Nordica Pro Series Level 3: How to Pass Your Level 3 Ski Instructor Certification Exam

[@Rhondifurous]

This is great content. If only a certain professional ski instructor organization would make videos like this.

[@timruth8767]

This is a great comment. If only certain comment posters would have the balls to not act like cowards and say what they are hinting at..... HUH?

[@JB91710]

Everything in all three videos is 100% wrong. My 55 years of teaching says so.

[@Rhondifurous]

​@@JB91710Please do enlighten us!

[@kpkoop]

I hope you guys make one for the Teach exams too! These are awesome!

[@mmckimson]

In our division examiners normally have candidates do these on flat terrain. IMO, makes the task a bit more difficult!

[@dj_617]

Great skiing!

[@prasatsurin]

So I can all of it with ease where can I get my certificate?

[@TheGweedMan]

So what I assume is that the skiing assessments are in addition to technical questions, and demonstrating the ability to teach different levels of classes. Is that true?

[@bucki09er]

PSIA level 3 assessment is broken into two parts on separate days, Teach and Ski. Most people fail one or both, because each exam is scrutinized individually. Ripping skiers often neglect the precision needed to pass the teach portion. Great teachers may not be as tight and precise in their skiing. Or come unprepared and fail both. It's definitely a journey to pass level three.

[@mauricetate3571]

Extend in transition then come down and jam on the edges. What a horrible way to ski. Its totally not what world class skiers do.

[@JB91710]

First one. Useless. It does not train the correct muscles and center of balance. This is horrific teaching. Just because they say so, doesn't make it so. Hop turns. Once you know how to ski correctly, you can do anything you want. You don't teach what people can figure out themselves. The problem is, you don't teach them how to ski correctly. These short turns are, again, show with no how. Heel thrust, heel thrust, heel thrust. This is all useless. For an examiner, she is far from a technically correct skier. This is a total waste of time. Just like the PSIA.

[@MrDogonjon]

If I were examining I would use "The New Way to Ski" as my model to determine success. My observation is all skiers lack sufficiently well defined and timed early weight transfer. I look for several important clues as to how stance, alignment, skeletal stacking and ski/ snow reaction work together. Legs remain parallel to each other with no change in the width of the stance or 'A' framing. Movement of the inside half of the body up and forward at the weight transfer (hip leveling... hip hike). These are great skiers so I know for sure they are consciously working with these issues in their own skiing. Get with Karen Harjo... she will fix this fast.

[@brianoconnor3407]

Agree 100% Cheerski!

[@brianoconnor3407]

Lame, no other word for it. OK skiing except for the gal in green. Examiner? OMG, lousy narrative. I'm a Level III with a 40 year pin. This is embarrassing.

[@JB91710]

Nordica, you have to do better than this. You are associating your name to them. The problem is, no one will notice.