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December 2015 Update
Photo on the Summit
This Big Mountain image was a contribution to Peak Performance Gazette by HEAD Ski
Company.
(Photo: Alex Kaiser)
From the Top
By Witold Kosmala
The Publisher and the Editor of Peak Performance Gazette
PSIA-E Alpine, Level III
Ski Instructor, Coach and Trainer mostly in NC
K2 Ambassador
Welcome to Peak Performance Gazette. Gordon Carr has graciously prepared this
Index of Articles for your convenience in finding your way through the sea of knowledge
flowing at you through these gazettes. I hope you will visit this Index often and find
what you need. If you do not find what you are looking for, then write me at
Witold.Kosmala@gmail.com.
All gazettes are available through any of the following:
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www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~wak/.
Come back often. Happy reading. Enjoy and share.
Gordon Carr
FEBRUARY 2009
Lesson Planning: ICGIAS: Introduction, Coaching, Guided Practice, Independent Practice, Assessment,
Summary
Teaching The First Turn
MARCH 2009
Witold’s DCL Tryout Accident
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Hand and Pole Position
Stages of Learning: Concrete, Associative, Autonomous Related to Feedback
APRIL 2009
Recapture What It Is Like to Learn
Smoking Cessation
JULY 2009
Imagery and Self Confidence
The “Power” of Teaching: Help or Harm?
SEPTEMBER 2009
Difficulty of Learning Good Muscle Movements, Ease of Learning Poor Ones
Body Position and Movements: Correct Choices or Incorrect Reactions
Use the Clock to Help Complete the Turn
Benefits of “1000 Steps” Drill
Eye Protection from UV Rays
OCTOBER 2009
Big Mountain Challenges
Reflections upon an AASI Level III Exam
Early Season Dry Land Training
NOVEMBER 2009
Principles of Feedback
Choosing Correct Equipment
Your Responsibility Code
Basic Tips for Teaching Beginners
Tips for Gripping Poles and Straps
DECEMBER 2009
Some Fundamental Ski and Snowboard School Rules
Musings About Skiing Portillo, Chile
More Principles of Feedback
Kinesthetic Information From Your Toes
Ups and Downs of Skydiving
Teaching Tips: The Turning Wedge, The Beginnings
JANUARY 2010
Tips on Lesson Pacing
Learn One Legged Skiing to Become a Better Two Legged Skier
Teaching Tips: Wedge Christie Turns
Safe Tips for Winter Driving
FEBRUARY 2010
Information About the 2010 Winter Olympics
Strength and Performance Asymmetry: How to Test for It
Wax and Waxing Facts
Teaching Tips: Wide Track Parallel Turns
Assessing a Student’s Readiness To Advance To More Difficult Terrain or Tasks
MARCH 2010
Ski School Photo 03/10, and Kosmala family photo circa 1975
Save That Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
Skiing Tips: Ice and Glare
Teaching Tips: Dynamic Short Turns
Tech Talk: Selecting the Correct Snowboard Length
Tech Talk: Twin Tip Skis
Biography of Will Mauney
Photo Montage at Mammoth Mountain and Other Places
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APRIL 2010
Words From Our Director
Musing on Specialized Boot Fitting
Summer Training vis-à-vis a Bike for Difficult Winter Terrain
Develop a Personal Improvement Plan
Trivial Pursuit Questions about Sugar Mountain
More Tips to Avoid ACL Injury
Assessing a Student’s Readiness to “Move Up”
Tech Talk: New K2 Ski Technology for 2010-11
JULY 2010
Reflections of an Olympic Athlete After a Career of Competitive Racing
Building Trusting Relationships: The JoHari Window
Summer Conditioning for Winter Skiing and Riding
Cross Training with Summer Road Cycling
Health Hints on Eating Well
SEPTEMBER 2010
Preseason Tips on Fitness
Reflections On and Dreams About Skiing Tuckerman Ravine
Sugar Mountain Trivial Pursuit Answers
Science Behind Fall Leaf Color
Assessing a Student’s Readiness to “Move Up”
Health Tip: Eating “Orange”
Cross Training Photo Montage
OCTOBER 2010
Prep Tips For the Coming Season Plus PSIA/AASI Info
Build Trust as the Foundation for Skill Development
Guaranteed Ways to ERODE Trust
The Science Behind Trees’ Leaf Drop
Tech Talk: The Basic Profile of Rocker Technology (K2)
Health Tip: Eating “Yellow”
NOVEMBER 2010
Tips For Preseason Conditioning
Developmental vs Corrective Learning Drills and Tasks
The Science Behind Snow Crystals
Dry Land vs Cross Training
Tech Talk: Boot Fitting
Health Tip: Eating “White”
Thoughts on Wearing a Helmet
DECEMBER 2010
Reflections on Basic Class Handling and Your Responsibility Code
Teaching Guests Skills Comes After Assuring Their Safety
Tech Talk: Snowboard Baseline Concepts (K2)
Health Tip: Eating “Green”
Strong or Powerful?, Revisited: Plyometric Exercises
JANUARY 2011
Back To Basics: Hop Turns and Leapers
Practice Skiing Moguls Without The Moguls
Teaching Tip: Short Swing
Health Tip: Eating “Indigo”
Teaching Tips: Strong Inside Half and Parallel Legs and Skis
FEBRUARY 2011
More On Parallel Legs and Skis
Tips For Keeping Your Feet Warm
Reflections on COMPLEX Boot Fitting
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Cross Country Skiing Travelogue
Will Mauney’s Words From Alpine Meadows Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA
Teaching Tips: Movement Analysis
Teaching Tips: Getting Skis On
Instructions for Loading a Chair
Analysis of Various Size Turns
MARCH 2011
What Makes a Successful Coach
Ski Performance in Powder, Crud, Trees, Steeps, and Moguls
Skiing Hardpack: The K2 Coomback
A Day in The Life of a Sugar Mountain Ski Patroller
Thoughts on Customized Fits in Ski and Snowboard Boots
Am I a Dynamic Skier?
Teaching Tips: Skiing Crud
APRIL 2011
Congrats to Sugar Mountain Instructors on PSIA-E/AASI Certification
Living In an Ice Castle
Summer Training for Balance Improvement
Skiing Tips: Powder
Health Tip: Anticancer Diet and the China Study by T. Colin Campbell
JULY 2011
Skiing Travelogue
John Clendenin’s Ski Method
Book Review: “Ultimate Skiing” by Ron LeMaster
Health Tip: Eating Tropical Fruits and Veggies
SEPTEMBER 2011
36 Years As An Instructor: The Most Unforgettable Student
Highlights of the PSIA-E Skiing Clinic at Sugar Mountain, 3/7-8/11
Dry Land Exercises
Toe Articulation
Health Tips: Misc
OCTOBER 2011
Our Own Mike Simmons with Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn!! Vonn Has 4 Overall World Cup
Championships. She Ranks Third in Number of World Cup Career Wins With 57, Behind Only Stenmark (87) and
Moser-Proll (62).
The Swiss Got it Right
Book Review: Beyond Boundaries—The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines by Miguel
Nicolelis
Mining Diamonds in Canada
Skiing Tips: Pole Touch vs Blocking Pole Plant
Highest Mountains in the USA
What Are Poles Used For?
NOVEMBER 2011
This and That About our Local Area and the NC Senior Games
Tech Talk: New Fischer Vacuum Boots
Principles of Class Organization: ICGIAS: Introduction, Coach, Guided Practice, Independent Practice,
Assessment, Summary
It Is All About Feet
Ski Tips: Training Tips and Tips For a Successful Snow Sport Instructor Career
DECEMBER 2011
Tips From Our Director on Being “Professional” and Creating Successful Lessons
“My Love For Skiing”: Interview with Bob Muran
Accurate Demos are Key
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Ted Ligety’s Thoughts on the New FIS GS Race Ski Standards
Improve Your Race Times
Teaching Tips: Wedge Christies, Spontaneous Christies, Narrow Wedge and Braking Wedge
Ski Lesson 101: Fundamentals
Hints For a Successful Ski or Snowboard Trip
JANUARY 2012
Summary of Ski Technique Presented by Witold In The Classroom
Skiing Tip: Progressions for Skiing On One Ski—The “Outside Ski”
Tech Talk: Sidecut Radius And Torsional Stiffness
Skiing/Riding and Hydration
FEBRUARY 2012
Skiing Tip: Progressions for Skiing On One Ski—The “Inside Ski”
Fixes for Being In The “Back Seat”
Shin Bang!
Prevent ACL Injuries
Health Tips: Chapped Lips and Vertigo
Reflections on Boot Fitting
PSIA-E/AASI Exam Updates
MARCH 2012
Skiing Tip: Trees and Steeps
Spring Skiing Tips
Racing and Extreme Skiing Tips
Skiing Tips: Square, Box Top and Hop Turns; and, Railroad Tracks
APRIL 2012
“Thanks” From Our Director
Reflections on a Lesson Past
Biography of Eva Twardokens and Crossfit Training
Teaching a Different Sport—Teach Young Kids Two Wheel Bike Balance Quickly
Ski Tip: Learn From Watching Ted Ligety
Ted Ligety’s Thoughts on the FIS 195 cm / 35 m Radius GS Ski Rule
Race Coaching: Tips, Tactics, and Technique
Health Tip: The Bitter Side of Sweet
Don’t Be a Distracted Driver
JULY 2012
Where and How to Access Part II & III of the Eva Twardokens Articles
Book Review: Skiing Since WWII and Two Books About the History of Skiing: Antiquity to WWII.
Ted Ligety’s Reflections on Heli-skiing With Warren Miller
From Cars to Skiing—Smoothness
2012 PSIA/AASI National Demo Team Members
SEPTEMBER 2012
Words on The 2012 Summer Olympics Exceptional Disabled Athletes
Trail Work at Elk Knob State Park
Twelve Years of Grit and Determination Leads to PSIA-E Level II Exam Success
The Art of Ice Climbing
Water Proof, Breathable, Hi-Tech Fabric Care
From Cars to Skiing—Over Steer
Health Tips: Hints to Battle Fatigue
The Trikke and Skiing
OCTOBER 2012
Personal Skiing Improvement Through Video Analysis
The Legend of the 10th Mountain Division
PSIA-E Alpine Exam Process Evolution—Important Updates
Kayaking: A Thrill A Minute
From Cars to Skiing—Under Steer
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NOVEMBER 2012
Reflections on Sugar Mountain’s Earliest Opening Day And “Thanks” to ALL our Resort Staff
USSA’s Investment in “Good Skiing Fundamentals”
Tips to Say “Goodbye To Fear”
Tech Talk: Improve Visibility and Special Tactics When Skiing/Riding In Low Light
Cross Training: Cycling
Summary of Classroom Coaching With Witold—2012
From Cars to Skiing—Tires, “Z”, “C”, & “S” Turns
DECEMBER 2012
Our Director’s Tips For Being an Effective Snow Sport Instructor
Increase Your Knowledge of Our Snow Sport: Become a Better Instructor
PSIA-E/AASI Membership, Certification Levels, & Learning Resources
Teaching Strategy: Take a Skill, Drill, or Task and “Work It” 4096 Different Ways
10 World Class Resorts Within an Hour of Salt Lake City
Cross Training: The Art of Ice Skating
From Cars to Skiing—The Race Line
JANUARY 2013
Inside Leg Extension: A Parallel Leg Transition
Just Another Day in the Office: Collage of Skiing Photos by a Ski Patroller
Cross-Training: Tight-roping
Peak Performance Index for New Instructors
Ted Ligety’s Technique Explained
Comma Turns
From Cars to Skis: Sound Systems
FEBRUARY 2013
The Long Snowy Journey (Part 1): A Warren Miller Shoot in Northern China – A Chris Anthony Narrative
There’s Always Room for Improvement
Cross-Training: Ice Racing
Training: Stivot Turns
From Cars to Skis: A Few More Connections
MARCH 2013
The Director’s Turn: A compilation of Sugar Mountain’s Ski and Snowboard School Instructors’ Certifications
Witold Celebrates His Survival, Five Years Post Traumatic Ski Accident
Why Smaller Areas Produce World Class Talent
E = MC2 and The Curley Footed Shuffle
The Long Snowy Journey (Part 2): A Warren Miller Shoot in Northern China – A Chris Anthony Narrative
Equipment: KNEE Bindings – A Safety Alpine Binding
Equipment: Rocker Technology – Illustrated with K2 Chargers
APRIL 2013
How to Improve Balance and Influence Attitudes: JUMP!
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times
A Season to Remember – Doug Washer’s Narrative of the Longest Season at Sugar Mountain and Personal
Travelogue
Racing: Hard to Fathom Making History at World Ski Championships – Ted Ligety
Training: Park and Ride
Health: Will Power: The Self Control Muscle
JULY2013
Treating Running Injuries: Form vs Footwear
Tribute to My Father, Vino by Chris Anthony
Training: Ski Training in a Shower
Health: Q Angle and ACL Injuries
Health: Let’s be Honest! Cellulite Bites!
SEPTEMBER 2013
A–Frame on Skis
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Valbruna – Warren Miller Trip
Effects of Ski Slopes on Appalachian Headwater Streams
Cross–Training: Training for the Black Diamond and the Baseball Diamond
Dry – Land Training: Walking and Jumping
OCTOBER 2013
Main Course: The Best Medicine. – Sleep
Movements – Active or Passive?
An Introduction to Basic Teaching Principles
Equipment: Resorts Move Toward KNEE Bindings for Employees
Health: How to Prevent “Choking” Under Pressure
Dry–Land Training: Narrow Stance or Wide?
Some Thoughts on Pole Usage
NOVEMBER 2013
Main Course: Helpful Hints From Holly – Some Words to Our New Instructors
Equipment: Introducing K2 Ski Boots
Training: Sugar Mountain Does It Again! Summary of PSIA-E Alpine Clinic
Training: The Learning Never Stops: Dr. K’s “Skiing in a Classroom Series”
What is a Pre-Jump?
What is a Fall–Line?
What are Side-Slips?
What are Bowties?
DECEMBER 2013
Director’s Turn: Customer Service and “Earn Your Rainbow Each Day!”
Burned Out on Cross Fit But Love the Community? You Don’t Have to Quit!
Changes in Alpine Exams by Don Haringa, PSIA-E/AASI Director of Education and Exams
Skiing: Twist and Shout (Ouch)
Cross–Training: About Balance Community
Dry–Land Training: Moving Forward; The Dry Land Portion
Training: Narrow Stance or Wide: Clarification
Equipment: K2 AMP Rictor 82 XTI and K2 AMP Rictor 90 XTI
This and That: Tough Lungs; Sugar Mountain’s New Slope; Choose Words Wisely
JANUARY 2014
Know The Rules
Twist and Shout (ouch!) Hip Exercises
More Than One Way To Get Down The Mountain
Let The Games Begin (Olympics 2014)
Fix Dry Lips
Dry Land Training: All About Half Moons
Training – On Snow: Moving Forward
45 Simple Exercises On Snow
FEBRUARY 2014
Song Without End (Reflections on 49 Years Skiing)
Stand Up Without Using Your Arms
On The Road With Doug Washer – Lake Tahoe
Training: White Pass Turns
About Platform Angle
Health: Swallowing The Pain
Balance: Moving Forward
MARCH 2014
Director’s Turn: We Ride Together
Succeeding Through the “Reverse Progression” of Life
Vim, Vigor, and Versatility – Improvement On Smaller Mountains
To Ski Or Not To Ski: That Is The Question (Living the Life of a Vail Ski Instructor)
A Passion For The Sport (A Training Clinic Carries Forward to Today)
Training: 1000 Words About 1000 Steps Exercise According to Witold
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Training: Guided Discovery
Health: What Is Juice Plus?
APRIL 2014
From The Top – (Do You Wait For Perfect?)
April Showers Bring…How Do You Plan For Improvement?
Fear Is Real
Terrain-Based Learning
Improving Skills On An Outside Edge Of An Uphill Ski
Health: Beware Of The Chair
JULY 2014 (IN THE NEW FORMAT)
The Best Medicine: Sleep
Color Lenses – What Color For What Conditions
It’s Never Too Late – A Learning Journey
Dry Land Training: Leg Muscle Imbalance and Foot Strength
Health: Changing For Good
SEPTEMBER 2014
Arms And Hands (Position)
The Glittlen (You have to read this one to learn what a “glittlen” is)
Getting New Glasses (And Skiing)
Mush You Huskies
Dry Land Training
Walking Can Cause Knee Pain?
Should We Think About Breathing?
BOSU In The Summer
Health: The Pursuit Of Happiness
OCTOBER 2014
What Students Remember Most
Reaction Time
Do You Trust Us?
Tissue Prep And Conditioning For The Minimalist To The Pro
PMTS Ski Racing: Developmental Movement Ability, “Check Point 1”
Long Leg / Short Leg
NOVEMBER 2014
Tribute To Vino Anthony: What Parents Pass On
Running Got You Tired?
The Necessity Of Play
Wanting The Return Business? Let’s Look At Ways To Do That!
Eva T.’s SKI STRONG
How Should You Carry The Skis To The Slopes?
PMTS Racer Development: “Check Point 2” – Transfer To The Uphill Ski Little Toe Edge
DECEMBER 2014
What’s Important In Preparation For Exams (Dynamic Balance And Posture)
High Altitude Training
Momentum Is Your Friend
Point Of No Return
Peak Performance Index For N ew Instructors
Skier’s “Home Position”
Long Leg/Short Leg
JANUARY 2015
Internalizing the Dynamics of Skiing
Can One Ski with NO Dorsi-flexion?
Tree Wells
71st Eastern Snow Conference, Boone, North Carolina
Training: Sequential Moves
Health: Point of No Return in Losing Body Heat
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FEBRUARY 2015
Knowledge Need for Snow Sport Instruction and Coaching
Skiers Suffer
Hypothermia
Altitude Sickness
Movie Review: The Man Who Skied Down Everest
Training: Bull-fighter’s Turns
Training: Bellows Turns
MARCH 2015
No Surprises! (Hints for Taking Certification Exams)
Ability vs Skill
Skiing Trees
Training: Holding Another Skier
Training: Moving to the Next Level—Instantly!
Health Course: Protein Guide
APRIL 2015
The Tipping Point: Or You Can’t Get There From Here
Aerial Tramways in the US
No Surprises in Certification! Time and Focus
Professionalism and Professionals in the Snow Sports Schools
9 Volt Battery Safety
Training: “Warming Up” on the Slopes
Training: Pressuring Toes
Training: Bottom of the Wedge Christie Turns
Test Your Visual Accuracy
JULY 2015
“Putting the S in Sand”– Skiing the Great Sand Dunes
Grass Skiing Down Sugar Mountain Resort, NC
Grass Skiing and Boarding—Bryce Resort
Mind Over Matter
US Ski Team to Manage NASTAR
Dry Land Training: What Does a Shopping Cart Have to do With Skiing?
Training: Improving the Skills
SEPTEMBER 2015
The “Modern Way” to Lengthen a Leg (The Surgical Odyssey of Mike Simmons’ Legs)
Choosing Between a 4WD and AWD Vehicle
Differentials for Dummies
Loss of Ski Dr. T
Training: Edging Only
OCTOBER 2015
Versatility (Of the Third Kind)
Point of No Return in Getting Hip Replacement (Witold’s Ongoing Struggle with His Catastrophic Ski Accident
During DCL Tryouts-March 2008)
K2 Ski Boots
Turn to Physics—Pressure, Force and Sports on Ice and Snow
Training: Pressure Only
NOVEMBER 2015
Skiing Above the Arctic Circle—A Travelogue
US Ski Team Athletes and Coaches do Drills with PSIA Instructors at Snowbird
The Basics: Hydration
Beaver Creek Ski Instructors are Looking to Start a Union
Turn to Physics: What is Gravity?
Training: Why Would You Want to Learn to Jump on Your Skis
Training: Rotary Only—Part I
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DECEMBER 2015
From the Top—Skills Transfer
More Enjoyment and Less Fatigue in Powder
Hydration in Sports—Part 2
Physics: Snow Properties and the Skiing Experience
Health: Need for Magnesium
Dry Land Training: Indoor Cycling
Training: Rotary Only—Part 2
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