Skiing Advice

HomerPimpin

HomerPimpin

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So the season's coming up and I've been thinking back to last season when I first started skiing to sort of prepare for this season, basically I had this thing where when I'm not doing turns down a blue run and I'm just cruising down say a green run, there's barely any weight in my lower body and my legs feel shaky like I'm not in control. Does this happen to everyone or is this just like a beginner thing that'll go away as you become a stronger skier or is there something I should be doing that I'm not?
 
Just keep leaning forward like you would when turning aggressively. Your stance should not change a whole lot, pressure on the tonque of the boot all that stuff. Also helps to make long lazy turns even if you don't need to.
 
You're most likely too rigid. It's hard to know without seeing you ski but I'm willing to bet you're standing tall and not in an athletic stance. Try crouching down a little and engaging your core more.
 
Take a lesson homie. Whether from a good friend, family member or an instructor. We can tell you all kinds of stuff about position, pressure, blah blah blah but untill someone is on the slope with you showing you how it's done you're gonna be lost. Welcome to skiing!
 
my guess is your weight is too far back. take a lesson or watch some videos on skiing form so your can learn what to do with your hands shoulders and whole body. good form will make you feel more in control
 
Try this the next time you go out this season: Take your poles and lay them across your fore arms for the first couple laps when you ski. So put your arms out ahead of you with your palms up with your poles laying across them. This will force you to keep your weight forward and for your to be smooth and balanced. Some ski instructors will actually grab trays from the cafeteria to do this but they might not let you grab one.

Remember always:

1. Stack your weight over your feet.

2. Keep your core engaged.

3. Hand always in front of your body.

4. Eyes always up and on the horizon.

Also, to prepare for this season, do a bunch of stair jumps in your free time. Go to your staircase in your house or at the gym or wherever. Jump up 2-3 stairs at a time and keep your eyes up and hands out every time. This will train your body and eyes to be balanced and to use your peripheral vision to see where your feet are.
 
All of the advice above is good. Also could be your boots. If they are too big and you have poor form then you will feel out of control. Like when you see people skiing and one ski is just kind of knocking around with very little control.
 
^^ All that is very good advice... Never waste some vert, even if its flat and boring. There's always something to work on whether it's whether it's rolling from edge to edge smoothly, working on your pole plants, or just making sure you're in an athletic stacked position.
 
More practice will for sure do you good, but something that might help your situation is working on hockey stops a ton. Both sides, lots of speed into a stop. Not only does that teach solid edge control, but you’ll get way more confident skiing at high speeds knowing you can stop on a dime (no more shaky legs!).

In addition, to echo what everyone else is saying, try to stay in an “athletic” stance when you ski. Weight on the balls of your feet, balanced but more forward rather than back seat. You really can’t do anything back seat and your skiing will not progress. You’ll feel all the more confident just by switching up your stance (though it may be scary at first). Go get it homie!

**This post was edited on Oct 10th 2020 at 3:08:23pm
 
Try applying dorsiflexion to you foot to clamp your heel tight and assure consistent shin pressure.
 
I'm not sure dude isn't just talking about leg conditioning in the first few days back on the slopes - rather than him having an actual posture issue. I legs always gas kinda hard the first few days back on snow, even with doing conditioning in the off season.
 
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