SKIING IN THE ZONE
The Details - Skiing in the Zone
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Duration: 2 half days
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Cost: 205€ (£175)
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Instructor: Derek Tate, High Performance Coach & Positive Psychology Practitioner
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Group size: Maximum 6 people (min 4)
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Location: Chamonix Valley ski areas & Evasion Mont Blanc
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Lift pass: Visit our lift pass info​ for our courses.
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Insurance:​​ You need to have Winter Sports Travel Insurance with piste rescue insurance (additional insurance can be purchased with your lift pass on purchase). Please ensure you read our booking conditions carefully.
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Equipment: Skis - Please enquire when you are booking as it will depend on what skiing skills you wish to improve and on which terrain. Helmets - We recommend Helmets are worn by all clients.
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Course Overview
Have you ever had one of those days where your skiing performance did not feel good? Where your mindset was negative and your conversation with yourself was not very kind? And where you left the slopes feeling down because you know you can ski better than that? Or perhaps you got scared and fear got in the way of you performing as well as you know you can? Developing your ‘mental skills’ is just as important as developing your technique and tactics. And being mentally fit is just like being physically fit – YOU need to constantly work at it. To perform at your best more often you need to be skilled in techniques, tactics, and your mental game! This will allow you to 'ski in the zone' and access the altered state of consciousness called flow. This course will focus on developing your mental game so that you can fully utilise the technical and tactical skills you already possess meaning that you have a lot more good days on the mountain.
What you will learn
This course will incorporate the ‘Six Steps for training the Mind’ as set out in Derek’s most recent book. Everyone who books a place on this course will be sent a FREE eBook copy of this book so that you can familiarise yourself with the six steps. In summary they are: Step One – Attitude Step Two – Self-Talk Step Three – Relaxation (which includes meditation and mindfulness) Step Four – Imagery & Mental Rehearsal Step Five – Pre-Performance Routines Step Six – Peak Performance = Parallel Dreams (which includes finding flow state and hence 'skiing in the zone'). The course will utilise the time to show you how you can actively work on these skills during your skiing day making the most of pre, during, and post-performance including the time you spend on the lifts. During the sessions Derek will select terrain and set appropriate tasks that suit your skiing ability and create the desired ‘learning zone’. You will likely find that by working on your mental skills that your technique and tactics also improve.
Pre-course prep
In addition to receiving a FREE copy of Derek's book 'Six Steps for Training the Mind' you might also be interested in purchasing Derek's Mindfulness Cards and Flow Cards pictured below. Click on the relevant image to go the Derek's store.
If our programme does not suit your dates please let us know and/or consider private lessons
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*We do not provide accommodation or transport with our courses. Here are some useful links for accommodation and transport around the valley.
