So I just found out my nephew and niece will be joining us for
Thanksgiving, with the plan being to take them to the mountains for
their first ski or snowboarding lessons. The boy is seven
and the girl is ten. I think seven is the age at which they'll
let kids start taking snowboard lessons, and since their uncle and aunt
snowboard, I'm guessing that's what they'll
choose.
I don't have kids, nor experience with them learning either sport, so
I'm looking for any advice as to what our strategy should be. I
know we'll have at least two days and possibly three. I think
it's pretty much a given that we'll put them in a full day lesson for
their first, but I'm sort of wondering what to do after that. We
certainly would like to spend some time with them on the hill, but we
also would like to see them get as much out of the experience as
possible, especially since they live near a ski area and could continue
on with the sport if they like it. If we only have two
days, would people recommend that we push them to take a second full or
half day lesson? I'm fairly certain that after only one lesson
they'll still not going to have gotten very far, and as much as I'd
like to believe otherwise, I imagine trying to teach them myself on day
two would be frustrating and probably disastrous. What sort
of learning curve should I expect from kids that age? Also, in
the effort to seem open minded, I should probably ask, is it fair to
say at that age that children at that age progress equally well whether
skiing or snowboarding?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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