Course Overview:

Find the updated progression here: Learn Kick Double Pole

Prerequisite: This course assumes you have already learned Double Pole and Diagonal Stride techniques.

Beginners will know how to Kick Double Pole after completing these drills and progressions.

Lesson/Video 1: Lyle explains his progression and favourite drills for Kick Double Pole technique.

Lesson/Video 2: Kim’s “Double Dip-Double Pole” progression (based on Lyle’s ideas)

Coach Credit

Lyle Wilson

• First time on XC skis – 1962 in Winnipeg
• Raced in Manitoba throughout the 1970s
• Started Fresh Air Experience ski shops in 1972
• CANSI President and Technical Director 1976 – 1986, Level IV National Examiner
• NCCP Level 5 Certified Coach
• British Columbia Provincial Coach 1981 – 83
• Alberta Provincial Coach 1984 – 87
• National Ski Team Coach – 1988- 95
• Masters racer, winning 15 National championships & 3 World Masters podiums
• 1979 – present, Owner and Manager Nipika Mountain Resort
• Cancer survivor, 2017