{"id":8823,"date":"2018-10-23T10:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T16:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/?p=8823"},"modified":"2020-09-11T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T22:42:44","slug":"the-5-most-useful-tips-for-teaching-kids-to-ski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/the-5-most-useful-tips-for-teaching-kids-to-ski\/","title":{"rendered":"The 5 Most Useful Tips for Teaching Kids to Ski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Maggy Mulhern<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Surprise: These tips for teaching kids to ski have almost nothing to do with skiing and everything to do with your sanity.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I showed up to coach with the Sugar Bowl Ski Team in Lake Tahoe as an 18-year-old already washed-up ski racer from Vermont who grew up on Cabot cheddar and blue ice. I was ready to talk Olympic dreams and sweet angles. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, I met my five- and six-year-olds. Things changed fast. Instead of worrying about which drills to do, I ended up trying to figure out how to disc<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reetly tell the staff at the bottom that a kid had an accident\u2014the type that requires new long underwear rather than a ski patroller.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8827\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/littleripper.jpg\" alt=\"tips for teaching kids to ski\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/littleripper.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/littleripper-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/littleripper-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Success on the slopes is about more than pizzas and french fries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The solution was the term \u201cCode Yellow,\u201d and my legacy with the team became a new record for the most Code Yellows in a season (nine, lucky me). Between Code Yellows 1 and 9, I learned that to keep the kids moving and myself sane, only half of what I could teach involved the actual mechanics of skiing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaches, parents, aunts, uncles, instructors\u2014listen up. These tips will help you hang tight as you turn kiddos into skiers. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>1) Independent Nose Management <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One girl, call her Rachel, had a habit of letting snot trickle out of her nose, pool on her upper lip, and run into her mouth. Rachel (or, more likely, her parents) must not have loved the trend. Days later, she whipped out a pocket packet of Kleenex. I reveled at this six-year-old\u2019s preparation. Then she handed me her used tissue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proximity exposure to kid germs was OK. Saving the germs in my jacket pocket? Not so much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The priority of the day suddenly switched from French fry turns to independent mucous management. Rachel learned The Snot Rocket. We identified the optimal blowing moment: when the nostril is full but not overflowing. Then into tactics: cover one nostril, lean away from your pants and skis, aim away from others. Fire away. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>2) Helmets=storage <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snack time can be an optimal moment for kids and adults to re-center. But you lose the chance to rest when you end up on your hands and knees looking for tiny mittens. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep snack time stress-free. Enter the lodge. Take off gloves. Take off helmet. Put gloves in helmet. Take off neckie. Neckie in helmet. Clip helmet. Hang helmet on a hook with your jacket. All things in one place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now kick back and savor that brisket.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>3) Conquer the double blacks: put your skis on <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking my group down their first double black was one of the most gratifying experiences I had while coaching. Less triumphant was the moment one of them yard-saled, leaving me to hike up to help him get back into his skis. After he was recovered, I turned around just in time to see half my group wandering off in boredom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We reassembled\u2014then learned a critical skill for conquering tough terrain: putting yourself together after a fall. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find a flattish backside of a mogul. Make sure your feet are steady. Position the uphill ski first. Dig the edge in to keep it still. Flip yourself around and do it again.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8826\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8826 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ben.jpg\" alt=\"tips for teaching kids to ski\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ben.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ben-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ben-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ben-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quicker your kiddos feel independent, the quicker they&#8217;ll develop a love of the sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><b>4) Don\u2019t look like a floundering east coaster <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an east coaster, I came to California with unique skills: walking across a parking lot of ice in boots; dressing myself for a -20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00b0F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> day; sharpening my skis enough for bulletproof ice. Getting myself out of deep snow, however, wasn\u2019t one of these skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Early on, I fell in front of the other coaches and had to teach myself quickly or be labeled a hopeless east coaster. Naturally, the next move was to teach my 6-year-olds what took me 18 years to learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>With poles: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have them make an X with their poles and hold them where they cross. Use it as a platform to push against while they right themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Without poles: <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This requires some worm-wiggling. Have them finagle their butts over the back of their skis in a crouch then stand from squatting. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>5) Carrying your skis: Not just an aesthetic thing <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure, six-year-olds can get away with carrying their skis like firewood without being featured on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerryoftheday\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@jerryoftheday<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but that\u2019s not the point. Tiny arms (and big arms, honestly) get tired from the firewood carry. Once they do, kids will inevitably start begging to have their skis carried. Save yourself from the begging and give them a sense of independence by teaching them how to carry their skis over their shoulder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only trick to this is that the ski with the brake on top should rest on your shoulder so the skis don\u2019t slide apart leaving the kid frustrated and ready to bail.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>All that to say&#8230;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the start of the season, I had two goals:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.) Help my kids fall in love with skiing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.) Not explode with frustration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Little did I know that by staying afloat with the second one, I would accomplish the first. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I taught them how to exist on their own, the days grew easier: fewer meltdowns, more exploring. Watching them, I started to remember why I had fallen for skiing originally. It wasn\u2019t just the act of skiing, but the independence that I felt on the mountain. I watched my kids try, fall, get up, then try again, knowing that they were finding that independence too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What started as a mission to minimize frustration ended up being the foundation for their love affairs with skiing, their sense of confidence, and a ski life free of Code Yellows. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Teaching older skiers? We&#8217;ve got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/pro-tips-teaching-beginner-skiers-of-all-ages\/\">tips for that<\/a> too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maggy Mulhern Surprise: These tips for teaching kids to ski have almost nothing to do with skiing and everything to do with your sanity. 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