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After assessing your physical abilities, skill level, motivation, your specific goals and current snow and weather conditions I choose runs that will enable you to learn new skills and movements within your comfort zone. After mastering those skills and if you are ready I will encourage you gradually stretch you comfort zone with progressively more challenging terrain. We will typically repeat this process of learning new things on the easier runs then dialing it up a notch to apply those skills on more difficult runs. This is how we advance our ability. We learn new movements on the easy stuff then apply it on the hard stuff. I do have some personal favorite runs that we will ski if appropriate. With private ski lessons you can schedule your lessons during whatever hours you wish. All day is 9am to 4pm. Half days are either morning (9am to 12pm) or afternoon (1pm to 4pm). Under the Telluride Ski School pricing policy odd hours such as 11am to 2pm are available but noticeably more expensive than the equivalent 3 hr morning or afternoon half day lessons. The choice is yours. I maintain a minimal schedule commitment to the Telluride Ski and Snowboard School for assigned lessons. My assigned lessons can usually be reassigned to another instructor if a guest requests me specifically on those days. I make non-scheduled days available as skiers need me for ski lessons virtually any day during the season by advance reservation. Of course this is subject to open dates. I average about 120 days on snow per year with this flexible schedule. I also have a computer and web services business that I work around my guest's schedule needs during ski season. I spend as many days on snow as possible. After all, wouldn't you rather be on the slopes than pushing a mouse any day of the year? If you would like to discuss ski or snowboard lessons with me please contact me by phone (888-590-2531) or email me which I check daily during ski season. I'd love to hear from you to talk about your ski and snowboard goals and needs. Information about your goals and objectives as well as your learning style is helpful to me so please check out my related web pages on my other web site, www.thesnowpros.com. Then if you would like to schedule some ski or snowboard lessons we can confirm dates. I can then make your reservation with the Telluride Ski and Snowboard School for either morning, afternoon or all day lessons. What can I expect in my lessons? To learn something new or to improve your skiing or snowboarding skills first we will accurately assess your skills, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. This is not just how you ski or snowboard but also factors such as your motivation, lifestyle, time available and physical abilities. During the process we will discuss your objectives and clarify your goals. One very important part is that those goals must be attainable and you must be able to visualize yourself skiing or snowboarding at that level. I believe in setting you up for success. With realistic goals defined we can then formulate an effective plan using your learning style that will help you to snowboard or ski the way you wish. This may include unorthodox movements or diverse equipment such as snowblades. It is important that I tailor lessons to fit you learning pace and terrain comfort zone so that learning something new is easy for you. We learn new movements best on comfortable terrain then step it up to more challenging terrain when you are ready. I am frequently told that I am very patient by my more conservative guests. I take that as a great compliment. Observation of your skiing or snowboarding movements by a trained eye is necessary to helping you understand why things happen and how to apply other techniques. We can video tape your skiing and snowboarding so that you can see what you are doing and we can look for ways to become better.
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