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I do struggle sometimes to understand some people have lessons and you will enjoy your skiing a lot more, you will also ski safer and that will mean there
is one less idiot on the slopes :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Ian Wickham wrote:I do struggle sometimes to understand some people have lessons and you will enjoy your skiing a lot more, you will also ski safer and that will mean there
is one less idiot on the slopes :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

ouch!that had to hurt, bit harsh Ian?

Andi - make use of the excellent ski schools to be found in austria and have a couple of lessons, you will learn so much more than trying to do it yourself and see much more of the resort at the same time!

Im sorry guys if my last post was a tad direct, but the slopes are full of out of control idiots who think they can ski and it just frustrates me :evil:

Ian Wickham wrote:Im sorry guys if my last post was a tad direct, but the slopes are full of out of control idiots who think they can ski and it just frustrates me :evil:

You are, as often is the case, absolutely right my friend.

Ian Wickham wrote:I do struggle sometimes to understand some people have lessons and you will enjoy your skiing a lot more, you will also ski safer and that will mean there
is one less idiot on the slopes :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Some people are only able to improve their skiing with lessons. It's is easier, you don't have to think for your self, and you don't have to really understand what you are doing. Others are able to combine lessons with their own discovery learning, guided by by what they have learned from other sources.

Maybe the reason that you don't have anything to contribute other than "get a lesson" to a technique question, is that this type of learning does not work for you. That's fine, but the mantra gets stale, and puts off people who are interested in asking questions.

Sometimes breakthroughs in our learning come from hearing something put in a different way, given a different context, or related to a different concept. That's where forum discussion can be very helpful.

BTW the type of person you refer to as 'an out of control idiot", is very unlikely to be posting a technique question on a forum. They are ready know all they need to.

Trencher

Trencher wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I do struggle sometimes to understand some people have lessons and you will enjoy your skiing a lot more, you will also ski safer and that will mean there
is one less idiot on the slopes :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Some people are only able to improve their skiing with lessons. It's is easier, you don't have to think for your self, and you don't have to really understand what you are doing. Others are able to combine lessons with their own discovery learning, guided by by what they have learned from other sources.

Maybe the reason that you don't have anything to contribute other than "get a lesson" to a technique question, is that this type of learning does not work for you. That's fine, but the mantra gets stale, and puts off people who are interested in asking questions.

Sometimes breakthroughs in our learning come from hearing something put in a different way, given a different context, or related to a different concept. That's where forum discussion can be very helpful.

BTW the type of person you refer to as 'an out of control idiot", is very unlikely to be posting a technique question on a forum. They are ready know all they need to.

Trencher

We all have the right to our opinions trencher 8)

I was just saying, that opinion had been said several times over, and the point had been made. As I said, if the only way you learn is by lessons, that's great, but don't assume that everyone learns the same way that you do. A lot of us (esp. the thinker learning style types) find it useful to discuss ideas. The OP had already talked about the need for lessons, why keep on about lessons ? Anyway, that's just my opinion :wink:

I think if someone post a technique question, it is quite reasonable for someone to post that lessons are a good idea. Maybe someone else might post the benefit of lessons. but to keep on, and on that lessons are the only way to learn, is failing to understand how some people learn.


Trencher

Hi Again chaps, I have been looking at the list of ski schools in Austria, and I'm going to get a few next week, I will let you know how I get on!

One thing I have been thinking about is why my quads hurt so much ?? so the other day I simply looked into a mirror side on and moved up and down as I would when skiing and aha!! I noticed that I was bending at the knee joint instead of flexing forward at the ankle joint!

Basically I was squatting all day while skiing! no wonder my legs where hanging off!! a simple mistake that would have been spotted straight away by an instructor, but hey self discovery and teaching myself is something I have done and now I understand so much more.

I also think with all this self study on Techniques and body positions balance etc, i may find I will pick things up a little sooner because I have done the theory stuff, and the help from people on this site has been very valuable to me so cheers for all the tips!

Andy :)