ONLINE SKI COACHING FOR RECREATIONAL SKIERS

Become a better skier, one stage at a time.

Coaching from a CSIA course conductor that builds the body first, then the skill, so you always know what to work on next. Not hundreds of videos, just one path.

Start your pathSee how it works
  • Course Conductor of the Year
  • Teaching since 1984
  • From $49/mo · Cancel anytime
40+
Years coaching skiersTEACHING SINCE 1984
2×
Course Conductor of the YearCSIA · 2004 & 2012
CSIA
Trains Canada’s ski instructorsCANADIAN SKI INSTRUCTORS’ ALLIANCE
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Build, practice, perform, reflectSEASONAL & LEARNING CYCLES
THE PATH

Your path to confidence, control and comfort.

  • Confidence to take on steeper terrain.
  • Control through every turn, in any snow.
  • Comfort that lets you ski relaxed all day.

Every skier wants all three. The difference is how you get there.

Most ski sites give you hundreds of videos and leave you to find your own way through them. SkiCademy gives you a path: lessons that build on each other, so control turns into confidence, and confidence turns into comfort.

Follow the path. Confidence, control and comfort follow.

Your path
Control on steeper terrain
4 stages · 2 complete · 3 weeks in
  1. Build
    2 lessons · Completed
  2. Practice
    1 lesson · Completed
  3. Perform
    Lesson 1 of 1You are here
  4. 4
    Reflect
    1 lesson
Next lessonA balanced stance on steeper terrainOn snow
FITNESS FIRST

Build the body before you build the skill.

Every ski technique asks something of your body: strength in the legs, stability through the core, mobility in the hips and ankles. Train those first, and the skill arrives faster and stays for good.

The order we work in
1First, build the body
Mobility

Open hips and ankles, so your body can reach the positions good skiing asks for.

Balance & stability

A core that stays quiet when the snow gets rough.

Strength & endurance

Legs that are as strong on the last run as the first.

2Then, build the skill
Movement patterns

Rehearse ski movements off snow until they're automatic.

Ski skills

Take the technique on snow with a body that's ready for it.

Confidence & flow

When the body isn't the limit, effort turns into ease.

From the gym to the slope
Illustration of a goblet squat
In the gym
Goblet squat
3 × 12 · bodyweight or kettlebell
On snow

Strong legs that stay stacked over the outside ski through a carved turn.

Illustration of a single-leg balance
In the gym
Single-leg balance
3 × 30 sec each side
On snow

Stability to commit your weight to one ski without wobbling.

Illustration of lateral bounds
In the gym
Lateral bounds
3 × 10 · side to side
On snow

Power and timing for quick, controlled short turns on steeps.

THE RESULT

A body that’s ready. Skills that stick.

Fitness first means every skill you learn has a foundation to stand on. Turns hold, legs last, and progress stops slipping away between seasons.

HOW IT WORKS

Your path, stage by stage.

Every SkiCademy path follows the same four steps: build understanding, practise the movement, perform with purpose, then reflect and decide what comes next.

  1. 1

    BUILD understanding

    Learn what matters, why it matters, and what to focus on in this lesson.

    BuildsUnderstanding
  2. 2

    PRACTICE the movement

    Use guided drills and exercises to develop movement quality, control, and consistency.

    BuildsControl
  3. 3

    PERFORM with purpose

    Apply what you’ve learned in a practical task or on snow, at your level.

    BuildsConfidence
  4. 4

    REFLECT and progress

    Review what worked, identify what needs attention, and choose your next step.

    BuildsAwareness

Confidence, control and comfort. One stage at a time.

  • Confidence
  • Control
  • Comfort
THE SEASONAL SYSTEM

Your skiing has a season. Your development should too.

The year runs Build, Practice, Perform, Reflect, and every weekly lesson follows the same four steps. Join at any point without falling behind: you’ll always know which part of the season you’re in, and what this week’s lesson asks of you.

  1. 01BUILDBuild the body before you build the skill.

    Off-season fitness: the mobility, stability and strength the season will ask of you.

  2. 02PRACTICELearn the movements before the lifts open.

    Rehearse ski patterns off snow with simple drills until they feel automatic.

  3. 03PERFORMTake it on snow, stage by stage.

    Follow your path on the mountain as confidence, control and comfort grow every day.

  4. 04REFLECTUnderstand what the season taught you.

    Review what held, what slipped, and where your path goes next.

BuildPracticePerformReflectRepeat

MEMBERSHIP

One membership. The whole path.

Everything SkiCademy makes, in one place: off-season fitness blocks, movement drills, on-snow lessons and end-of-season reviews, in the order that works.

Everything in the membership
BUILD
  • Off-season fitness blocks
  • Mobility, stability & strength programs
PRACTICE
  • Off-snow movement drills
  • Video lessons, articles & podcasts
PERFORM
  • On-snow lesson paths, stage by stage
  • Clear cues for confidence, control & comfort
REFLECT
  • End-of-season reviews
  • Your path for next year, mapped out

New coaching is added throughout the season, and your full library stays with you for as long as you’re a member.

Monthly
$49per month

Start with this month’s fitness block and see how the path feels. Cancel anytime.

  • Every path, every stage: Build, Practice, Perform, Reflect
  • New coaching added weekly through the season
  • Cancel anytime

$588 over twelve months

AnnualBEST VALUE · SAVE $89
$499per year

A full season cycle in one payment: build in the off-season, practice before the lifts open, perform all winter, reflect in spring.

  • Everything in Monthly
  • One payment for the whole Build, Practice, Perform, Reflect cycle
  • Save $89 against paying monthly

About $42 a month, paid once

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Andrew Elsdon, SkiCademy founder and CSIA course conductor
MEET YOUR COACH

Andrew Elsdon.

Andrew has spent decades teaching skiers and training the instructors who teach them. Every path on SkiCademy is his: the fitness blocks, the drills, the on-snow lessons and the cues.

His approach is simple: build the body, then the skill, and give every skier a path instead of a pile of videos.

  • Teaching skiers since 1984
  • Course conductor for the Canadian Ski Instructors’ Alliance
  • Named CSIA Course Conductor of the Year, 2004 & 2012
EVERY LESSON IS ORIGINAL
  • Not aggregated
  • Not licensed
  • Not recycled

Real coaching. Real progression. Built by the coach.

Meet Andrew
FROM HIS STUDENTS

What changes, in their words.

I now know what I have to work on. Andrew offered different approaches and helped identify the one that resonated most.
John
You spoke to me in “English” and put it in very simple terms that I could understand and quickly apply.
Lorraine
My skiing is going “upwards” every time we’re together. Andrew’s complete visual analysis, and how it resonates for me — he transformed my turn shapes.
Janette
My season went well and Andrew enabled me to gain a lot of progress. It was an “AHA” year! I now have much better edge control throughout my turns — 100% more confident and more comfortable on any slope.
Darice
When I started, I was nervous and I wasn’t a good carver. Now I find myself carving all over the mountain when I ski on my own. Andrew explains things in a way that’s really easy to follow. Skiing with him has made a real difference in my skiing.
Louise

Ready to start your path?

Confidence, control and comfort, one stage at a time. Build the body, then the skill, and always know what to work on next.

Build. Practice. Perform. Reflect.

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