I was at Welch Village all last week for a Green and Blue accreditation. I got home last night. We have been working with Welch for at least 7 seasons now. So the kids I started with were 6 or 7 years old. They just finished their high School and D Team championships, and three of the Welch girls were top five, with 2nd place, 2 hundred of a second off 1st place. They are all the youngest in this age group. In addition, I watched the kids slope learning, three-year-olds skiing by themselves making parallel turns.
It is a real treat watching this happening. The ski industry has no idea what can be done when it's done right with PMTS instruction. I saw one first-timer, first-time PMTS lesson, skiing by herself with her feet together on the bunny slope. She was beginning to make direction changes with no hint of a wedge.
PSIA is so far behind they don't know where they are.