General information

The perfect snowboard course

Assess your level

The Schweitzer Team Ski School aims to support and challenge you in a way that is tailored to your personal skiing ability and experience on the snowboard. For this reason, we will take a closer look at the division into course classes and the respective teaching content. The colour coding, which you also know from the ski slopes, helps you choose the right snowboard course – whether you are a beginner, advanced, expert, pro or styler.

Find a course level

We have 5 course levels, based on the course description in the prerequisites, you should be able to find the right entry level for you.

Beginner

Prerequisite

  • You would like to learn something new and exercise in nature.
  • Motivation: learning a new sport
  • Number of snowboard days: 0

course content

  • Getting to know the equipment
  • first glide
  • hopping out of the glide
  • Sliden
  • Braking and stopping
  • First attempts on blue runs
  • Slope rules and safety information

Course objectives

  • Safe braking and gliding
  • Changes of direction
  • First rides on blue slopes

Advanced

Prerequisite

  • You would like to deepen your understanding of the movement sequences.
  • Motivation: to gain more security
  • Number of snowboard days: 4-6

course content

  • sideways and diagonal sliding
  • stringing curves
  • Cornering with freestyle elements
  • First silk over boxing
  • jumping over small humps
  • First descents on red slopes

Course objectives

  • Safe snowboarding on blue slopes
  • Safe behaviour in the park
  • travelling in a lift

Expert

Prerequisite

  • They can handle easy to moderately difficult terrain well and in even turns.
  • Motivation: improve technique and driving style
  • Number of snowboard days: 10-14

course content

  • Cornering to suit the terrain
  • curved cutting
  • More slide tricks over boxes
  • Snowboarding Jumping over larger jumps
  • Get to know more park obstacles

Course objectives

  • How to ski down a red slope safely
  • rhythmic curves

Expert

Prerequisite

  • They move confidently in any terrain and feel safe.
  • Motivation: perfecting technology
  • Number of days snowboarding: > 16

course content

  • Fast turnarounds, high-quality control
  • Varied cornering with freestyle elements
  • Off-piste skiing
  • How to safely ski in deep snow and moguls

Course objectives

  • sovereign snowboarding
  • Good risk and terrain management

Styler

Prerequisite

  • Number of days snowboarding: > 16

course content

  • jump with rotation
  • Get to know more park obstacles
  • Park & Style

Course objectives

  • Fun
  • Security