Nice bit of hatchet burying . I hope this doesn't get too general or we won't have anyone to "stir" . ( An ingrained Aussie habit )
Ott ,
I think you would have to agree a hell of a lot of instructors just go through the motions . Most wouldn't even read a forum like this . You or Rusty for example ,even though you don't agree with everything in PMTS , do seem to be motivated teachers . I have to agree though that PMTS wouldn't go down well with a large number of beginners because they would have to think too much and they mostly just want to be able to get down whichever way is quickest .Plus they have no patience with drills . I know I took many group classes in the first few years . Among the more motivated skiers though PMTS will eventually take over the world .
By the way when I was in France , Les Trois Vale?s , last season an awful number of French instructors were teaching the "Austrian up-unweighting" , many to private clients . The French system , by the way ,
has the main requirement that instructors must ski a slalom within a certain time limit set by a member of the national team .