysis to Teaching

Learning Outcome:

An indoor, interactive presentation about snowboarding fundamental body movements and board performances relating to the AASI movement analysis process, with the opportunity for guided practice outdoors.                            

Learning Objectives:

·         Refine understanding and application of the AASI Movement Analysis process and model (OEP)

·         Understand  relationships of fundamental body movements and board performances, reference alignments, and phases of the turn

·         Apply Riding Concepts to MA

·         Develop ability to create cause and effect relationships resulting in accurate outcomes and prescriptions for change

Learning Experiences:

·         Re-introduce AASI MA model and methodologies.

·         Use video of intermediate riders to demonstrate and practice MA with the participants.

·         Demonstrate several approaches to the MA process and allow for participant practice.

·         Apply MA to intermediate riders on-snow

·         Demonstrate and allow for practice of guest-centered language around MA.

·         Ride through and discuss common intermediate movement patterns to better understand the body to board to outcome relationships and useful prescriptions for change.

Assessment of Learning:

·        Demonstrates a clear and concise cause and effect relationship with an accurate outcome resulting in a prescription for change for intermediate riders.

·        Demonstrates the use of balancing technical and guest-centered language while verbalizing MA relationships.

• Common Issues and How to Fix Them

Learning Outcome:

Explore common issues via cause and effect relationships between the fundamental body movements and board performances which may occur in an intermediate lesson, and learn to present guest-centered teaching solutions.

Learning Objectives:

·         Understand and apply reference alignments, fundamental body movements, and board performances associated with intermediate riders

·         Apply MA Model and teaching models to intermediate riders

·         Identify common movement patterns and board performance outcomes for intermediate riders

·         Identify how phases of the turn interrelate with one another

·         Understand how to creatively coach to more efficient and effective intermediate riders

Learning Experiences:

·         Present and apply the MA Model (OEP) to intermediate riders,

·         Apply AASI Riding Concepts to participants and relate how these concepts apply to intermediate riders.

·         Discuss common issues which may occur in the intermediate lesson and ride through positions often seen.

·         Create teaching solutions to these common issues, based on guest-centered teaching

·         Participants will have the opportunity to practice linking cause and effect relationships and receive feedback on demonstration tasks for intermediate riders

Assessment of Learning:

·        Display competency  in the application of Movement Analysis and cause and effect relationships for the intermediate rider.

·        Participants will be able to speak to common movement patterns and outcomes which may occur in the intermediate lesson.

·         Participants will be able to coach to fundamental body movements and board performances for intermediate riders.

·         Participants will have a better understanding of how intermediate movements tie to higher level riding.

• Guests to Clientele

Learning Outcome:

Develop an understanding of how to grow your clientele via product knowledge, guest experience, communication, and exceeding expectations.

Learning Objectives:

·         Generate business via connection with the guest

·         Understand resort-specific product knowledge

·         Use guest goals and expectations to create a guest-centered experience

·         Understand town/village/ community offerings

Learning Experiences:

·         Discuss and practice various communication styles to better connect with the guest, create guest-centered goals and lesson plans, and exceed guest expectations.

·         Explore the Sales Styles Grid to develop understanding of sales tactics for a variety of situations.

·          Discuss tactics for connecting the needs of the guest to the resort-specific product and town/village/community offerings.

Assessment of Learning:

·         Demonstrates a variety of communication styles based on individual guests.

·         Demonstrates a variety of sales tactics tailored to fit the needs of the guest based on resort-specific products.

·         Connect the needs of the guest to the appropriate resort-specific product and community offerings.

• Spatial Performance 201

Learning Outcome:

Increase awareness of spatial cues and data gathering in order to expand decision-making parameters, as well as physical and mental performance.

Learning Objectives:

·         Increase peripheral awareness

·         Exposure to data gathering techniques used by pro athletes

Learning Experiences:

·         Create a “BINGO” game board with common sights of the slope (GoPro, one-piece bibs, straight skis, pro sighting, ect.). Fill in a block for each sighting while in “scan mode.” First person to fill a row, column, or diagonal wins.

·         Track the color- On a low angle, low traffic piece of terrain, while performing a low end task, one person wears a helmet cover (color cue) and snowboards among the group, while the group must avoid the color. The color cue rotates through the group. As proficiency of avoidance increases, the color cue size decreases.

·         Color call- Hand out a card with a different color to each participant. Using a line rotation used for MA, perform short radius skidded turns. As the participant slides by, they will call out the color on each card. For the second rotation, the color cards will be re-shuffled and a letter card will be added. The participants will be call out the color and letter. Review what order the color and letter cards were in.

·         Set a kids’ trail or adventure trail up with colored flags. Ride through the trail at normal speed and do not mention the additions. Discuss who noticed the colors on the trail. Re-ride the trail at normal with awareness of colors. Discuss who noticed the colors and placement the second time through. 

Assessment of Learning:

·         Demonstrates the ability to have greater awareness as their field of focus deceases.

·         Demonstrate an increase in visual acuity and peripheral awareness.

·         Demonstrate an increase in tracking movement into memory.

·         Demonstrates uses of spatial/ environmental cues to draw awareness to changes to surroundings.