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CASI or PSIA instructor manuals
Hello again
In order to educate myself a little more about how the professionals teach as well as hopefully correct some of my own lazy habits that I may have got into, I am considering buying the "AASI Snowboard Manual" and the "AASI Snowboard Movement Analysis Handbook" from their site. https://www.psia.org/oms/store05/home.asp?cat=EDU&sub=2 If they had a DVD instead of a VHS, I would get that instead of the second book perhaps. Does anybody have any comments on these for self-learning ? Or are they useless without taking the course ? I have actuallly read somewhere that the Canadians' CASI literature is better but I was unable to find any of their instructor manuals available on http://www.casi-acms.com Does anybody know where to get them ? Thank you all and happy new year Heather |
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Heather wrote:
Hello again In order to educate myself a little more about how the professionals teach as well as hopefully correct some of my own lazy habits that I may have got into, I am considering buying the "AASI Snowboard Manual" and the "AASI Snowboard Movement Analysis Handbook" from their site. https://www.psia.org/oms/store05/home.asp?cat=EDU&sub=2 If they had a DVD instead of a VHS, I would get that instead of the second book perhaps. Does anybody have any comments on these for self-learning ? Or are they useless without taking the course ? I have actuallly read somewhere that the Canadians' CASI literature is better but I was unable to find any of their instructor manuals available on http://www.casi-acms.com Does anybody know where to get them ? Thank you all and happy new year Heather From what I've read, many instructors think the AASI materials are a good *starting point* (although they were written in 1998 according to the website) they are not the definitive authority on snowboard technique or teaching - and many will teach stuff in addition or different from the AASI manual. Some people prefer CASI to AASI and some view all such organizations with a bit of contempt. Here are a few topic I found, searching for AASI on BOL http://www.bomberonline.com/VBulleti...highlight=AASI So it sounds like it could give you some basic pointers, however... I think a lot of the bad habits we get are subconscious and you only can fix those if you have someone else watch you, or video yourself riding and compare that to what you think you should be doing. So I'm not saying that getting the AASI stuff is a waste of money, just that you still will probably need to augment it with lessons and video review. Where do you ride, I think the trick is to find a recommended instructor in your area and go with them. |
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"Heather" wrote in message ups.com... Hello again In order to educate myself a little more about how the professionals teach as well as hopefully correct some of my own lazy habits that I may have got into, I am considering buying the "AASI Snowboard Manual" and the "AASI Snowboard Movement Analysis Handbook" from their site. The "Vail snowboard teaching handbook" has very good breakdowns of problems and exercises to solve them. As an instructor, I am very impressed by it. Bob |
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Heather wrote:
In order to educate myself a little more about how the professionals teach as well as hopefully correct some of my own lazy habits that I may have got into, I am considering buying the "AASI Snowboard Manual" and the "AASI Snowboard Movement Analysis Handbook" from their site. [snip] Heather, if you need advise on coaching I suggest you get into touch with Eric Brammer, AKA PSR (pre-school rider). He's the man when it comes to instruction. He hangs around the forums of www.freecarve.com and is a very helpful guy. He's butted heads with AASI so he'll give you his honest opinion of his manuals. I think he teaches at Stratton, or at least he used to. If not there, then somewhere along the Ice Coast. He'll give you a lot of advice for free (just searching for his old posts on freecarve can teach you a lot) but it may be worth your while to book some time with him if you live anywhere near there. Neil |
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Neil Gendzwill wrote: Heather wrote: In order to educate myself a little more about how the professionals teach as well as hopefully correct some of my own lazy habits that I may have got into, I am considering buying the "AASI Snowboard Manual" and the "AASI Snowboard Movement Analysis Handbook" from their site. [snip] Heather, if you need advise on coaching I suggest you get into touch with Eric Brammer, AKA PSR (pre-school rider). He's the man when it comes to instruction. He hangs around the forums of www.freecarve.com and is a very helpful guy. Thank you very much, Neil. I have visited this site just now. The discussion boards are rather strange though. It seems like one huge thread all mixed up. I'll have a look more. He's butted heads with AASI so he'll give you his honest opinion of his manuals. I think he teaches at Stratton, or at least he used to. If not there, then somewhere along the Ice Coast. I used to snowboard in France and haven't snowboarded in USA yet. But my job has taken me to Asia so maybe I shall go to N.America now since it is an equal distance away. Thanks for the help, Heather |
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Thanks, Lonerider and Bob.
Sorry for the late reply because I have been distracted by the Tsunami Disaster recently. I really appreciate the help. Heather |
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Heather wrote:
Heather, if you need advise on coaching I suggest you get into touch with Eric Brammer, AKA PSR (pre-school rider). He's the man when it comes to instruction. He hangs around the forums of www.freecarve.com and is a very helpful guy. Thank you very much, Neil. I have visited this site just now. The discussion boards are rather strange though. It seems like one huge thread all mixed up. I'll have a look more. The search feature works well on that site. If you search for AASI you'll find some comments I'm sure. Or just ask a question, like I said he's very helpful. Neil |
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