ski drills

Premise: You haven't free skied down the mountain with the client but you have viewed them doing 3 different drills at a high level (let's leave hucking a 50 ft cliff off the drill list). Which three drills would you want to see and how much of a predictor to their overall skiing ability...

It isn't too easy to find good quality and modern videos about carving tips/drills. I'm attaching this video because I find it interesting and helpful. Hope y'all like it!!!

This will be us this Sunday. Here's a few suggestions in vids below.... Some basic balance... More technical stuff... What do others work on that 1st day back?

This is one of the things that I am personally not happy with the the demos shown online. I dont want to get to in why I am not happy with them but here is my example. The purpose of this drill is two fold..... Skill wise it will teach you hip socket joint to separate letting the femur move...

What are your favourite / most effective drills and tips for steered short turns on black runs (single diamond, not ultra-steep)? Hopefully something other than 200 spiess turns per day...

Do you ever just spend days practicing your skiing or is it just adventure and challenge all day long? A little back ground to the question. This past weekend was the 1st of several what I will call "Ikon" weekends in New England. The wife and I went up to Sugarbush Resort in Northern...

In my annual check-up ski lesson, my instructor pointed out that I'm not always releasing my old downhill edge effectively at the end of my turns. We worked out some strategies for getting a better release, the one that really seems to work for me is visualizing rolling my downhill foot down the...

I was doing a simple drill (inside ski tip etching the surface in a turn while the tail is off the snow) on a run that is about half a green and BAM! Tip angered, I spun and went down. The binding released but not until I felt a POP in my left knee. Short story long, slight tear of the left MCL...

In another thread, I mentioned that there's a series of drills that I do on the first run of the day. Since that post, I've been asked what my drills were, and the question was answered... but.... I can't be the only one that has a favorite ski routine to warm up. So, what's your favorite...

Received an email from Ski.com with a link to the Aim Adventure U online courses. Its pretty steep at $149 but would be worth it if it helped me to help my progress from an advanced to an expert level skier. Anybody try any of these in the past...

Hi all I am starting to plan my season. For reference, I'm an intermediate skier with about 80 days of ski experience. I only get 6 to 8 hours of instruction a season, an hour at a time. I always work with the same (great) instructor. And of course I talk to him at the beginning of the season...

Thank you in advance for your advise.

First thing: it’s probably NOT due to a boot alignment issue, as I’ve had that examined by several good professionals. I am willing to have someone else take another look if somebody can give me specific advice regarding that issue. Second thing: It drives me nuts. I can’t feel it, but I look...

OK, I asked about Visual Cues before. How about internal cues? What do you feel when you are out of alignment? I haven't had a chance to do any slow drills or get video yet, so as I've been working on dialing in my new boots I've relied on what I feel and worked from there. First cue, felt off...

There are many many variations of this and its now becoming a PSIA exam task. The PSIA is calling for the entire skis to be lifted of the snow. I have always and will always teach this with the tip down. The National Team Member I asked on youtube stated that.... "Holding the entire ski off...