Will short skis help the move to parallel?

Lessons .......... then you need to work on what she has learnt in her lessons every afternoon/day
even if it inconveniences your own skiing, I know its tuff, I have been there.
But stick to the routine and she will eventually turn the corner.

AllyG wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:

AllyG wrote:
I think it would be a very good idea if you could afford to pay for one of her friends to come with you on holiday, especially if they ski worse than she does.

I have actually thought about that many times but Mrs Snapzzz, understandably, believes its a huge responsibility taking some one else child abroad and putting them in a potentially dangerous environment. I would definitely do it though if we could find the right friend.

Jon

My daughter's school just happened to go ski-ing on a dry slope for a day after the Bulgaria holiday, and she was very much encouraged because she and a friend were by far the best skiers in the class (because the rest of them hadn't been ski-ing) and were praised etc. by the teacher who was amazed how good they were. It is all relative.

Ally

I think you might have missed the point here. Jon is saying his daughter is struggling, so is unlikely to be the best in the class.

Maybe there is some mileage in taking one of her mates with you, or booking with a like minded family who she is friends with? It COULD be a parent/child thing going on here - don't like being told, don't want to do because you do, etc. Maybe.

Look really guy's just be patient with her and don't push too hard ...... when kids are learning to ski they are not coached like we would be, they are let to ski naturally and I think with little W it was about five years on when we had to start getting her forward in her skis.She did start at three years old.

This year little W for the first time had private lessons four X one and half hours costing €210 ouch !!!!,I was forced into them through incompetent ski schools in Chatel but it was money well spent in my opinion the continuity was there at Monday to Thursday with the same instructor and her skiing improved no end, don't get me wrong she was no slouch to start with but you could see the improvement. Half the lesson was spent on technique the other half off piste.

Now taking a friend firstly if the friend is is of the same ability fine no issues if not they will not be skiing together or having lessons together so I don't really see the benefit of the latter I can only see her being held back.

Ignore or use my comments as you will but they are based on experience, if I can help anymore please PM me.

Ian Wickham wrote:Look really guy's just be patient with her and don't push too hard ...... when kids are learning to ski they are not coached like we would be, they are let to ski naturally and I think with little W it was about five years on when we had to start getting her forward in her skis.She did start at three years old.

This year little W for the first time had private lessons four X one and half hours costing €210 ouch !!!!,I was forced into them through incompetent ski schools in Chatel but it was money well spent in my opinion the continuity was there at Monday to Thursday with the same instructor and her skiing improved no end, don't get me wrong she was no slouch to start with but you could see the improvement. Half the lesson was spent on technique the other half off piste.

Now taking a friend firstly if the friend is is of the same ability fine no issues if not they will not be skiing together or having lessons together so I don't really see the benefit of the latter I can only see her being held back.


Ignore or use my comments as you will but they are based on experience, if I can help anymore please PM me.

After some serious thought i think you are right Ian, i guess i just wanted her to progress at my speed so we can spend some more time together, its unrealistic really.

How old is little w?

Snapzzz wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Look really guy's just be patient with her and don't push too hard ...... when kids are learning to ski they are not coached like we would be, they are let to ski naturally and I think with little W it was about five years on when we had to start getting her forward in her skis.She did start at three years old.

This year little W for the first time had private lessons four X one and half hours costing €210 ouch !!!!,I was forced into them through incompetent ski schools in Chatel but it was money well spent in my opinion the continuity was there at Monday to Thursday with the same instructor and her skiing improved no end, don't get me wrong she was no slouch to start with but you could see the improvement. Half the lesson was spent on technique the other half off piste.

Now taking a friend firstly if the friend is is of the same ability fine no issues if not they will not be skiing together or having lessons together so I don't really see the benefit of the latter I can only see her being held back.


Ignore or use my comments as you will but they are based on experience, if I can help anymore please PM me.

After some serious thought i think you are right Ian, i guess i just wanted her to progress at my speed so we can spend some more time together, its unrealistic really.

How old is little w?

It is really tuff .... I had to be careful in not pushing my passion on Little W at an early age and my wife played a big part in keeping me in line, and we have reaped the benefit down the line, she still has lessons which she will complete the ESF gold level standard in 2013, which makes me very proud as a parent.

What we have always done is ski as a unit with Little W between my wife and me and not let her go wild as I see a lot of kids doing these days this is now to her second nature and we do not get any grief out of her, she just loves to ski.

But taking it slowly she has developed our passion for the mountains both in Summer and winter, we ski as a unit every day and she is more than capable on the off piste as well as blacks and all at the tender age of 10 years old.

I wish you good luck and I know like me you will stumble on a way that suits little Snapzz, and in a couple of years time you will wonder what the fuss has been all about as she will be skiing the sallo's off you. :thumbup:

Haveyou got a snowdome nearby? I'm not a fan but it is a pretty good environment to practice controlled skiing (and gets very boring if you're not making lots of turns).

Reinforcing the consequence of straight lining down runs would be good. The bottom line is that carving is more fun, so I'd find a recommended instructor who little Snapzzz will look up to and listen too. I'd imagine she'll make good progress with a 20-something instructor that can place some value on the fun aspect.

Really I'd be surprised if she wasn't progressing faster than you with a bit of care.

Snapzzy my advice would be to leave the poor child alone. She will come on at her own pace, especially when she cottons on to the fact that snow-ploughing is harder on the legs. I think it's fantastic that she enjoys skiing and you wouldn't want to spoil that. My 11 year-old daughter is also an only child, not big on group lessons etc, so we get private lessons for her. I don't think parents should attempt to teach their children skiing as it only leads to frustration and tantrums (and that's just the parents!)

acarr wrote: I don't think parents should attempt to teach their children skiing as it only leads to frustration and tantrums (and that's just the parents!)

Have we met ? :oops: