HOW TO SKI STEEP SLOPES | 3 tips for better control and confidence

hi I'm Gran Bell former Olympic skier presenter of ski Sunday an independent instructor based out in France now in this video we're going to look at improving confidence on steep [Music] slopes so tip one for the Steeps is rotational separation now what this means is that your feet are going to be pointing in One Direction and your upper body is going to be pointing in the other direction so your shoulders are going to keep pointing down to the valley floor and your feet point this way across what you tend to see is that the inside ski and the uphill leg will move slightly forward this is a totally natural thing and the steeper the slope you stand on the more that the inside ski will push forward but if you can keep your shoulders pointing down the hill then when it comes to making a turn all you have to do is move your skis around around and the shoulders remain pointing down the hill now a great drill to start learning this is called brage start side slipping down the slope keeping your shoulders pointing down the hill and then unweight the ski by making an up movement and as you do that your skis pivot around underneath you so come up stand on the new downhill ski pivot across once you've got the hang of that you can then work in a pole plant into your brage do the pole plant on the up movement you're not looking to move sideways across the hill at all you're just Sid slipping a straight line down the [Music] hill so the last technical point we're going to look at is the pole plant and the drill that we're going to use is short swings now pole plant is so important because it stabilizes is your upper body and helps you maintain that rotational separation so when you're learning short swings you can start off by just skiding your ski plant your pole and then skid around so my skis aren't leaving the snow but I'm trying to time my pole plant with that movement of checking my skis when I get onto a steeper slope I can introduce a little jump and increase the temp oh woo and finally a couple of psychological tips firstly don't stop at the top of the Steep and look down you're only going to psych yourself out the best thing to do is just to keep skiing and ski onto the pitch at an angle so you've got plenty of time to start that first turn and then secondly embrace the fear you've got to be able to lean your body out down the slope to keep that weight on the outside ski and keep that rotational separation well I hope you've enjoyed those tips to Conquering the Steeps and you'll enjoy them quite as much as I do and if you want any more lessons you can book me through maon sport here in France [Music] woo

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Length: 3min 23sec (203 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 01 2024