So I took her yesterday and it was great!
We got there at 7:30 so we only got to ski for an hour and a half but I was quite impressed with how much she picked up in that time. I was able to explain to her how to clip in her skis on the mountain, how to walk and side step with skis on and how to reposition her legs after a fall and then take her on the magic carpet and get her turning, all in less then half an hour. We went up on the chair and she was connecting turns down the whole hill on only her second run.
One thing I did notice is that I was drawing a blank a lot of the time when I was trying to find a way to correct some of the issues she was having. For example she often would lose control of the foot she wasn't putting weight on so after she transferred her weight from one ski to another, her skis would sometimes cross. I really had no idea how to fix that. Luckily she seemed to figure it out on her own and I think she wasn't transferring enough of her weight on to the turning edge.
Anyways, she wants to go again this week so I told her she could probably use a lesson from someone who knows how to teach better than me cause I think with proper instruction she could pick it up pretty fast and then it'll just be a matter of practice and getting comfortable. Once she gets to the level where she's confident and not worried about picking up speed, I think teaching her will be a lot easier. It's just hard to explain the basics when they feel so second nature to me.
I'm stoked that she enjoys it and is so motivated to learn!
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