All,
I hope that the tone of my posts have made it clear that I am not here to bash PMTS in any way. I am intrested in only one thing. Learning more about skiing and ski instruction so that I can better help my students enjoy their time on the slopes.
I have no desire to get into the back and forth bickering that takes place between PMTS advocates and tts instructors on almost every ski forum that has ever existed.
I know the history of Harald's involvement with PSIA and have heard the story of his D-team tenure spun by both sides. I DON'T CARE. Harald is obviously a talented skier and teacher from whom I feel that I can learn things that will benefit my students. Obviously from my posts I don 't agree with everything that Harald expounds but our areas of agreement are greater than our areas of disagreement.
I follow no established ski teaching system but have developed my own somewhat unique take on ski instruction based on the following idea. There is only one way to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction presented to the student, and that is student outcome. I'll try most any idea with a student and observe what they do with it and from those observations decide if I want to incorporate that idea into my teaching on a regular basis.
If you have any questions for me or about me feel free to ask.
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