Fwd: [MHMA] Why I'm sad Rick Lyons is moving away
Andy Hill
Andy
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From: "Tom Holmes" <holm...@bctonline.com>
Date: December 15, 2015 at 6:12:44 AM PST
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Subject: [MHMA] Why I'm sad Rick Lyons is moving away
Reply-To: holm...@bctonline.com
--Although I’m sure it’s a good move for him, I still wish Rick Lyons would stick around and here’s why:
Best clinician ever. Your clinics were always examples of how to do it right. Clinics were organized around a progression tied into the skills (plus Balance). You showed us how to take our time with a drill or skill activity if it needed time to sink in. How to balance time spent skiing with time spent in static activity, or talking about what was happening. I attended a clinic where you demonstrated the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
Your understanding of skiing goes deep and you are able to share it in a way that’s understandable to others. You present the information in a very clear way, that uses the visual, tactile and mental.
But I think the best part was that you were so good at leading students to the answer instead of feeding them the answer. It’s tempting to simply tell your students about the effects of flexing joints in unison, it’s another to explain it, have a little model, and use an activity to show how different flexing patterns affect the center of mass.
Yes, I’m going to miss having you, Rick, in the Mt Hood area, and if I can become even 1/100th of the ski instructor you are, I can retire happy.
Thanks for what you have given us all.
Tom Holmes
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