Ski Instruction : Val d'Isere, Tignes, Les Arcs, La Plagne - Page 19 of 150

Xavi, Flo, Fred, Jackson

Today we started off with parallel skiing exercises at high altitude. Straight snowplough with both leg’s adductor muscles loose –[…]

Levi is making a great attempt to coordinate a lot of new movements – dynamics, pivot, getting forward, hip angulation,[…]

First time up a (big) chairlift – no problems. Two long runs today and no falls (except Fred, once, when[…]

First blue run – using “dynamics” which they both picked up very quickly. Once on the snow we started with[…]

The videos are taken before we began any work on technique. Notice that the turns are initiated by standing up[…]

Danielle and Alex were introduced to dynamics and skating with a view to being able to develop parallel turning and[…]

When asked how to make a turn Harry answered (paraphrased) “Transfer your weight to the outside ski” and “face downhill”.[…]

Getting a diverse (both age and experience) family group from zero to “green piste hero” in a few hours unfortunately[…]

DynamicsSkiing is about dynamics – that is “The physics of disequilibrium”. So when most adults fail to understand this how[…]

Moving on from yesterday it was clear that Summer and Karly (and also Harry) had to work to eliminate upper[…]