Below is a timetable of the course for the 12 Weeks you will be with us in Val d'Isère.
Week 1 - BASI Level 3 Module
The course begins with the BASI Coaching course which is a core module for the ISIA qualification. This course replaces the former UKCP 1 3 day course. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- BASI Coaching course - 4 days
- Video Analysis
- Boot-fitting advice
- Free-ski testing
- Presentation on bio-mechanics and injury prevention
- Presentation on Ski Equipment
- Presentation on Mountain Safety/Avalanche Awareness
Time spent with your Trainer on the hill: 25hrs
Time spent with your Trainer off the hill: 5 hrs
Time spent in specialist evening presentations: 5hrs
Total training time: 35hrs
Week 2 - BASI Level 3 Module
The BASI Level 3 Mountain Safety Course - 6 days. This is a core module for the BASI Level 3 ISIA qualification. It addresses Mountain Safety issues and involves 4 days of training and 2 days of assessment. You will be doing some touring this week and will need the relevant kit for this. If you don't already own touring skis etc, these can be hired in resort for use this week. Here is a summary of what to expect this week
- Training in Mountain Safety, navigation, avalanche awareness etc
- Ski touring in the Espace Killy
- 4 days of training, 2 days of assessment
- A tick in the box on your way to the ISIA qualification, assuming you pass this course.
- The Level 1 course ICE party - a chance to let your hair down after a busy couple of weeks!
Time spent with your Trainer on the hill: 30hrs
Time spent with your Trainer off the hill: 10 hrs
Total training time: 40hrs
Week 3
Race training week. This week you will do some giant slalom race training with former World Cup skiers and Olympians Alain Baxter and Chemmy Alcott. Alain is the most successful skier ever in British history and is a great guy, Chemmy is a force unto herself - world class skier and inspirational character. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to ski with racing royalty and hone your skills at the same time. This is key preparation for your Eurotest. We also say goodbye to the 4 week course at the end of the week so will have an ICE party to send them off in style. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 4
Personal performance training.
This is a chance to work on your action plan which is ongoing through the course. You will be looking at all areas of the mountain including on piste long and short turns, variable snow (off-piste), bumps, steeps. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- Continued development towards the Level 3 exams
- The 4 week course ICE party
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 5
Second disicipline training. One of the required modules for Level 3 is to do a Level 1 in a second discipline. We do this in snowboarding, so this week you will be learning how to snowboard and preparing yourself for the Level 1 which will occur later in the course. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Learn to snowboard (or to improve at it)
- An action plan on what to do for the coming weeks prior to the Level 1
- Training with a BASI Trainer (snowboard)
Time spent with your Trainer on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 6 & 7
In previous years, this week has been spent teaching in Italy. Unfortunately, this is no longer possible without an EU passport, so for 2022 students will have the choice as to whether they stay in Val d'Isere for weeks 6&7 or whether they go home for two weeks before resuming training in week 8.
Week 8
Personal performance training.
This is a chance to work on your action plan which is ongoing through the course. You will be looking at all areas of the mountain including on piste long and short turns, variable snow (off-piste), bumps, steeps. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- Continued development towards the Level 3 exams
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 9
Personal performance training.
This is a chance to work on your action plan which is ongoing through the course. You will be looking at all areas of the mountain including on piste long and short turns, variable snow (off-piste), bumps, steeps. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- Continued development towards the Level 3 exams
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 10 - BASI Level 3 Module
BASI Level 1 in Snowboarding. This is your second discipline week and the opportunity to put another tick in the box for the Level 3. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- BASI snowboard Level 1
- Training and assessment within the snowboard discipline.
- Training with a BASI Trainer (snowboard)
Time spent with your Trainer on the hill: 25hrs
Time spent with your Trainer off the hill: 10hrs
Total training time: 35hrs
Week 11
Personal performance training.
This is a chance to work on your action plan which is ongoing through the course. You will be looking at all areas of the mountain including on piste long and short turns, variable snow (off-piste), bumps, steeps. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- Continued development towards the Level 3 exams
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
Week 12
Personal performance training.
This is a chance to work on your action plan which is ongoing through the course. You will be looking at all areas of the mountain including on piste long and short turns, variable snow (off-piste), bumps, steeps. Here is a summary of what to expect this week:
- Personal Performance Training with a BASI Trainer
- Continued development towards the Level 3 exams
Time spent with your Trainers on the hill: 15hrs
Total training time: 15hrs
The program above follows how the course has run in recent years but should not be viewed as a definitive itinerary which will be communicated to you week to week via the members area of the website. It can be subject to some variation depending on weather conditions and other circumstances, but this will give you a good idea of what to expect.