Chapter 2 - Teaching Concepts (Up to the end of 2.1)

Question 1

9 Lesson Essentials

Answer 1

1. Introduction
2. Identifying Students and Their Goals
3. Planning a Lesson
4. Presenting Information
5. Demonstrating
6. Practising
7. Movement Analysis
8. Feedback & Correction
9. Lesson Summary

Question 2

(1) Introduction - Explained

Answer 2

• Welcoming introduction
• LEARN THEIR NAMES
• Introduce to each other (if not a school group)
• Lesson Overview
• Make them feel welcome

Question 3

(2) Identifying Students & Their Goals - Explained

Answer 3

• Use open questions and use active listening to learn about the students and their riding/athletic experience and goals for the lesson.

Question 4

(3) Planning the Lesson - Considerations

Answer 4

• What & where is the most suitable terrain?
• What are the conditions like (icy, powder, sticky, windy, visbility etc.)
• What’s the weather like?
• Age & Ability
• What progression exercises could be suitable?

Question 5

(4) Presenting Information - Explained

Answer 5

• Include the WHAT, WHY & HOW
• KISS Principle, use everyday words
• Come up with analogies for common skills/techniques (eg. skating)
• Have multiple ways to explain one concept
• Check that students have understood what you said

Question 6

(5) Demonstrating - Explained

Answer 6

• Be clear
• Show from different angles
• Focus students on the important part of the demonstration
• Exaggerate where appropriate (correctly & incorrectly)
• When riding as a group, lead by example and ride how you’d like them to ride
• Demonstrate again, and again

Question 7

(6) Practising - Explained

Answer 7

• learning is optimized when students are allowed the freedom to experiment
• It will probably take multiple attempts
• Show more ways of doing things to align with different learning styles

Question 8

(7) Movement Analysis - Explained

Answer 8

Soft Focus - Turn Type & Performance

• Psychological Factors
• Physical Factors
• Equipment Factors
• Terrain Factors

Hard Focus

• Stance
• Rotary
• Edging
• Pressure Control

After determining rider attitude, you will need to focus on board performance.

Question 9

(8) Feedback & Correction - Explained

Answer 9

• Feedback needs to be positive, simple, and accurate
• Mistakes need to be prioritized and worked on ONE at a time
• THEN, loop back to one of the nine essentials

Question 10

(9) Lesson Summary - Explained

Answer 10

• Briefly go over EVERYTHING we covered
• Which goals were and were not met
• Provide plan for future lesson
• discuss improvements made
• repeat the plan for the next lesson
• give things to work on in their spare time
• invite them to come back again
• self-assess on how you thought the lesson went

Question 11

Elements of Class Handling

Answer 11

• The way you line up your class
• The way you move the group down the hill
• The way you analyse, give feedback & correct the group’s riding
• Where and how you stop
• Mixed abilities