E105 | Robin Barnes: Coaching the Coaches

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Robin Barnes has been a ski instructor and trainer at California’s Heavenly Ski Resort since 1989. She is a PSIA-certified Level III alpine instructor, PSIA-Western Regional Demo Team member and PSIA Western Division Tech Team member. Robin spends summers as Director of the Portillo Ski School in Chile. She speaks both Spanish and Portuguese, and has twice earned a spot on SKI Magazine’s Top 100 Instructors list.

Topics Discussed:

1. Robin’s coaching background 
2. Talent identification in coaching
3. Curriculum development
4. Auditing the curriculum developers
5. Components of the technical model in skiing and why they matter
6. Coaching kids and long term athletic development in skiing
7. Differences between coaching kids and adults
8. When to emphasize technical development/structured practice and personal expression/play
9. Why use drills
10. When to use drills vs. terrain/constraint-based skiing
11. Psychological barriers to skill development

Links of Interest:

• Robin’s Linkedin
• Professional Ski Instructors of America
• PSIA Instagram

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