ALPINE SKIING
Alpine skiing on slopes and off-piste is experiencing a steady change due to ongoing developments in the ski industry and in ski technology. The trend sport freeski has established itself amongst the youth - slopestylers and freeriders are obligatory in the ski resorts. However, elegant skiing and skiing for health are still very popular with guests from home and abroad. In order to meet the ongoing changes and developments in the ski industry, the Austrian Ski Instructor Association, together with the local ski instructor associations, has developed the Ski Instruction Teaching Plan.
The new Austrian Ski Instruction Teaching Plan - From Start to Perfection in Four Stages - is the Austrian snowsport instructors’ guideline for teaching practice. The contents of this curriculum form the basis for the introduction to the profession of Austrian snow sports instructor and is the basis for all snow sports instructor training in Austria. The current Austrian Ski Instructor Plan comprises four stages, which leads the skier or snow sports instructors from start to perfection. The new Austrian ski teaching plan does justice to a modern and contemporary methodology and guarantees an optimum learning success through all teaching and learning phases.
FROM START TO PERFECTION IN FOUR STAGES
GREEN
Getting used to the ski equipment
Getting used to the equipment and to the restricted movement with the ski equipment. Walking, sliding and climbing in gentle, sloped terrain.
Sliding and schuss exercises
Balancing whilst sliding
Snowplough
Sliding with skis in plough position – braking and stopping
BLUE
Snowplough turning
Downhill with direction change
Alpine skiing posture – edging
Skiing on the uphill edges
Alpines Fahrverhalten - Rutschen
Tilt away from edges – steering parallel skis whilst sliding
Snowplough steering
Changing direction by steering on the uphill edges
RED
Parallel ski steering long - pole plant - short
Simultaneous switching edges, turning and steering the skis as the basis for the parallel ski steering with long radii
Pole plant
Pole plant used as an aid for balance, weight transfer, turning and rhythm
Parallel ski steering - long radii with pole plant
Simultaneous switching of edges, turning and steering the skis with use of the pole plant
Parallel ski steering - short radii
Rhythmic continuous turns with changes of direction in parallel short radii
Dynamic parallel ski steering - long radii
Dynamic change of direction out of the steering pressure; situational ski control, sporty, forward-looking, adapted skiing in medium length and long radii.
Dynamic parallel ski steering - short radii
Dynamic parallel ski steering in short radii with situation-responsive ski control.
BLACK
Carving and racing carving - long radii
Preparation for giant slalom; athletic safe skiing at high speeds on hard piste, carved turns in long radii
Carving - short turns
Carved direction changes with short radii with slalom carvers
Steep slopes
Safe skiing on steep terrain
Moguls
Controlled skiing through bumps with flexing and stretching turns - commitment to constant contact with the snow
Deep snow
Rhythmic, enjoyable skiing in deep snow
Demo & formation
Skiing in formation; synchronous changes in direction and movement, also to music
Freeriding
From long turns on wide unspoilt slopes to short turns on steeper slopes (speed)