realskiers

Haven't read much of this, but caught a bit... I'll only add this; take it for what it is worth.

The cornerstone of good instruction, regardless of where it comes from, is not about teaching everything. Rather, it is about teaching the right things and combining them into a full package that does not include excess, or confusing/conflicting instructions. Individually, most drills and movements don't mean a lot, but how you select certain ones and put them into a finished product is what really matters when you're talking about repeatability in developing skiers/athletes as a coach.

Also... Any time you introduce stability instead of forcing a student to balance you're getting into dangerous territory. For beginners, stability equals safe, but stability does not equal good skiing. I see very few skiers in a season who are balanced laterally... even fewer who are truly balanced fore/aft. Both can be counted on one hand.

Cheers.