Take ownership of Clendenin Method (CM) vocabulary and the FUN-da-mentals of Great Skiing. Adopt efficient CM skiing skills to replace old ski habits. Discover the magic of turn shaping for speed management. Understand what causes and how to cure the Skier’s Flu. Join now and watch your progress.

1. Explain the four states of awareness.
2. Explain the Four Words^™:  Drift - Center, Touch - Tip
3. From the Killy stance, experiment with fore-aft and side-to-side balance sensations and be able to describe, locate, and feel the Epiphany Pad™.
4. Basic awareness of the anatomy of a turn:
   1. First third - pole touch to Love Spot™
   2. Middle third – pass through the fall line
   3. Bottom third - belly of the turn
5. Satisfactorily perform – 3 Basic Keys to the Kingdom:
   1. Drifting variations from traversing to cascading to falling leaf (fore and aft)
   2. Basic pole touch and its relationship to release
   3. Basic Squeegee Move™ from a straight run, with a pole touch initiation. This task reinforces the Touch habit for cueing the Tip to initiate the turn.
6. Develop stem awareness.  Ability to describe and recognize the differences between a stem turn entry and a parallel turn entry with a Love Spot™.
7. Explain the two CM axioms for turn initiation:
   1. The Most Important Move™: Balance (stand) on the top (uphill/inside) foot before turn initiation.
   2. The Most Important Moment™Tip (release) the bottom (downhill/outside) ski first.
8. Basic Equipment Knowledge: Ski length and width, DIN settings, and boot stiffness/forward lean, and pole length.
9. Demonstrate turn shape for speed management.
10. Understand, explain, and demonstrate the basic Kinetic Chain from a tall stance.
11. Ski blue-level bumps, increasing awareness of stem vs. parallel initiation as an example of developing levels of consciousness.
12. Understanding the CM Certification program including Tough Love™ movement analysis.

Embrace CM fundamentals and own the Keys to the Kingdom^©. Manage speed in all groomed terrain and blue level bumps. Own the cure to the Skier’s Flu and recognize stem turn initiation in most skiers. Understand and implement both the Most Important Move (re-center on EP) and the Most Important Moment (release bottom/outside ski to gravity).

1. Know how to access your certification progress information on the CM website
2. Explain the four different stem variations vs. a parallel entry.
3. Demonstrate the two basic CM axioms and their relationship to foot-eye coordination (Inside vs. Outside, Top vs. Bottom; the Move and the Moment).
4. Demonstrate parallel turns on blue, groomed terrain, using the Four Words^© in sequence and explaining the Anatomy of the Turn.
5. Understand, explain, and demonstrate the Advanced Kinetic Chain, including angulation's relationship to inclination.
6. Perform a Straight Run to a Squeegee Move with the following Advanced Concepts
   1. Squeegee incorporating the Power of the High Heel, with tips even and skis parallel.
   2. Paint the Turn - a pole swing that matches turn shape and coordinates with core movement.  The swing should include the flick where the pole tip swings just ahead of the hand. The actual touch cues the release of the downhill ski down-slope.
7. Demonstrate Balance Migration variations from a full-stop in both directions.
   1. Basic Balance Migration
   2. Squeegee incorporating the Power of the High Heel, with tips even and skis parallel.
   3. Paint the Turn - a pole swing that matches the sensitivity of pressure sensations in the High Heel.
   4. With both skis in contact with the snow
8. Perform linked, cascading turns in a relatively consistent fall-line,
   1. With identification of the Love Spot.
   2. Add Park-the-Car-in-the-Wrong-Garage, with skis parallel in the transition. Ride your Epiphany Pad into the garage and ride the same Epiphany Pad out.
9. Use varying turn-shapes to manage consistent speed on groomed Black runs
10. Demonstrate the Teeter-Totter Moment from a standstill and at a nominal pace with a functional pole touch.
11. Ski blue-level bumps with parallel turn initiation.
12. Apply basic tactics for speed management in blue bumps (drifting variations, Up-the-Bump). Should be able to follow a coach well, and then, to repeat similar tactics on your own.
13. Advanced Equipment Knowledge: Ski stiffness, boot stiffness/forward lean angle, ski side-cut and turn radius.
14. Present a basic movement analysis of skiers on the snow. Recognize whether they stem or not.
15. Have read “Clendenin Method: Four Words for Great Skiing” by John Clendenin.
16. Present a basic definition of the Four Words^© and explanation of the Basic Keys.

Ski The Dark Side:
"Learn What Can't Be Taught"
JC

Ownership of advanced CM concepts: Power of the High Heel, linked Balance Migration, Love Spot©, and Mogul Tactics like up-the-bump and half turns.  Review and implement your Tough Love© Movement Analysis with CM Instructor or Ambassador.

1. Explain your understanding of “Skiing the Dark Side: Learning What Can’t be Taught”.
2. Explain and demonstrate the Four Words^© in sequence on blue/black terrain. 
3. Perform linked, cascading turns incorporating a Squeegee Move^© and the Advanced Concepts:
   1. Paint the Turn
   2. The Power of the High Heel, with tips even and skis parallel.
   3. Demonstrate the relationship between the Power of the High Heel and Painting the Turn
4. Incorporate Balance Migration into slow-speed skiing with consistent turn shape.
5. Tip and Tuck, the outside/downhill ski should be lifted level with boots even and timed with the pole touch:
   1. Soft
   2. Firm
   3. Squeegee
   4. Paint the Turn
   5. Repeat 5a, c, and d without lifting a ski.
6. Describe sensations in the feet, related to the three physical components of a ski turn – edging, pressuring, and steering. With each CM turn, these words relate to the infinite, intended combinations of actions we can apply to our skis as we exit the Love Spot^©.
7. Advanced tactics
   1. Drifting variations (cascading) with consistent ski-snow contact
   2. Demonstrate Up-the-Bump using different angles for speed management.
   3. Link Tip and Tuck in the bumps.
   4. Link Balance Migrations in bumps, with both skis in contact with the snow.
8. Perform parallel “thumpless” turns in black bumps.
9. Perform half-turns (heel to heel) in blue bumps.
10. Ski an advanced and exciting blue/black run, extending the Love Spot^©, using Teeter-Totter moves, and showing flexion and extension.
11. Demonstrate weighted release turns
12. Demonstrate on-snow improvement based on a Tough Love^© Movement Analysis OR All-Mountain level skiing in a previous or current Tough Love^© Movement Analysis.
13. Present an explanation of the Four Words, instruct a basic Key to the Kingdom, and present and explain one bump tactic using CM Terminology
14. Explanation and analysis of Anatomy of the Turn, including what happens in each of the three phases.
15. Attend an indoor session on Tough Love^© movement analysis, advanced CM theories, and, if possible, bring beer or a bottle of vodka for the celebration. There will be a written quiz.