Skiing is a dynamic sport of constant motion. Per trainer Chuck Creen - skiing is about he "ingings". Flexing, Extending, Edging, Moving...constant change and not a position.
Like catching a football - you follow the ball into your hands. Same with skiing - we look up and out in the desired direction, the body is like a giant wrench - turning in that direction
We use small muscles to create the turn, generally using our legs with a quiet upper body. The turn starts close to the snow - with the ankle flexed and the femur turning in the hip socket. Proper skiing does not need to be jarring and rough on the knees and back.
The goal for good skiing is upper and lower body separation. We desire a stable upper body which allows our legs to create the turns via leg rotation and edging.
The radius of your turn, a turn that is consistent in shape and duration controls our speed. Turns can be short in radius, medium and large radius.
Good Skiers direct the pressure towards their outside ski before they start to tip their skis and before they start to turn. This allows the ski to camber, and the legs to steer the ski.
Any excercises that strengthens muscles in core, back, ankles and around knee joints
1. use time on the phone or while sitting to do leg lifts, ankle rolls, abductors
2. chair pose and squats
3. lunges a gr8 multi joint exercise
4. walk or hike, mix it up - walk backwards, on your toes, side steps
5. core exercises - crunches, setups, planks
6. yoga for body awareness, toning and balance
1. Head on a swivel - use your peripheral vision always!
2. Groomers are our friends particularly early season. a good guide - trees and glades after 50-60" base.
3. I ski without poles to focus on edging skills while skiing and in lift lines etc. I then add them in for rhythm and timing mechanism a few days later.
A game especially helpful for little kiddos, "not that they can't they just haven't, yet!" (quote courtesy of one of my examiner mentors Guy Sedillo)
To facilitate leg rotation for the "pizza" (aka emergency ski brake) and parallel skiing movement patterns to turn
2 pieces of paper under sock feet
Then help them move their feet in and out, triangle front, triangle back. This rotates and stretches the femur in the hip socket and all muscles related.
Pls guide and monitor leg width....we ski with legs @ hip width apart...the braking wedge is wider, so guide legs closer to mimic actual skiing.
This is good practice and fun!
Also with the paper, try windshield wipers aka parallel skiing
All we are doing is building muscle memory and a range of movements so when the kids hit the snow they can play with the range of motion.
Have Fun!
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