In keeping with posting all the Nordic Walking world has videoed, I find myself moved by several key common denominators that run through each video. All those that are Nordic Walking advocates can agree on several things that are being fulfilled as the walking trend swells to a Nordic Walking pole tsunami.

• It’s fun

• It’s a relatively easy learning curve

• It’s inexpensiveness and appeals to a wide range of people , from kids to adults, non athletes to athletes

• You are wearing and carrying your gym with you outside and inside

• Nordic Walking has been the fastest growing recreational sport activity throughout Europe and the US – unofficially 9-10million

I have recently reached out to many people all over Europe, who are much like Ildiko Szigeti and Steve Oakes of Botsport.hu (Botsportis Hungarian for’Pole Sport’). The purpose is to share insight and build alliances as this walking tsunami builds.
Botsport has produced a series of shorts  videos that cover:

• Nordic Walking events

• Nordic Walking in training

• Group participation exercises (which clearly convey the “spirit of a fun participation sport for people of all ages).

This is another great Nordic Video that I discovered and wanted to share.

Personally I keep 100s of videos stored in my favorites on different topic areas in You Tube. Each one left a lasting impression. View this one and see if you are left with thoughts that are worthy of sharing.

I have found that when viewing the teaching of basic human movement and when the instruction is visual and not audio you need to be very clear and methodical. In this case the language barrier for me is really not a concern. I am interested in the European techniques as it emphasizes the movement differently. Near to 9million participants surely have lots of the dos and don’t s figured out.

I always default back to asking myself 2 questions when I view a teaching video like this:
1. Is it being done safely
2. Is it motivating