Technique video

Technique progression videos (courtesy of CSU/EMBK):
Youth XC ski instruction 1:  Introduction and dryland skate progression
Youth XC ski instruction 2:  Skate progression: no-poles skiing
Youth XC ski instruction 3:  Skate progression: V2-alternate
Youth XC ski instruction 4:  Skate progression: V2 
Youth XC ski instruction 5:  Skate progression: drills for V2 and V2-alternate
Youth XC ski instruction 6:  Skate progression: V1 and V1 drills
Youth XC ski instruction 7:  Classic progression: dryland preparation
Youth XC ski instruction 8:  Classic progression: scooter drill and no-poles skiing
Youth XC ski instruction 9: Classic progression: striding with poles, double pole, and double-pole kick
Written descriptions:
Skate Progression
Classic Progression

Technique examples: (great imagery with Norwegian commentary)
V1 (Padling)
V2 (Dobbeldans) 
V2 Alternate (Enkeldans)
Diagonal Stride (Diagonalgang)
Double Pole w kick (Dobbeltak med Fraspark)

Technique examples with commentary:  (with Canadian vocabulary)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUlRz0oebvI - Double Poling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXk0vo2HsbA - Diagonal Stride
www.youtube.com/watch?v=slpvbWO4J5o - Kick Double Pole
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyuYflyZta4 - V1 ("offset" in Canada)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksXxzH55pw - V2 (aka "one skate")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmR5WXd_F8I - V2 alternate (aka "two skate")

Coaching

from the Eastern Mass Bill Koch League Coaches' Manual
•  Teach skills, develop aptitudes (pages 6-7)
•  A systematic way to critique technique (pages 7-8)
•  Ingredients for a practice plan (pages 13-16)

•  Stay classy, RXCSF:  classic skiing rules and common infractions.

•  Ski Games for Kids - video archive of on-snow games from north of the border (XC Nation / Nordiq Canada)

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