Approved by

The President of “APSI”.

Leskiv Vasyl

Date ________________

Approved

By general meeting.

Minutes #

Date _________________

Snowboard methodic guidelines.

Preface

Snowboarding attracts new and new fans everyday. This activity emphasizes the rider’s experience and elegant style than high speed. If skilled instructor coaches the beginner, he is able to learn fundaments in three days.

Snowboarding doesn’t present just short-term excess. In Japan or in the US, the ratio of skiers to snowboarders presents fifty to fifty per cent. Ride on snowboard is not difficult to lean no matter how old and in what physical you are. You only must get over frequent falling in first couple days.

These guidelines should provide methodic material to instructors and teachers focused on snowboarding. Information about terminology, methodic procedures and advices has been developed during long practical experience with teaching beginners as well as future instructors. Notes and advices of professionals snowboard instructors have helped significantly to compile these guidelines.

The preparation for theoretical and practical part of lectures itself starts long time before you put on the board. It must include physical preparation on bare ground. These exercises support and increase learning results and minimize inquires.

Terminology

Firstly, you must clarify some terms. Misunderstanding between the instructor and the student can be caused by different terminology.

- front leg

- back leg

- nose of the board

- tail of the board

- toe edge

- heel edge

- front side

- back side

- goofy

- regular

Shift the weight forward means shift the weight to the nose. You can also mean to shift the weight to toe edge.

Snowboard courses

Aims of the lesson

Terrain

Organization forms

Safety rules

Techniques

Exercises

Faults

It is very important to choose the stance you will be riding!

You can be:

REGULAR - left foot in front

Goofy - right foot in front

There is a simple test to choose the stance. Go to a snowy, icy or slippery spot, take a run and slide. If you slide with your left foot forward then you are regular. Otherwise you are goofy.

1. Equipment check out.

Aims of the lesson: check out the equipment, safe set binding, safe leash/ strap check the client’s equipment.

Org. form: circle, half circle.

Safety: ant slippery layer, safety strap, boots, gloves

Faults: missing or insufficient equipment

2. How to hold, carry, put down and put on the board, safety rules.

Aims of the lesson: caring and holding the board with the regard to safety of all people around.

Sitting next to each other and making line according to safety rules. Personal responsibility, independency and self-control

Terrain: flat area, gentle hill, soft snow

Org. form: circle, half circle

Snowboard carrying

Carry the snowboard under the arm, as close to the body as possible, in vertical

position. Safety strap must be around the wrist to prevent the board from running away.

Putting snowboard away

Binding must face the snow to prevent the board running away.

Putting on the board on flat ground

Find the flat area. Sit down. First strap up safety leash around front food. Put your front

foot in. If the area is flat enough, it is possible to put it on while standing.

Putting on the board on the slope

a) Race binding – put the board across the fall line. Step on the board and check the traffic uphill. Put back foot under the board and strap up safety leash around the ancle. Then put in the front foot and edge slightly. Then put in back foot.

Alternative: see the previous part – put in front foot, roll over to sit down and put back one in.

b) Soft binding – sit down on the snow backside, put feet in one by one.

Safety: - first, strap up the leash

- front foot goes first

- never ride with only one foot in the binding

- basic snowboard rules (sitting down on the hill, making a line up hill)

- danger on the hill from other skiers

Techique: - carrying the board correctly, safety strap around the wrist.

- waiting for the lift, the board is vertically by the body or one leg released

- always put the side with binding on the slope

- never stick the board into the snow

- binding according to the style

Exerc ises: - strapping up the leash around the front foot

- specific board carrying, lifting and putting away

- put in and release both feet (uphill, downhill)