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I learned how to snowboard when I was twelve years old. It was a really big passion of mine and even landed me a job at a ski hill close to home.  Through the ski hill, I had the opportunity to rent equipment for free and decided to give skiing a try. I had only snowboarded for the past 6 years, but a lot of my friends told me how easy of a switch it was to skiing after learning how to snowboard. Spoiler: They were wrong. Everything leading up to getting to the top of the hill went perfect, but as soon as I began moving downhill, everything I knew about maneuvering went out the window. Facing straight down the hill completely threw me off, and pairing that with being able to move my feet separately was just too much. It's safe to say that while both are winter sports, there was not much positive transfer happening between the two for me.

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Me as a novice snowboarder:
*inner dialogue*
Okay. Go slow. Look at your feet for bumps because those are scary. Oh yeah, look at your knees too! Those should be a little bit bent. But don't forget about the hill!
Ohhh- Where did this drop-off come from?!
Man I wish I had more eyes.

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Me as an expert snowboarder:
*more inner dialogue*
Just send it! If you look a little ways down there's a drop off there. Probably some deep carving around the other side of it. Just focus your gaze on where you're going and you'll get there easily. Don't look down because you won't see anything else and you'll completely throw off your balance. You got this!

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Gentile's Two Stage Process:
1st Stage - Getting the idea of the movement
If I lean this way while going down the hill, what happens? Engaging this muscle will cause what to happen while moving? How can I stand up without falling back down?
In this stage, I was focused on learning new strategies and getting a feel for what worked for me and what didn't. I found myself talking through what to do next once I accomplished steps of the skill, such as telling myself what to do next after standing up.

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2nd Stage - Diversification
I know that using these muscle groups produces this movement, how can I utilize this knowledge when faced with a divot or icy spot? How can I make my turns faster now that I know how to turn? What can I do to make standing more efficient and easier when I'm not at the top of the hill?
In this stage, I was able to take my newly learned skills and tweak them to be smoother and more efficient. I was also able to take in the shape of the hill as another variable to consider when executing movements.

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When learning how to snowboard on the bunny hill, I was taught that there are three basic moves to practice to safely get down the hill. They are the c-turn, plowing, and stopping. If I performed the moves in a blocked fashion, where I went down the hill practicing one move the whole way down, I appeared to be getting really good at it. If I practiced the skills randomly down the hill, I did not look as good as I did when practicing in the blocked trials. Retention would have been similar between both conditions, but the transfer effect on practicing random and then trying a blocked trial would be greater than practicing blocked and trying a random trial. Therefore, it would have been more beneficial in the long run to randomly practice the moves to have a positive transfer to snowboarding down the actual hill.

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When I first started snowboarding, my attention was divided as such:
30% - where is my body weight positioned
17% - is my core tight
3% - my calves are burning
23% - where should I even be looking right now
9% - who's behind me and why are they so close
18% - I think I'm going too fast

And now when I snowboard my attention is split up as follows:
30% - look ahead so you can plan your route
70%  - wow this is a great song

When I started snowboarding, there was no way I could afford to throw music into the list of things I had to pay attention to. Now that those little things are pretty much automatic, I can safely snowboard and listen to great tunes at the same time.