Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- Physiological
- Safety and security
- Belonging
- Self-esteem
- Self-actualisation
Physiological needs
These are things needed to survive physically. For example, food, water and warmth.
Safety and security
When feeling in danger the student may not want to carry on with the task; therefore, they may become tense and lose the ability to focus.
Belonging
It’s important to foster a sense of belonging, especially among students who may not know each other. For young children, building trust and strong group rapport is essential to promote a sense of belonging.
Self Esteem
When we feel good about ourselves, and respected, we will be more confident and ready to attempt new and challenging tasks. If we feel the opposite, our desire to gain respect and self esteem can affect our performance.
Self-actualisation
The desire to be one’s best at something.
Whats the lesson format
Play, skill, adventure, summary
Order of skills needed to be taught
- Equipment
- Skating, gliding, climbing
- Straight runs & J turns
- Two footed orientation
- Side slipping, floating leaf
- Skidded traverses, steered traverses
- C- turns
- Linking turns
- turn size and shape
Equipment
Check bindings, boots, show them basic stance, check if they are goofy or regular
What is skating
Sliding on the snowboard in a basic stance
Why do we skate
Its so we can navigated around the mountain easier like for lifts and just getting more comfortable in having a foot strapped in
How do we skate
Binding to binding
Whats an adventure for skating
Writing your name in the snow
Why we glide
Helps you understand how the board moves
Builds confidence going straight
Teaches balance and control
Prepares you for turns and stops
How we glide
Keep your weight centred and your body relaxed.
By using our skating method, we can use that as momentum and then rest it lightly against the back binding for balance. To stop we can place half our foot off the board.
Adventure for gliding
Who can go the furthest with only one push
What is climbing
How you move up a small slope while your board is still on your feet
Why do we use climbing
To get higher up the slope safely for the next exercise
How we climb
Board across the slope, toe edge digging in, step - lift - kick
Adventure for climbing
Simon says: tiny steps, giant steps etc
