How to teach your child to ski?

Podiatrists recommend up to 4 years not send their children to professional sports clubs, as goes the formation of the skeleton and the rest. Coaches, in turn, called suitable for cross-country or downhill skiing at the age of 1.5-2 years. As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle. As they say, all individually.

For the first lessons is better to borrow short ski length of about 70 cm. The new own skis (better to start with the cross-country ski bindings to normal, and not with the straps) is chosen equal to the growth of the child, up to 5 cm long. If the growth of Chad reached 120 cm, it is necessary to proceed from the adult rules: the length of skis is the distance from the floor to her hands raised up his hands. "For growth" skis do not buy!

Ski poles up to five years are not needed at all. But useful lift - stick about 30 cm long, tied or sewn over the middle to the strong rope or sling a length of about 3 meters. This stick is needed in order that the child felt the moment slipping.

Following the acquisition of skis let a child like them around the house, getting used to their size and the extra weight. Let him try to make small steps moving forward, then backward. Help your child learn the turns stepping on the spot.

Accustomed? Now it's time to go out in the snow. For the first time put the child as usual, even smart toddler first cross-country skiing will not, can not be said about the falls. Therefore, jacket, mittens (not gloves) and pants (or coveralls) should not get wet.

To begin with let the child stomping through the snow to ski as he could. Jump him with feet on the foot, and then on two skis. Now, stepping fan, draw skiing sun - so the kid will learn rotations.

Let the child will take up the baton-lift, sogn�t legs at the knees and leaned forward slightly. Start slowly carry it in a straight line, dial speed, turn in different directions. Long pamper baby towing is not necessary, now let him learn to slide himself. To do this, you can put in front of each nozzle skiing on the small colored ball (suit and tennis). Let the kid will try to push them around.

For the first session will be enough for 15-30 minutes. Child 4-6 years old at the beginning of classes is able to independently go to the track distance of 0.5 km. Gradually, this distance can be reduced to 1.5-2 km. Walk with your child to ski only in calm weather, when the air temperature is not below minus 10-12 degrees.

To master the hill, pick up a small hill sloping, teach your child to climb a ladder to it, putting the ski sideways. Move out for the first time better holding her mother's stick. Teach your child to squat on the descent. Show how to fall correctly, that is sideways rather than forward and not backward. Learn to slow down gradually: first "point-blank" - one ski (the child learns to rotate after the descent) and then Master the braking two skis - "plow".