Ski School !Is Ski Coaching different from Ski Instruction?
Yes! Bear with me, this really is about learning skiing to a higher level. I would argue that most people conflate 'school' with...
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Bob Trueman
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
How Skiing Works: In one easy lesson. (How a piece of melon can help you understand skiing)
The other day I dropped this piece of melon on the kitchen floor. I tried to pick it up by pushing a table knife under it. After I'd...
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Bob Trueman
- Nov 7, 2021
- 3 min
Skiing Technique: Where should you be headed?
Bob Trueman. Int'l Development Coach. Keen to improve your skiing technique? Here's a major enhancement for you. Everyone when they...
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Bob Trueman
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
The Day Three Slump
My shortest blog ever ... Your first day back on the slopes, so you want to hit the ground running. You don't want to miss a thing so...
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Bob Trueman
- Feb 24, 2021
- 5 min
Ski Instruction, Ski Coaching, Ski Learning: are they different?
Are ski instruction, ski coaching and ski learning different? SUMMARY: Ski instruction is an element of the tourism industry. Training...
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Bob Trueman
- Dec 27, 2020
- 5 min
Why using the term “turn” in teaching or learning skiing is inappropriate
Bob Trueman. Development Coach, Skiing Recently I wrote a small piece on how to handle tough skiing situations and used the word “arcs”,...
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Bob Trueman
- Nov 24, 2020
- 8 min
Skiing – how to handle those difficult moments
How to handle those difficult moments In the blog I posted prior to this one, I said I would address handling difficult moments during...
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Bob Trueman
- Nov 9, 2020
- 7 min
SKIING - It really is a mind game
Learning to ski is a mind game and some things we can learn from special forces training.
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Bob Trueman
- Aug 1, 2020
- 5 min
How to Ski With Confidence – Tactics
As a finale to this recent investigation into the secrets of 'confidence', we can discuss the fourth element. You can find links to my...
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Bob Trueman
- Jun 27, 2020
- 5 min
How to improve your parallel skiing. Let's talk motor cars!
How to improve your parallel skiing How to improve your parallel skiing ? Let's talk motor cars! In recent blogs I have been addressing...
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Bob Trueman
- Jun 21, 2020
- 4 min
How to learn to ski with confidence (Part 2)
How to learn to ski with confidence (Part 2) In part 1 of this series on how to learn to ski with confidence I focused on the physical...
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Bob Trueman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 5 min
HOW TO LEARN TO SKI WITH CONFIDENCE (Part 1)
SKIING WITH CONFIDENCE This is a topic that I have addressed on many previous occasions, but I feel one can almost never over-do it. It...
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Bob Trueman
- May 24, 2020
- 6 min
Why I became a Ski Coach!
Why I took the ski teaching road I did by Bob Trueman How I became a Ski Coach out of the love of skiing and helping others. You can...
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Bob Trueman
- May 14, 2020
- 4 min
Of Liberty-bodices and Learning
Last season a woman emailed me about skiing off-piste and such. It set me to thinking, as I chain-sawed my way through a recently fallen...
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Bob Trueman
- May 8, 2020
- 6 min
How to build yourself a magnificent skiing edifice!
How skiing goal setting is like building York Minster! Skiing Dream Goals There seems to be an amount of confusion over “goal-setting”....
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Bob Trueman
- Apr 28, 2020
- 5 min
How to obtain your Best Mental State
My coaching weeks have one primary goal - to help pupils progress toward becoming skillful skiers. It was my friend and colleague John...
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Bob Trueman
- Mar 28, 2020
- 4 min
Let's talk about ski bindings
Let's talk about ski bindings ? Haven't we done that before? Yes but it's a key element – perhaps THE key element in your skiing...
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Bob Trueman
- Mar 15, 2020
- 3 min
How to ski with confidence?
How to ski with confidence - It's like the Chicken and the Egg – which comes first? There seems to be a prevalence amongst ski...
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Bob Trueman
- Feb 29, 2020
- 4 min
Are you making slow/no progress in your skiing?
There is a huge body of observational evidence that suggests the majority of skiers only ever make slow or no progress towards skillful...
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Bob Trueman
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
What builds confidence?
What builds confidence? Good question. Can you fool your amygdala? Probably not. My apologies – I was away teaching in the Pyrenees until...
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