 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi. Don't know what's good or bad out of the many You Tube offerings (bar what I see on this forum), and when I do watch then they all seem very short and fast and filmed from the front. My poor befuddled brain is therefore struggling to work out what it's meant to be doing whilst also trying to see itself behing the person demonstrating the ski-ing (i.e. placing itself in their boots/body).
So, are there any good tips and demonstrations, etc, out there which are either slowed down enough so that you can work out exactly what they're meant to be demonstrating, wrong or right (I don't find the voice-overs helpful at all in 99% of cases), and/or filmed from the rear or at least side.
Cheers. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Grizzler, this may (or may not!) be helpful for you, but we have a series of videos on our "What's My Level?" page of our website which shows a range of real skiers at various stages of skill development. There is a short written description of the important aspects of their fundamental skiing skills, plus some comments during the video. It might help you see what is important at each stage of development, although they are not "teach yourself to ski" videos (for which I think an instructor is probably best).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| @Grizzler, this may (or may not!) be helpful for you, but we have a series of videos on our "What's My Level?" page of our website which shows a range of real skiers at various stages of skill development. .... although they are not "teach yourself to ski" videos (for which I think an instructor is probably best). |
Well, depending on conditions and how I'll feeling, the words and vids put me somewhere between a level 7 and a level 9, then...  (Mr G says that I look 10-11 when going at my best - at times, I really like him  - but I do not like the words steep or strong and haven't had great proper off-piste experience.)
I'm not looking for "teach yourself to ski" stuff: just anything that I can add to the learning arsenal.
I learn best by reading, sometimes listening, and then thinking about it/working it out: but watching is also essential and I've found a lot of the vids posted on here since I've been a member to be helpful in some aspect or other; at the least to stimulate thinking and trial (one cannot have lessons all the time - well, I can't afford to, anyway!)
My experience of instructors is that you pay your best attention, try to do what you're told and then go away and spend the next x months to years puzzling over what they were trying to convey (usually with success, but it isn't an instant learning experience for me). Here, again, seeing it demonstrated on vids is very helpful (if they actually show enough time and perspective to allow you to work out what they're trying to convey, too  ).
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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| Grizzler wrote: |
| I'm not looking for "teach yourself to ski" stuff: just anything that I can add to the learning arsenal. I learn best by reading... |
Have you seen Ron LeMaster's technical reference book Ultimate Skiing? Sounds like you might find it useful.
| Grizzler wrote: |
| My experience of instructors is that you pay your best attention, try to do what you're told and then go away and spend the next x months to years puzzling over what they were trying to convey... |
Have you ever had your skiing videoed and then used for analysis as part of the ski lesson? Often a great way to make sense of what is said, and what you feel, when on the hill.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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