Kids Games
Here are some ideas to have fun with kids while developing their fundamentals.
Fun with Kids
Taxi
Super Hero Days
1000 Step Turns
Skiing Switch
Skating on the flat, then skating backwards in a wedge
360’s
Fish Hook J Turns
Crab walking
Jumping
Adventure skiing
Hockey Stops
Pat the Dog, pat the cat
Timing Exercises
Synchronised turns
Human Salom
Pole Exercise Ideas
Peck, peck, peck plant – three pole touches before turning
Tiny person turns – hold poles midway down the shaft
Fake pole plants – fake pole plant with hand action
Double Pole Plant
Listening Pole Plant Turns: plant poles when skis are quiet, then plant poles at edge set “noise” shorter turns
Ski with poles in front like handle bars on bikes, try behind the neck, small of back behind the knee
X Man turns: Hold the poles in an X shape in the direction you want to go
2 person 360 – join 2 poles using straps to make a long pole and have them ski down while making turns around each other
Ski Side by Side with a bamboo pole horizontally or in a tandem with two bamboo poles