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New Zealand Rookie Academy 12 week ski instructor course timetable

 

ARRIVAL 5th JULY

5th July

- Move into Alpine Resort

  ORIENTATION 6th JULY
6th July - Orientation Day - Look around Wanaka - Meet the trainers
 

ON-SNOW TRAINING & EXAMS 7th JULY TO 19th SEPT

Week 1  - Group split
- Introduce the 4 movements of Skiing
- Personal Development - Improve balance using Fore / Aft and Vertical movements
- Demo's - Basic Parallel 
Week 2 - Introduce Teaching Model
- Teaching - Gliding Wedge progression
- Personal Development - Improve turnshape using Rotational movements
- Demo's - Basic Parallel
Week 3 - Application of the Teaching Model
- Teaching - Learning to turn & developing turnshape
- Personal Development - Improve turnshape using Rotational movements
- Demo's - Basic Parallel & Wedge Turns
- Preparation for NZSIA CSI exam
Week 4

- NZSIA Certificate in Snowsports Instruction Exam - Ski

Week 5 - Personal Development - Situational Skiing
Week 6 - Teaching - Introduce Wedge Christie
- Teaching - Introduce Ski Analysis framework
- Demo's - Introduce Wedge Christie
- Personal Development - Introduce Short Turns
Week 7

- Teaching - Advanced Wedge Christie
- Demo's - either Wedge, Wedge Christe or Parallel practice
- Personal Development - Short Turns

Week 8 - Teaching - Parallel Turns
- Demo's - either Wedge, Wedge Christe or Parallel practice
- Personal Development - All Terrain, Snow and Speeds
Week 9 - Teaching - Advanced Parallel Turns
- Demo's - either Wedge, Wedge Christe or Parallel practice
- Personal Development - All Terrain, Snow and Speeds
Week 10 - Exam Preperation - Practice teach, demo's and freeskiing
Week 11 - NZSIA Stage 1 Exam
  DEPARTURE 20th SEPT TO 23rd SEPT
Sept 20th - Unwind, Relax, Chill out....etc
Sept 21st - Unwind, Relax, Chill out....etc
Sept 22nd - Unwind, Relax, Chillout....etc
Sept 23rd - Move out of Alpine Resort

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