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Drills vs Tasks in Skiing | What Actually Improves Performance?

Are drills actually helping your students ski better… or just making them better at drills?

In this video, we break down the key difference between drills and tasks through the lens of skill acquisition and modern coaching science. If you’re a ski instructor or coach, this distinction can completely change how you design your lessons — and how well your students transfer skills to real skiing.

We’ll explore:

Why drills often don’t transfer to real performance

What makes a task more representative of skiing

How to design learning environments that promote adaptability and skill

The role of constraints and problem-solving in effective coaching

When drills are useful — and when they’re not

This video is part of the Thinking Instructor series, focused on evidence-based teaching, the Canadian Teaching Approach (CTA), and skill acquisition principles for ski instructors.

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Drills vs Tasks: Why Your Teaching Isn’t Transferring Drills vs Tasks in Skiing | What Actually Improves Performance?Are drills actually helping your students ski better… or just making them better at drills?In ...

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The Thinking Instructor Ep5:- Why Consistency Is a Poor Goal in Ski Instruction.

In ski instruction we often talk about consistency as the marker of progress.

We want consistent turns, consistent technique, and repeatable runs.

But in the skill acquisition literature, learning rarely looks consistent in the early stages. In fact, variability and instability are often essential parts of the learning process.

In this video from The Thinking Instructor Series, we explore why chasing consistency too early can actually slow skill development, limit exploration, and produce skiing that only works in ideal conditions.

Instead of focusing on repeating identical movements, effective learning environments often prioritize adaptability, problem solving, and outcome consistency.

This shift in perspective changes how we design tasks, structure practice, and interpret what we see in our students on snow.

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Why Consistency Is a Poor Goal in Ski Instruction If you would like to support me and buy me a coffee please visit https://buymeacoffee.com/guydaleIn ski instruction we often talk about consistency as the ma...

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Ep4 of The Thinking Instructor Series is out now.

Have you ever told a student to “try harder” — only to watch their skiing fall apart?

In this video, we explore why increased effort often leads to worse performance, using insights from motor learning, skill acquisition research, and coaching science. If you’re a ski instructor, coach, or trainer, this perspective can completely change how you approach lesson design, feedback, and cueing.

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Why Trying Harder Often Makes Skiing Worse | Skill Acquisition for Ski Instructors If you would like to support me and buy me a coffee please visit https://buymeacoffee.com/guydaleHave you ever told a student to “try harder” — only to watch...

Why do great ski runs disappear?

One run feels effortless… the next one falls apart. If you’re a ski instructor or coach, you’ve seen this countless times — and it’s not a technique problem.

In this video, we break down why good runs don’t always repeat using skill acquisition and motor learning research, and what this means for how we coach skiing.

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Why Good Ski Runs Don’t Always Repeat | Skill Acquisition for Instructors Why do great ski runs disappear?One run feels effortless… the next one falls apart. If you’re a ski instructor or coach, you’ve seen this countless times — a...

Amazing start to the Inside Edge Coaching season. First Technical Tune Up camp happened this week at Cypress Ski Resort. The skiing was amazing, with a great group of people. So stoked to be apart of their ski journey.