How to ski steep slopes with more control | How to ski down steep slopes for beginners

[Laughter] hello and welcome back to another video today we're going to look at how to get more control when skiing on steeper slopes if you find that your speed gets faster and faster as the slope gets steeper and steeper then this one's for you the drill we're going to use today to help us out it's called the Traverse side slip for this drill I find it's easier to perform on terrain that I'm comfortable on that way then I can think about my feet and what I'm doing with the skis let's have a look okay here we go so as I go across the hill with the slip and grip I'm looking for two clean lines on the grip and on the slip I'm going to slide sideways and then I'm going to look for two clean lines again as I grip here I go so I'm sliding along I feel the grip here my feet go flat on the snow and I slide rolling my feet up onto their edges I feel myself grip flat again I feel them slide this drill when I'm searching to get more grip I find thinking of the bottom of my feet helps a lot I use my feet and my ankles inside the boot to roll them over to the side what you might notice is that as I do that my knees do move a little bit inside as well one thing that does happen though is that my body stays relatively still to help me balance on top of my feet as I tip them over okay so taking this now onto our normal skiing the things I want to keep is that feeling of grip as I move across the hill so if we go down here as I'm coming around the corner if I find myself sliding a little bit too much I search for my feet and ankles to roll over and I get that extra little bit of grip I Come Around the Corner roll them up onto the side and they take me where I want to go okay so to summarize when you're looking to get more grip or more control on the steeper run don't forget to use your feet in your legs to roll those skis up onto a bit more of an edge thank you for watching

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Id: LAGH-onfV9w

Length: 2min 29sec (149 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 18 2021