 Poster: A snowHead
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skimottaret, the basketball sounds a really a good one, although most of them are new ideas for me. It might be worth adding some of the choice ones from the BASI list of drills? It would be good to have drills for more advanced skiers as well as novices.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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rob@rar, my well has run dry of creative drills i have come up with.. The basi manual ones arent too interesting really, but the canadian manual has a few good ones, I will dig them out and post...
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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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skimottaret, OK, my CSIA manuals never turned up, although they didn't take any money from my credit card so not a problem. I wouldn;t mind a quick look at yours to see if I should make a further effort to get the Canadian manual.
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Another drill: John Wayne skiing - skiers ski with their legs as close together as possible which is graded a 1 on the John wayne scale, then they ski with their legs as wide apart as possible (imagining they are on a horse a la John Wayne) which is graded a 10 (or they are encouraged to go wider to get a 10). Instructor then asks them to ski at different numbers to extend the range of leg width that they can ski with. Good exercise to use in pairs where they can grade each other.
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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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Lava Rocks - pretend they are skiing over hot rocks and they keep cool by lifting the inner ski
Picking strawberries, petting kittens - girl variation of the swooping eagle (interestingly the CSIA manual says to "reach on the dowhill side to pick the strawberry while turning")
making bow ties - on the flat have the student get light on on foot and rotate about the centre of the foot to make bow tie shapes in the snow
Crayons - Imagine the skis are crayons and if you pick up the little toe and roll the ankle you can make light lines, if you hold the ski flat on the snow you make heavy lines in the snow.
Ski like a ... - snake, bunny rabbit, eagle, etc....
Slow race - who can be the last down by making lots of turns but no stopping allowed
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| skimottaret wrote: |
Lava Rocks - pretend they are skiing over hot rocks and they keep cool by lifting the inner ski
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Sweet, I like that one. Appropros of nothing, I once partially melted the soles of a pair of boots when walking on fresh lava.
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skimottaret, No problem .. Thanks
FWIW .. my favourites as an Advancing Beginner who didnt start skiing until he was 50.
Easiski's ''Falling Leaf' ... ie moving on and off an edge . I was first taught is in the traverse , but practice it now on hard-snow reds and blacks ( not when others are close) ... keeps reminding me of the importance of my edges.
'Traffic Lights' ... taught me as a balance issue by the same lady , but it has a new name ... Green is forward over your skis, Orange neutral .... Red 'sitting back' . A few turns alternating reminds me where I should be . Takes two to call it properly.
Parallel skiing .. 2 folks together skiing in tandem, with one calling the turns ... better than counting or music for short turns imho . You have to concentrate hard or wipe out if you're wrong ........ you soon get the the rhythm
One- Legged skiing --- 'cos I can not do it  let alone in the carve
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Agenterre, falling leaf is a good one, nay, a great one, for edge control. I'll do a few when warming up in the morning.
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rob@rar, we saw some very young children with hoola hoops, using them like steering wheels - they looked like they were having a great time.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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When I first started skiing I was told to "imagine pressing a light switch on with your big toe" to initiate turning,it moved me along in my skiing at that time really well and its still in my head when I'm somewhere steep, perhaps icy and a little unnerving.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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So would you honestly suggest I do the wrong things to improve my skiing
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As rob says, just moving around a lot more readily can be very helpful. easiski had us hopping a lot on the tails of our skis, lifting the tips, which you can only do if your weight is way too far back. But then reversing it - because sometimes, as she said, you just find yourself on the back, and a swift recovery is then called for. Adult learners, in particular, can be horribly immobile. Just try asking someone to pick up a glove from the ground as they ski gently past.... I think it's because active kids fling themselves into all kind of unsuitable positions, doing all sorts of daft things ( lots of them "wrong") that they get so good at it, and their balance becomes very dynamic.
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Agenterre, Last summer myself and fellow classmates mutinied when our instructor told us to take one ski off. We did try it for a few turns and then said "bu**er this for a game of soldiers, we are not doing it!" 
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You know it makes sense.
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ickabodblue, Way to go 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| ickabodblue wrote: |
| He also loves playing "what's the time Mr Wolf" but don't think that could be described as a drill. |
What's that ?
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Poster: A snowHead
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david@mediacopy, Just like the kids game except with skis on. Child asks "what's the time Mr Wolf?" you reply with a random time i.e 2 o'clock, half past three etc. Do that a few times and then when you think they are not expecting it shout "dinner time" and then chase them down the slope. They have to get into the "den" or lift queue before you catch them. Great fun!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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ickabodblue, nice one 
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FAQ
. Racers are always "pushing the boundaries" of "established technique" or there would be no progression? However as rob@rar says there are "core techniques". "Drills" should be done with clarity as to what is a "core technique" vs. what is the purpose of the "drill" if there is possibility of confusion.
or maybe short swings on downhill ski but with the skier going (backwards) uphill rather than down 
