Asking Guests to Request Me
In yesterday’s afternoon rehire session on MA (movement analysis), near the end we talked about how to encourage guests to return for more coaching. I feel like I kind of went off in left field talking about developing a relationship with the client and stuff. What I should have said was that, bottom line, the…
Read MoreNew Zealand Ski Instructors Association Manuvers
Ran across this today. I thought it was worth posting here. I want to learn to talk like that. Perhaps the best way would be to work down under next summer. Or . . . maybe I can get my good friend Hayden Melsop to teach me fly fishing and I can learn how to…
Read MorePic of nothing
Just another stupid picture I took while messing around.
Read MoreThe Tight Collar: The New Science of Choking Under Pressure | Wired Science
via wired.com Here’s an article about a topic I mentioned in a previous post that referenced a 10 year old article. This one in wired is from September 2010 Wired.com. Very interesting discussion on the thought processes going on in athletic situations. Seems there is a “working memory” that if clogged with, or occupied by,…
Read MoreChoke or Panic? Implicit or Explicit Learning?
Ran across an interesting article from the New Yorker today (see it here). It’s kind of long, but so are most New Yorker articles. The subject of the article is why athletes/professionals sometimes fail under pressure. This post is so I can reference the article later and reference it to other topics. It’s over 10…
Read MoreFixed Gear Cycling and Skiing
A concept I’ve been exploring for a while is how fixie riding can improve skiing. I intend to expound the following, but for now I just want to get ’em down somewhere before they are lost to damaged brain cells or whatever. Overall Fitness Spinning improves leg speed, thus improves quickness on snow. Pressure Control…
Read MorePSIA Lexicon
Alpine Description Words The following descriptions are copied from the PSIA-RM demos found on www.vimeo.com. These are just the words imprinted on the skiing demos. They can also be found in a PDF document called Skiing Standards IDP (instructor development pathway), and they’re broken down into ski/body performance. The PDF contains the standards for all…
Read MoreSlowly But Surely
I’ve been putting in more miles on my bicycles lately. I subscribed to a web service called the dailymile. The site has helped motivate me somewhat. It’s cool to see how many calories you’ve burned and how many miles you’ve put in over the weeks. It keeps track of your routes which is cool too.…
Read MorePlanning a Trip to Northeast
Susan and I are looking at the possibility of riding GeeGee to Northern Maine (Ft. Kent) and swinging back down south a little through Connecticut to see my family. I have lots of relatives in Northern Maine that I have not seen in decades and I’d love to visit my mom and sisters whom I…
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Attained Level III
Passed Level III exam on my second try this year. My first attempt was in late April, the second on March 30 and 31. I only needed to take the Teaching and Movement Analysis days. I believe going through the exam process has been one of the most challenging goals in my life. Reaching full-cert…
Read MoreMiller's Car in a Blogspot Post http://bit.ly/74WlNk
I saw our Guest Services Manager's (Miller's) car in the Monarch parking lot in a blog posted by Arron Dodds' Life on the Road. The article's not bad either: http://bit.ly/5JmmFw.
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