Ancient wrote:Dear Heluva,
I'm very sorry about you reaction on my posts; it should be clear to everybody that here in Italy is not easy to train our kids according to PMTS schemes and techniques which are known by a few passionate fans if not anybody: there is no PMTS skiing school as far as I know.
So I post in this forum my sons' video just because I believe in this skiing method altough I have no deep knowledge of it, and I admit it, but I tried from what I learned to teach my kids as much as I can in the little moments available that we have together when they are not following their skiing lessons: they are taught by their italian instructors and I have little power and skills to influence their technique more than what I said.
Is this a reason to treat a newcome aficionado to this technique like you did? I hope that in this community there can be room to accept persons that are really interested in PMTS altough they don't have, in your opinion, the adequate expertise: is this forum free or is it only for adepts?
Cheers.
Ancient
Ancient,
I am supportive of your desire to train your kids with PMTS, I think that is great. Most people in the US train using PMTS exactly as you are - on their own. Not having access to a PMTS coach or school is not an excuse. There is more public material for PMTS education than any other skiing source (books, DVDs, YouTube, Forum). What books have you read? What DVDs have you purchased and watched? What drills are you working with your kids when you are free skiing with them when they are not with their Italian coaches? What drills are they struggling with? Are you taking video of their drills and comparing them to the video of HH or the other PMTS experts on this site? Are you reviewing the video you are shooting side-by-side with video of other PMTS Experts WITH your kids present? Can you name all of the Essentials and list at least one drill that targets each one? What work have you done to educate yourself and your kids?
Although the skiing has improved over the past year, I see the same root deficiencies being posted again and again. The MA will not change, because you keep showing us the same skiing, based on the same flawed movement patterns. The MA that was given specifically targeted free foot tipping and stance ski balance. This is step #1. What drills are you doing to fix it? If the drills that you're using aren't working, we can probably suggest some that might. Show us video of the drills - maybe you are doing them incorrectly. Kids are incredible copy-cats - who's skiing are they copying? Give them a correct model in yourself or someone else. Reinforce that model with drills and watching WC skiing together. Point out each Essential as it happens in WC skiing or other high level PMTS skiing so this becomes their mental model of a ski turn. Show them their own skiing side-by-side with the correct model. Point out the similarities and the differences. Select drills to target the deficiencies when you are free skiing. Video the drills and show your kids the results side-by-side with Harald performing the same drills. Keep it fun for them. Encourage the change. Get them excited about it.
We aren't talking about a few minor changes here and there - we are talking about a complete rebuild of how you and your kids ski. Until you either add some legitimacy to PMTS by showing it to your kids using WC skiing AND/OR demonstrate PMTS to a level where you visibly ski better than your kid's coaches (to anyone's eye), you aren't going to make a lot of progress with coaching them. It can be very hard work, but it can be done if you're committed to it.
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