At the turns she coaches him to make a pizza with his skis. After the lesson, we chat with Shannon about the method behind this madness. As a teacher and mom, I think this made huge sense. Shannon explains that the bar insures beginners, including timorous adults, will fall less. As a result, they have more fun and energy to learn.
Adults learn similar to kids.
They must balance and look where they are going and then turn their feet. The bar also saves little ones from exhausting hikes across the flats. The teacher can haul the child into the lift line and also use it as a brace to help get on the chair. Shannon explains that the bar method is fairly specific to the Stevens Ski School. Also particular to Stevens is that after the first time group package, the school only does individual lessons.