Harald wrote:Should it not stop at some point or should it continue to amaze me that people who have never trained in PMTS, taken a lesson in PMTS, or earned an accreditation in PMTS, make such outrageous statements?
So I guess my opinion is not relevant? Sorry, but it is. Those that have never trained , taken a lesson, nor earned a PMTS accreditation happen to be your target market.
Harald wrote:ThPMTS not only addresses un-athletic skiers, it specializes in them.
OK, I'll bite... Traditional techniques for everyone, including the non-athletic get stuffed into the wedge. What does PMTS do?
Harald wrote: Does anyone still believe that the wedge is a better way to teach an un-athletic skier?
In the absence of evidence, I do. Anecdotal evidence like' "It works for me!", is enticing but not conclusive.
Harald wrote: We have hundreds of skiers come through the PMTS system for the specific reason that they could not make progress with the wedge based progressions. The real proof is in what these skiers do after they take a PMTS lesson. We have that documented as well; I can tell you that they don?t return to the traditional approach.
I guess I'll have to trust you on that.... It would be very interesting whether or not any negative comments get included in the results.
Harald wrote: I will be accused again of attaching PSIA, for making these statements. I am reporting what we found from the research gathered over the past two seasons, from over two hundred skiers. We collected this data from skiers who were able to compare PMTS and traditional systems. The responses are lopsided and not favorable for the wedge progression techniques. We are trying to give the skiing public a forum, let the skiers do the comparing and talking. Ski instructors and organizations have to protect their interests. PMTS for the first time and finally, is giving skiers the opportunity to compare systems and make a choice. I am not concerned about the future of PMTS, but I know who should be concerned based on what skiers said in their responses. Dr. Robert Hintermeister will present the findings next week at the International Congress of Skiing and Science. We will be publishing the results on our web site and the Congress will publish a book that includes all the presenters? materials. It will be available from the ICSS web site.
I am all ears. I can't wait to see the results. But I really am most interested in the first PMTS steps that one would make with a non-athletic skier.
Look, as you can see by my registered name/location I am not PSIA. I am not associated in anyway in supporting or dispersing their views. I am an unbiased member of the buying public that has been informed of a particular progression, has made it through the progression, and has used drills that I located on your web site to improve my own skiing.
I am interested in the focus of the system, and the replacement of the progression for new skiers. Don't be surprised that I currently favour the wedge for a beginner, it's all I know! How can I as part of the buying public compare if I am in the dark of the early parts of the PMTS progression?