Clinic Description: In Snowboard B, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce and/or refresh you on what a day of instruction at ASA is like from start to finish. You will get familiarized with the layout of the building, where tools/equipment live, ect. We will cover how to prepare for your lesson, what a lesson might look like in action, and how we wrap up a lesson at the end of the day. In this clinic, there will be hands-on work with commonly used physical assist devices, discussion surrounding why we use them and how we use them. Finally, in small groups, you will get a mock student file in which you will get practice running a lesson from start to finish. This clinic will focus more on adaptive specifics than Snowboard A.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Ski A, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce you to the world of ski instructing. You will discuss and understand the 5 fundamentals of skiing, common mistakes seen in each of the fundamentals, and some drills to help fix the mistakes for each fundamental. You will be introduced to the teaching cycle and learn how you can apply it to teaching a lesson. Finally, you will wrap up the clinic by running through a beginner ski progression from start to finish (boot work up to linked turns). This isn’t an “adaptive” specific clinic, but everything you will cover can be applied to teaching an adaptive lesson.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Ski B, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce and/or refresh you on what an instructor day at ASA is like from start to finish. You will get familiarized with the layout of the building, where equipment/tools live, ect. We will cover how to prepare for your lesson, what a lesson might look like in action, and how we wrap up a lesson at the end of the day. In this clinic, there will be hands-on work with commonly used physical assist devices and discussion on why we use them and how we use them. Finally, in small groups, you will get a mock student file in which you will get practice running a lesson from start to finish. This clinic will focus more on adaptive specifics than Ski A.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Ski C you can expect a full day clinic that will give you a refresher on what an instructor day at ASA is like from start to finish (refresh on computer work, lessons, and lesson wrap up). In this clinic, you will be introduced/familiarized with different types of adaptive disciplines, equipment that is used for each discipline, and some hands-on work with that equipment. In small groups, you will run a lesson from start to finish using the mock student files. Each file will have a specific discipline that you worked with earlier in the clinic. This clinic is going to replace Ski B for more experienced volunteers to try to broaden your experiences in our program. 

Experience: Required for 3rd year and up volunteers. If newer volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Snowboard A, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce you to the world of snowboard instruction. The group will discuss and understand what the 6 fundamentals are, common mistakes we see in each of the fundamentals, and some drills to help fix the mistakes for each fundamental. You will be introduced to the teaching cycle and learn how we can apply it to teaching a lesson. Finally you will wrap up the clinic by running through a beginner snowboard progression from start to finish (boot work up to linked turns). This isn’t an adaptive” specific clinic, but everything covered can be applied to teaching an adaptive lesson.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Ski B, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce and/or refresh you on what an instructor day at ASA is like from start to finish. You will get familiarized with the layout of the building, where equipment/tools live, ect. We will cover how to prepare for your lesson, what a lesson might look like in action, and how we wrap up a lesson at the end of the day. In this clinic, there will be hands-on work with commonly used physical assist devices and discussion on why we use them and how we use them. Finally, in small groups, you will get a mock student file in which you will get practice running a lesson from start to finish. This clinic will focus more on adaptive specifics than Ski A.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Ski A, you can expect a full day clinic that will introduce you to the world of ski instructing. You will discuss and understand the 5 fundamentals of skiing, common mistakes seen in each of the fundamentals, and some drills to help fix the mistakes for each fundamental. You will be introduced to the teaching cycle and learn how you can apply it to teaching a lesson. Finally, you will wrap up the clinic by running through a beginner ski progression from start to finish (boot work up to linked turns). This isn’t an “adaptive” specific clinic, but everything you will cover can be applied to teaching an adaptive lesson.

Experience: Required for 1st and 2nd year volunteers. If more experienced volunteers would like to take this clinic, or you have any questions, please reach out to Stefan at [email protected].

Clinic Description: In Seat Assist and Lift Loading, you can expect to learn what a sit ski lesson looks like, and how you can help either as a lead or assistant instructor. You will run through our bi ski fleet and get a good understanding of the similarities and the differences between our bi skis. The clinic will get you hands on work with transfers in and out of the bi ski, the lift loading process, as well as seat assist practice. This clinic is a great way to fine tune your seat assist skills, or to learn a new skill to add to your instructor tool kit.

Experience: No previous experience necessary.  You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Sit Ski tethering clinic, you will dive into a full day clinic covering all aspects of tethering a sit ski. You will get a good understanding of why we tether, how we tether, the equipment we use, as well as tethering techniques we use as instructors. Everyone in the clinic will get plenty of time to be hands on and tether a sit ski of their choice (Mono Ski or Bi Ski). Sit ski tethering takes a lot of practice and repetition to get comfortable and proficient at, this clinic is a great option to help get you to that level.

Experience: Have taken at least 1 prior sit ski clinic (Seat Assist, Intro/Adv. Mono & Bi). You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Ski Bike clinic, you can expect a full day clinic where you will be introduced or refreshed on ski bikes. The clinic will run through our ski bike fleet, equipment, loading/unloading the lift, and a ski bike teaching progression. You will also get the opportunity to get out and learn how to ski bike yourselves. Ski biking has grown more and more over the past few years, and we would love to have more instructors trained up in this discipline. If ski biking has interested you, or you feel like you need a refresher on ski bikes, this clinic would be great for you.

Experience: No experience is necessary. You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Bag O’ Tricks clinic, you can expect a full day clinic that will go into different tips and tricks that have been successful while out on a lesson. This clinic will reinforce the importance of the beginner progression, emphasize simple teaching techniques, and give you some “tricks” to help you have a more successful lesson. This clinic would be great to strengthen your instructor skills, and help you get over roadblocks that might come up in your lessons in the future.

Experience: No experience is necessary. You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In Intro to Bi Ski, you can expect a half day clinic where you will learn about the different bi skis in our fleet, candidates that would use them, and the equipment involved in these lessons. You will get hands-on work with adjusting the bi ski, transfers in and out of the bi ski, as well as the lift loading process. This clinic would be good for someone looking to learn about bi skis and potentially become an assistant instructor on bi ski lessons.

Experience: No required experience necessary. For more experienced instructors, look into the Advanced Bi Ski clinic. You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Advanced Bi Ski clinic, you can expect a half day clinic where you will get to review our bi ski fleet, equipment, padding, and potential bi ski candidates. You will also get the chance to run through a beginner bi ski progression, and how to teach a beginner. You will get hands-on experience with the bi ski both as the student and instructor. This clinic would be good for someone looking to grow their bi ski knowledge and striving to eventually step into a lead instructor role for bi ski lessons.

Experience: 2+ years of bi ski experience as lead or assist instructor and/or have completed the Intro to Bi Ski clinic. You can reach out to Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Stand Up Tethering clinic, you can expect a full day clinic where we will dive deep into tethering. The clinic will go through why we use tethers, all the equipment needed for tethering, and some tethering techniques. You will get a lot of hands-on practice with tethering and work on teaching while tethering rather than just skiing your participant down the hill. This clinic will primarily focus on tip tethering, but will also briefly cover waist tethering. If you plan on using tethers throughout the season, you should plan on taking this clinic.

Experience: No experience necessary, open to new and experienced tethers. You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.

Clinic Description: In the Ski Bike clinic, you can expect a full day clinic where you will be introduced or refreshed on ski bikes. The clinic will run through our ski bike fleet, equipment, loading/unloading the lift, and a ski bike teaching progression. You will also get the opportunity to get out and learn how to ski bike yourselves. Ski biking has grown more and more over the past few years, and we would love to have more instructors trained up in this discipline. If ski biking has interested you, or you feel like you need a refresher on ski bikes, this clinic would be great for you.

Experience: No experience is necessary. You can email Stefan at [email protected] if you have any questions.