Snowboard Beginner Lesson Overview

Snowboard Beginner Lesson Overview

Title

Description

Orientation

Equipment Check (Boots, Board, Clothing)

Goofy vs. Regular

How do we use those parts

Tilt Twist Pressure Pivot

Talk about Mountain Passport and give each student a Mountain Passport card

Flat-Land Movement

Boot Drills (Stance)

Lifting board with foot

Pivoting board with foot

Slide/Glide on board (pedal with free foot)

Circles toward toe side, the heal side (moving forward)

Straight Run

Proper Stance

Flat Board

Flex and Extend

First Turns

Turn toward toe side to stop

Turn toward heal side to stop

Lift (Surface)

Usage/Spacing

Use Discovery Area diagonally with Turns into the hill (Both Directions)

Steeper Turns

Lift (Chair)

Loading/Unloading

Riding Order (Goofy vs. Regular)

Safety Concerns

1st Run

Fanny Hill

Both feet in/getting up

Side slipping (toe side/heal side)

Forward (linear) movement

Garlands across hill on flatter terrain (both ways)

Steeper garlands

Compete turn (near bottom)

Wrap-up

Summary of Lesson

Individual Feedback

Practice Instructions

Terrain Limitations

Mountain Passport (can be added at introductions as well)