"Dave M" wrote in message

How young do you think this can start? Should someone, say four or five,
be doing this?

Dave M

If you're speaking abou the skiing, before age six you run into
a child who thinks magically. Everything is fantasy and they really
can't understand cause and effect. As such you have to make
learning into game and fantasy. After about age six, they move into
concrete thinking, and you can explain and they understand.
Otherwise, yes. You want them in home position, and forward on
the skis.