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Snowboarding Teaching Tips For Little Kids

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This online snowboard lesson will go over Snowboard Tutorial For Teaching Kids. I’m going to let Dante give you some tips that he’s learned from Flowing Freeride’s Techniques. I have another video about Teaching Kids To Snowboard on our FFR YouTube Channel. You’ll have access to all our snowboard tutorials when you signup that cover every step and feedback from your coach. I recommend watching these snowboard videos; Beginner Snowboard Lesson on Steering, Toeside Heelside Stance, Learn How To Ride The Lifts Safely, How to Snowboard: Balance Twist,Beginner Snowboard Stance, Snowboard Freestyle Boards, What To Wear Snowboarding, Demo Boards, Snowboard Camber, Freeride Boards, Building Rhythm, Advanced Snowboarding Getting Air, Snowboard Dynamic Flex & Extend, & How To Size Your Snowboard Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com, Take Placement Quiz, take a look at Our Blog for more free content, and learn to snowboard right!

One big tip for teaching kids is to stay near shelter, food, bathrooms, water and near transport. They wear out especially at young ages. If you’re teaching your kids to snowboard then you’re probably a decent rider and you want to share your love and passion of the snowsport. Be patient and make things fun. Let the child think they knew the answer by giving them clues to what you want done. Guide them towards the correct stance, body movements and position. Make things into games and competition. You might know the kids personality and play off that to your advantage. Get down to their level and when they’re doing well let them go on their own for a bit so they can learn by just doing it. Get them to go as much as they can when they’re happy. Don’t take a break when they want to snowboard. Believe me they will want to take many breaks so if they’re doing well don’t stop them. When they do want to stop make the time in the lodge fun. If all they can remember is a good time then they’ll want to come up again and again. As soon as they want to get off the snow do it. Sometimes they just like to ride on the gondola or play in the snow or make snow angels. Whatever the activity is in the snow that they like do it. Spending time together as a family on the snow will create awesome memories and the kids will want to keep coming up.

What if they don’t want to go snowboarding? It’s a good idea to have another adult with you so the kids can see one adult snowboarding while the other helps. You can also take ride breaks while one teaches the other gets to snowboard. Let’s face it we’re up on the mountain to snowboard and when a child doesn’t want to go then it’s nice to have some adult time of your own. Be patient and know every child is different with their own personality. My first son loved snowboarding right away the first time we went up we were snowboarding for a few hours. Dante is ripping now at age 8 and going down black runs with me. My youngest wasn’t having it and threw tantrums but the last two times this season were great. The last day was on Easter and there were eggs all over. He found an egg that had a toy in it. I told him that it was magic kind of like the feather in Dumbo and it gave him snowboarding power. He totally dug on that and did the best he’s ever done. We did six runs in a row, took a break and then did two more. I was lucky if I got two the whole day.

Make everything a game and guide them to play and skills will follow. Rule #1 In Snowboarding Is Have Fun! Make sure you bring snacks and treats so they remember how fun it is and take lots of breaks so they stay warm and energized. Don’t do a ton of talking do a lot of snowboarding and demos. Kids development differs from adults so spread their stance out a little wider and make your teaching info easy. You can practice efficiently with Snowboardclass/FlowingFreeride’s techniques so go back to earlier snowboard videos that teach you about kids and beginner movements. You can signup to get access to all of our snowboard lessons, study guides, textbooks, glossary, tests and direct feedback from your coach. Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com and take a look at our YouTube Page for more free content and learn to snowboard right! My name is Blake Tholen Clark contact me if you want to book a lesson or have any questions about Snowboarding.

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Teaching Kids To Snowboard Part 1

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This online snowboard lesson will go over Teaching Kids To Snowboard Part 1. Keep it fun, know their body and keep it simple. You’ll have access to all our snowboard tutorials when you signup that cover every step and feedback from your coach. We also have some free snowboard videos to prepare for equipment on our YouTube Page. I recommend watching these snowboard videos; How To Snowboard: Navigating The Resort, Beginner Snowboard Lesson on Steering, Toeside Heelside Stance, Learn How To Ride The Lifts Safely, How to Snowboard: Balance Twist & Beginner Snowboard Stance. Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com, Take Placement Quiz, take a look at Our Blog for more free content, and learn to snowboard right!

Little kids are top heavy, their heads weigh a lot. Spread their stances out a little bit more. Once they’re 6 or 7 their bodies start to catch up with their head size. They tend to like going on their heelside edge much more so make sure their stance is centered in the middle of the board so they can go switch/fakie or left and right foot forward. Take into consideration that toddlers and young kids are different biologically than adults. They have big top heavy heads creating their center of mass to be higher so spread their stance out and center it so they can go goofy and regular.

When riding the chairlift make sure to keep the child on your toeside edge so you can be facing them and help them on and off. With little kids under six years old I like to keep both feet strapped in. Riding with one foot out puts a lot of stress on their knee, the boot could slip out while on the lift and it’s much harder to get off the lift. Keep them all the way back in the chair to be safe and if they don’t let you ride with both feet in then it’s more difficult. I recommend keeping your young kids on conveyor belts or gondolas where loading and unloading is very safe and easy. The chairlift is a 500 lb object moving at fast speeds with lots of moving parts and you unload with one foot unstrapped. Unless you’re a strong confident rider keep your kids on safe lifts like a gondola or conveyor belt.

Each kid is different. Your child may like skating around one foot in and one out or perhaps your toddler likes being pushed around and going down the hill with both feet strapped in. Keep it fun by teaching a skill like going and stopping, then just play and make games out of that new skill. Getting them to unstrap their binding is huge and that might be all they do. It’s better when they learn how to strap in their own bindings but any accomplishment is rewarded with lots of positive reinforcement.

Get your kids out on the snow and start them snowboarding. Share your passion of snowboarding and get kids to love snowboarding. You can signup to get access to all of our snowboard lessons, study guides, text books, glossary, tests and direct feedback from your coach. Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com and take a look at our YouTube Page for more free content and learn to snowboard right.