Patent ID: 8721343

Claim:
A ski instructing method for teaching a child to ski, the method comprising: a) tethering together the tips of skis worn by the child to prevent the ski tips from flaring outwardly beyond a given orientation; b) placing the child astride an end of a pole, the pole end having a cross piece that locates behind the legs and beneath the buttocks of the child astride the pole and the pole having a handle forward of the cross piece for gripping by the child; c) moving the pole forward by an instructor grasping and pulling on an opposite end of the pole, the cross piece acting to convert the forward pulling by the instructor to a force pushing the child from behind; and d) controlling the orientation of the ski tips by pulling on a line attached to a midpoint of the tether to draw the ski tips together and slacking the line to allow the ski tips to flare apart to the given orientation.