Why is skiing so much harder when you are actually skiing?

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bob.marley

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Am I the only one who, when I am not actually skiing, can picture myself doing things with much more confidence and ease? Like thinking about jumps, tricks etc. and that sort of thing, I can just imagine myself doing/trying some of the things pretty realistically, but actually when I am clicked in skiing, I am in such different thinking, and standing above a jump line looking down thinking about a trick to try is such a completely different story and so much more scary than how I thought say at home or on the way up thinking about it, not actually skiing. This is what I think is preventing me from getting better.

 
i know what you mean- its just fear getting in the way. through in some headphones with some baller music on it and just tell yourself it's as easy as you think it is in your head and go for it.
 
I stomp the sickest double backflips all the time in my head. I'm thinking of getting a few sponsors soon.
 
I always think it has something to do with how comfortable you are. In the summer rocking light clothes and you feel warm, it seems way more possible. Then all of a sudden your vision is reduced, you might be cold or wet or less in shape and you have super heavy boots on and these sticks on your feet and these huge thick clothes and you can't bend as much.
 
its funny how this is true and then right before i hit something alll the bad things that happen i imagine lol i gues its cuz all the gear is on and comfort of just chilling is gone.
 
Yes, this has what's been holding me back for so long with tricks, such as an easy cork 7. I see it, i picture it, i dream about it, i do it on tramps, but when im at the top of a jump i just bug out. I think were all just nervous about the painful / injury side of skiing. We all want to progress so much but it's the risk that holds us back.
 
Ya, I always wonder if it would be any different if I had a hill in my yard with a jump already built, and all I had to do was walk up, and just put boots on and skis just right there out side the door.
 
When this shit happens and I can't ski, I go take a walk down the stairs and jib this little ledge on the side. Makes me feel better about myself.
 
yeah my blind tricks are just god awful, i can get like a blind 270 around but anything else. BLAH
 
I had this problem too. Especially with off-axis and inverts. Then I realized that the only way to improve and get to the level I am at in my head is by committing, not being a pussy, and bailing while trying until i finally stomp it.

The only way to move your boundaries is by pushing them.
 
i can picture like everything besides a double cork. When i try to picture the rotation my brain just shits itself and says "oh helll no." So now i try to be more realistic.
 
Whenever I watch videos I think that I can easily do flats and backies and 270's on rails, walking myself through in my head how to do these tricks. In reality, I can barely do a 7, and only just became confident on 5's and rails. I'm just havin fun with it
 
Always, man.

I'm above a flat rail and I KNOW that I can stomp a sw k-fed, but then once I do it it's just so much harder. I can front swap fine and 2 out fine. It feels in my head so easy, but it's a bit harder on skis.
 
yeah same here. its always so much easier in my head or on a tramp. i can dub cork 10 all day on the tramp with no fear and i do the sickest sw dub 12 shifty japans in my head, but whenever im on the car ride up ill think im gonna try a new trick and ill be super excited to go for it, but then when im standing on the drop in to the jump i just shit my pants a little. just seems so much more intimidating when all you see is a big ramp and no landing lol
 
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