Slide Like a Kid is a great clinic that helps prepare instructors for the Children’s Specialist 1 Accreditation.
Explore sliding like children: How do they move? How does the tool perform? What is REAL compared to IDEAL?
- 3-6 years of age
- 7-11 years of age
- 12 & Up
Stages of Childhood Development: Physical Development
- Center of Mass
- Changing Bodies
- Development of Strength
- Development of Motor Skills & Coordination
- Gross and Fine Motor Skill Acquisition
- How Kids Learn Motor Skills
- Fitts & Posner’s Stages of Motor Skill Acquisition
Technical Skills & Kids
Resource: PSIA-AASI Teaching Children Snowsports, Chapter 6: Technical Skills and Kids, page 167-205
- Page 174: A Kid-Centri Look at the Alpine Skiing Fundamentals
Movement Analysis
- Observe – “Just the Facts, Please”
- Evaluation – “Digging Deeper”
- Prescription – “Here’s What We’re Gonna Do”
Who Should Attend:
- Any instructor who teaches children
- Any instructor who needs a bigger bag of tricks when working with children
- Any instructor that needs to build THEIR confidence when working with children
Meet: Adult Lesson Line-Up Area
Paid: No
Jacket: Personal
Bookings
This clinic or event is fully booked.
Who's Coming?
Approved
- Anne Eldridge
- Sonja Kolstoe
- Andrew Mittelman
- Imm-o Singleton