6. Sideslipping.

Aims of the lesson: starts, process and finish of side slipping, put the same amount of

weight on both feet, frontside, backside. Learn to differ various

caused by weight shifting during side slipping.

Terrain: middle steep slope, packed snow

Org. form: all at time, enough space among students

Safety: - check if the way is free

- slope should be steep enough

- never practise in a line down the hill

- free space among students

- alternative: in smaller droops

Technique: basic stance – flex joints, keep your arms slightly apart.

Frontside: - put the same amount of weight lengthways to upper edge by

pushing toes down, flexing ankles and straighten knees. It result in inveighing upper edge and the board starts sliding. Then you lift heels, stand on toes and edge. This makes the board stop sliding.

Backside: - Push toes down, straighten ankles, flex knees to make the board slide. To stop lift your toes, stand on heels, straighten knees slightly.

Weight shift Weight on the front foot – the board starts traversing the slope over the nose and turns round the nose to the fall-line.

Weight on the back foot – the board starts traversing over the tail and turns round the tail to the fall-line.

Exercises:

- relaxed posture on upper edge, kneeling up and down

- jumping on the board uphill

- slow and fast side slipping

- stop on command – verbal, visual

- side slipping to the target ( a pole, a spote, a tree)

- stand still and shift the weight to the front foot and to the back foot, then do the

same when side slipping (falling leaf)

- turn the board slightly from side slipping posture toward the fall line and back

(not across the fall line)

Faults:

- student cannot start sliding – then choose steeper hill

- wrong posture – then repeat the exercise on the spot

- board’s tail or nose onto the fall line – it is cause by incorrect weight balance

(partner helps and corrects right posture and leads him)

- don’t look down. Look straight forward.

7. Travers sliding.

Aims of the lesson: intended sliding targeted to certain direction, safe traversing

Terrain: well prepared and wide slope, no bumps

Org. form: partner’s help – holding back arm, giving support

ride one by one start teaching at front side position

Safety: free space for all students, checking uphill

Techniques: you start in basic stance for sliding by slow traversing. You are sliding

down by accented weighting the front foot and turning the upper body

in ride direction. Be careful about too accented edging. Then the board

doesn’t slide but edges into the slope. Shift the weight to back foot to

stop sliding down. you can stress this motion by turning upper body to

the slope and straighten back leg down.

Exercises:

- while sidesliding – up –down motion

shift weight to front and to back foot

- garlands – from sliding or traversing shift shortly to sliding (weight on both feet).

Then shift the weight on upper edge and front food. This let you go back to traversing. You repeat this couple times.

- while traversing - the same exercises as above

switch sliding to braking back and forth

targeted sliding

garlands by shifting weight

garlands by stretching legs

student holds the pole with both hands and partner helps him

to…………

Faults:

Student slides backward – he puts the weight on the wrong foot

Chest is not turned to ride direction – repeat the basic stance again

Wrong weight shift to the front foot – to accent it, the instructor shows the student

which foot he puts the weight on. So the student can realize it.

Upper edge setting – reduce the pressure on upper edge

Student is too fast or he slides to wrong direction – correct edging angle

Overleaping backwards – board ioses the ability to be maneuvered

Student looks down – balance troubles – look forward