How’s your balance? This week, Tom Waddington gives us some exercises to work on one of the most important aspects of fitness for skiing.
Fitness tips from the BASI National Education Team – Strength
Planning to get on your skis soon? Tom Waddington gives us some exercises for building strength and power in this video… Thanks again to Kraftwerk Fitness Zermatt for filming facilities.
Fitness tips from the BASI National Education Team – Core
BASI Trainer and National Education Team member, Tom Waddington, gives some tips on how to train your core in preparation for the winter season. Featuring National Education Team Members Jim Lister, Lesley Page, Paul Garner, Giles Lewis and Lynn Mill as demonstrators. Special thanks to Kraftwerk Fitness, Zermatt for filming facilities.
Coaching the British Paralympic Ski Team – the coach’s perspective
Written by Amanda Pirie, BASI Trainer and BASI National Education Team Member Being a high-performance head coach within a UK Sport-funded programme is a dream scenario. It means that you have every imaginable resource and exceptional expertise to draw from. In the years building up to the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games 2018 I was therefore…
Skiing Bumps to develop the BASI Performance Threads (TTPPEE)
Written by Lynn Mill, BASI Trainer and BASI National Education Team Member The Five Strands = the five sections which we divide the mountain into that covers most types of alpine skiing. Piste Performance Long radius turns & Short radius turns Bumps Steeps Variable Freestyle The Performance Threads = all the factors that will influence…
How to run a GCSE skiing video session
Written by Wayne Naylor – BASI member & maestro di sci at the Scuola Italiana Sci Folgarida Dimaro The demonstration video and resources associated with this article can be found here. Introduction It is not possible, at GCSE level, to take any qualifications in Snow Sports, although students may elect to use their, non-academic, alpine…
How to get your body ski ready
Written by Alps2Alps Whether you’re going solo, with a group of friends or as a family, skiing has a lot to offer. Feel a rush of exhilaration as you slide down the slopes at breakneck speed, let your hair down at the après-ski, and get in some exercise while you’re at it. Let’s focus on…
Nap your way to a Ski instructor qualification
Written by New Generation Ski Instructor Courses Becoming a ski instructor is a bit of a roller coaster, you will have days you never forget, days you would rather forget, nights to remember and nights you can’t remember. Spending a season in a ski resort is an incredible experience but skiing all day and having a social life…
Mobility for Skiing
Written by New Generation Ski Instructor Training Centre Modern day life is incredible. You can work from pretty much anywhere you like, all the answers you have ever needed are at the tip of your fingertips, you can 3D print a completely custom ski boot and get technical advice through a smart footbed. All this has…
Pre-season training for the Eurotest
Written by JJC/PDS Training To give yourself the best chance of succeeding and progressing throughout the season, you need to be working towards making yourself physically strong, right now. Below is a selection of circuits made up of exercises which I recommend to use in order to prepare you so that we can make the…