This library contains educational content in the form of videos and e-learning courses and webinar recordings from all aspects of snowsports including:
- Skills development for each performance discipline.
- Coach Leader and Instructor Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Backcountry snowsports safety and guidance.
- Snowsport Scotland Database use.
All content is readily accessible free of charge. Some courses and webinars qualify as CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and as such offer qualified coaches, leaders and instructors the opportunity to refresh their qualification certification. All instruction on how to gain CPD is given in each video or section below.
SSS Membership Database Training Videos
SSS Membership Database Training Videos
- How to update your membership details
- How to renew your Snowsport Scotland membership
- How to upgrade to a different membership
- How to upload a certificate as a credential for your qualification
- How to generate and download your Snowsport Scotland Membership Card
- How to generate and download a PFD certificate for a qualification
Club and Sports Hub Development Training Videos
- Snow Session 1 – Facilities Recorded Webinar (28 May 2020)
- Snow Session 1 – Facilities Supporting Powerpoint (28 May 2020)
- Highlife Highland highlights the importance of volunteers in the management and development of Community Sports Hubs and explains how they provide training and support that increase skills and capacity.
- Leisure and Culture Dundee explains how they support volunteers to use a mix of social media and marketing materials to increase reach and awareness of Community Sports Hubs
- Glasgow Life tells us why it is important to understand the people and places that can act as enablers within your community and support engagement with sport.
Coach, Instructor + Leader Training Videos
- Delivering Great Coaching Online – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Developing a coaching culture – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- ‘Elite Athlete to Elite Coach’ – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Learning Socially – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Coaching from your home to their Garden – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Developing People (Developing Yourself, Developing Athletes) – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Mental Health Awareness – (Courtesy UK Coaching)
- Mental Health Awareness for Coaches and Volunteers – e-learning course – (Courtesy sportscotland)
Discipline Specific Training Videos
ALPINE GATE JUDGE Training + Accreditation
- Training Video – Alpine Race Gate Judge Training Video – (Courtesy of US Ski & Snowboard)
- Resources: UK Gate Judge Card front. UK Gate Judge card back.
- Register here to do the online test to become certificated as an accredited Alpine Gate Judge [CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION]
ALPINE INSPECTION SERIES VIDEOS
- GB World Cup Alpine Skier – Charlie Guest
- GB Europa Cup Alpine Skier – Own Vinter
- GB Europa Cup Alpine Skier – Cara Brown
- GB Europa Cup Ski Cross – Alannah Lawrie
PARK + PIPE Training Videos
- Park + Pipe L1 Judge Training – Coming Soon!
- How To Backside 180 On A Snowboard Slo-Mo Trick Tips (Courtesy of Whitelines Snowboarding)
- How To Frontside 360 On A Snowboard Slo-Mo Trick Tips (Courtesy of Whitelines Snowboarding)
NORDIC Training Videos
- Technical training for Youth and Cross Country Skiers – A webinar presented by the Norwegian Ski Federation in collaboration with Italy and USA.
- ‘The Coaches Role’ – A webinar featuring the following panelists Axel Teichmann (Technique and physical trainer for Germany)
Egor Sorin (Coach group Sorin – Russia)
Kristian Bjune Sveen (Coach for team Swix China)
Monika Kørra, (Coach for Equinor junior national team Norway)
Calle Hageskog (Professor, Växsjö University) - Rollerski Skills Series Week 1
- Rollerski Skills Series Week 2
- Rollerski Skills Series Week 3
- Rollerski Skills Series Week 4
BACKCOUNTRY Training Videos
Preparing for Backcountry (Courtesy of Glenmore Lodge)
Ski Touring: How-to videos (Courtesy of Glenmore Lodge)
- Essential Backcountry Ski Techniques
- Winter Skiing Warm-Up
- Skiing Signals – For the Ski Mountaineer or Skier
- Skiing safely in a group
- Putting Skins on
- Taking Skins Off
- Kick Turns
- Downhill skiing with skins on
- Downhill skiing with skins on snow plough style
- Side slipping
- Skiing Coping Strategies 01 – Stem turns (Video 1)
- Stem Turns (Video 2)
- Downhill kick-turn
- Jump Turns
- Navigating in poor visibility
Splitboarding: How-to Videos
- How to Splitboard with Xavier de la Rue
- More content coming from Snowsport Scotland soon
Ski-Mountaineering for Backcountry Snowsports: How-to Videos (Courtesy of Glenmore Lodge)