Patent ID: 11925847
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing ski instruction while placing and holding a ski student in a proper forward leaning skiing position and in a proper hand position for holding ski poles, said method comprising the steps of:
engaging a ski training device between a ski student and a skiing instructor, said ski training device comprising;
a horizontal support rod having a proximal end for engagement with said ski student at said ski student's chest, and a distal end for engagement with said ski instructor;
a horizontal bar positioned at said proximal end of said horizontal support rod, said horizontal bar comprising two ends and being cushioned for being placed in contact with said ski student's chest slightly below the pectoral muscles; a handle assembly that simulates the proper position for holding ski poles,
said handle assembly being adjustably positioned horizontally on said horizontal support rod forward from said proximal end of said horizontal support rod, said handle assembly comprising a pair of upward facing handles positioned to be gripped by said ski student, said pair of upward-facing handles being adjustably spaced apart from about 12″ to about 18,″ to correspond to the width of said ski student's shoulders;
a fixed handgrip positioned at said distal end of said horizontal support rod, for engagement by said ski instructor,
an upward facing oval handgrip adjustably positioned on said horizontal support rod forward from said distal end of said support rod for alternative engagement by said ski instructor;
adjusting said ski training device to said ski student, said adjusting comprising the steps of;
lateral adjustment of said upward facing handles to approximate the width of said ski student's shoulders,
positioning said upward facing handles along said horizontal support rod forward from said ski student such that the ski student is required to lean forward into a proper ski stance;

engaging said ski training device by said ski student whereby said ski student first grasps said upward facing handles and then places the horizontal bar in a position on said ski student's chest slightly below said ski student's pectoral muscles;
engaging said ski training device by said ski instructor by grasping said fixed handgrip or said upward facing oval handgrip; and
guiding said ski student down a ski slope by said ski instructor and into turns, stops and starts while said ski student is held in a proper forward leaning ski position.