Ski TechniqueBeginners ski course
We put into practice what we anticipated in the Snow Throwing Approach and try to do that movement on the snow correctly from the start.
Friday 19 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
Now, on the snow you can do the same things, with the problem, however, that you are downhill and that you will be a little afraid of not being able to stop. After getting familiar with your boots and tripping with your skis on perfectly flat ground, try a slight descent keeping in mind the three things that the video suggests: 1) What you tried at home with your hands and feet do it now alternating phases of relaxation and action: straight up and relaxing, let the skis start and when they slide a little, act to widen them behind, making the inside of both feet scratch at the same time. 2) Know that you will have to pull back your shoulders so bring your shoulders forward as if you want to lean towards the lower area of a sloping ramp, flexing the torso on the thighs (idea of leaning forward in the void and letting the shoulders go down to approach the knees) 3) To consolidate the balance and eliminate all fear, while you keep pushing your feet out and making them scratch the snow imagine you are a soccer goalkeeper preparing to save a penalty, or who is blocking a ball in the gr embo.Don't be in a hurry to learn how to make turns, the first changes of direction will happen spontaneously if you repeat many snowplow descents always going straight, improving your confidence in speed control and in opening and closing the skis.
You do a lot of descents and then try to talk, to tell something out loud, try to sing, whistle etc.
Once you have found confidence, fluency and mastery, learning to change direction and make real curves will be child's play, easy and fun ...
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