realskiers

I think it's all experience.  The person that's run 5 marathons knows a lot more about how to deal with the unique challenges of the next marathon than the person running the first. We learn, primarily, by making mistakes ourselves and by watching and adopting from others.


So you are right about confidence in themselves, but that confidence has to accumulate with experience.  And that is one of the things that I liked when you mentioned taking younger skiers off-piste, but still in a somewhat controlled situation.  You were there to make sure they didn't make really bad decisions while they were gaining confidence to ski like you do.


Paying it forward is a good thing.