Malcolm Gladwell is full of crap.....nomorebikinis wrote: Lying in my bed now and reading this book of Malcolm Gladwell
Being passionate with the sport doesn't make one good at teaching. I mean, an instructor can't be impatient or rude to students whatever he/she teaches and whichever skills he/she's got.reiley wrote:i think that kite instructors as i know a lot need to be passionate with the sport, you can not be inpatient or rude to a student, it has to be the other way around, you being happy of teaching skills to a beginner
Just read your post, Nomorebikinis. Couldn't agree more with you.nomorebikinis wrote:@FredBGG, of course you are right. This is the 1st book for me to read about this subject. 2 days ago I returned from a holiday to a Caribian Island where I had lessons from an IKO certified kite teacher. You must know that I do snowboarding and skimboarding as well. In snowboarding you get a better stance on your board when you take lessons and someone corrects you as from the beginning when you learn. If you adapt your own style it is difficult to change style and I really enjoy watching when someone has a nice stance on his board. I thought it would be the same with kiting. Therefore took some lessons in my country but also lessons on the island. The first 2 lessons from the teacher were not good. There was no trust between me and the teacher, no respect it just didn't feel good. As from the 1st day I knew (and feared) O no, this is gonna cost me money and I will not progress. Therefore at the end of the second day (he made me do a waterstart with 10,5/11 knots, I was so f#cking deadly tired) I asked for a new teacher (a girl). I feel insecure with men, therefore a girl (is less frightening or so, It is difficult to explain). The next lessons were okay. But these lessons were nothing in comparison with a few lessons which I got from a local black Brazilian (not certified) girl in Cumbuco. She was really gentle with me and I really progressed a lot in just a couple of hours. After all this experience I just want to say something to other beginners, who perhaps just get rid of their gear because progression is not as fast as they hoped it to be. It all comes up to exercise, with or without a teacher. Practice practice and practice. So if you do not feel too secure than you just grab a book to become positive. At the airport this was the book of this writer. Perhaps a crap writer, but I don't through away my gear and just go on, until it is October and I go back to Cumbuco. Sorry to say guys I am really really disappointed in so called "certified" teachers. Something S#CKS regarding the IKO certificate, instruction lessons whatever. And do you know something: I HAVE PAID FOR IT, AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. IKO certification says nothing about quality, it makes me angry. No more IKO teachers for me! I have no idea what the IKO lessons teach but it is not helping me. My Dutch (girl) friends say the same, only they do not dear to post on any forum. Why? If one does not progress you always blame it on yourself.
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