Ski Instruction : Val d'Isere, Tignes, Les Arcs, La Plagne - Page 29 of 147

Philippa day 1

Not having skied for a couple of years the initial priority was to get some gentle miles into the legs.[…]

Double hot chocolate stops today – thanks to a blizzard and significant drop in temperature. At least the snow wasn’t[…]

Another difficult start to the day with ultra sticky snow – but nothing a hot chocolate couldn’t sort out! Poppy[…]

Warm temperatures turned the fresh snow incredibly sticky – too sticky for little children to have enough weight for the[…]

Magic Wall (Dynamics)Poppy and Martha were introduced gradually to the Magic Wall. Initially I tried a little skating exercise because[…]

Timing (Skating)The fundamental timing of down/up movements in skiing is based on skating. Take a motorbike into a high speed[…]

Video before working on dynamics… Everyone was transferring weight to the outside ski and pushing either one ski or two[…]

Fastest run… All “full descent” runs… Nothing new technical to add – just consolidation today. Basically the technique was stable[…]

At last – the skating is understood – including how skating is rendered impossible by rotation. The feed forward of[…]

Tricky day today – with the weather really heating up and directly affecting the way the course had to be[…]