Sharpen
Your Skiing Skills with ASIA at Sno Mountain January 9-10 or January
23-24, 2010
Hey, folks, come join ASIA at Sno Mountain in
Scranton, PA, and learn to be a ski or snowboard instructor or learn to ski like one.
We're offering our Level 1 Alpine and Snowboard Teaching Certifications over
Jan 9-10 and Jan 23-24, 2010. We'll also offer Advanced Skiing Improvement
over both weekends.
It's A Skiing Best Buy!
The 4 day Level 1 program fee is $220.00 plus lifts. The two day
Improvement program fee is $110.00. Discounted
lift tickets are additional and available through ASIA the morning of sign in for the
event by cash or check.
Program Offerings
Level 1 Alpine or Snowboard Teaching Certification -
If you're looking for a job teaching skiing or
snowboarding,
this event is just what you need to give you your entry level teaching
and demo skills. If you just want to start looking like a ski
instructor, the skiing improvement and technical
focus will get you there! Candidates should be parallel skiers
comfortable on groomed black diamond terrain. Riders should be
comfortable making skidded round toe and heel side turns and be able to
turn and stop on black diamond terrain.
Level 1 Day 1
We spend the first morning skiing to get warmed up and get our ski legs
under us. For many folks these will be their first runs of the season! This usually means a few warm up runs and exercises to
hone in on dynamic balancing movements. Then we'll ski or ride through the tasks
we'll be expected to perform on evaluation day. In the afternoon, we'll learn and ski
or ride the
teaching progression from the rental shop to linked turns on the
beginner hill. You'll be the beginners and we'll be the coaches.
On day two, we'll start out the same, then in
the afternoon, we'll go through the teaching progression again, and
start having you become the teachers. We'll look at our own balance and
symmetry in the beginning skiing or riding tasks and learn the cause and effect of
skiers' movements and how to enhance them.
On day three we'll work through all the tasks in earnest, to get ready for the evaluation on the fourth day.
There will be lots of practice and personal feedback to help you. The
third afternoon, you'll become the teachers, and get feedback as you
take your fellow candidates (the students) thru the progression from
never ever to mountain skiers.
Day four will be the on-snow evaluation of your
new teaching, technical and demonstration skills, and then you're off
and running! I mean skiing!
Advanced Skiing Improvement is an exciting clinic designed to develop your
skiing skills at higher speeds on that great fresh groomed snow. As the snow
gets cut and piled up, we'll work on the tactics and techniques for
managing bumps and crud. Finally, when it's all scraped off in the middle
and icy, we'll get some tips on how to hold on that shiny,
challenging afternoon surface.
The Registration Deadline is
December 25,
2009
Register early! All applications MUST
be received at least 2 weeks before the cutoff date!
Please note: Classes may fill before the
cutoff date, so be sure to sign up early for great fun and learning.
It’s easy,
just fill out the Program application, write
in your clinic choice, and sign the release and mail it with your check
made out to ASIA. This event is popular and will fill quickly. Question about the
program? Call the ASIA office.
Mail your application and program fee to:
ASIA
28 Park Drive
Woodstock, NY 12498
ASIA membership is required. To become a member of ASIA, fill out
the Membership application and mail it with
your dues check of $25.00 made payable to ASIA to the ASIA office.
Questions? Call Bill Hornbeck, coordinator, at (845) 679-4609.
Come Ski And Ride With ASIA!
