 Poster: A snowHead
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It's getting a bit quiet in here so time for another question from me. Talking skiing turns here:
First a why...........why do I make better turns to the right, but if I have a choice to do a hockey stop with inevitably do it to the left side - this seems out of step - can anyone let me know why this should be the case?
Second a how (in a manner of speaking)...........If I continue to practice/strengthen on both sides I will still end up with a left turn that is less strong than my right - is there anything I can do in the summer to stengthen up my left hand turn whilst not over strengthening my right hand side.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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99 % of skiers have a better side.
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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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Megamum, because your left leg is your 'stable' or dominant leg.
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Megamum, most people have a better side. Apart from people like C,Ronaldo who are pretty handy with both.
My turns to the right remain stronger than those to the left.. I know why but just finding it alot harder to fix!
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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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Megamum, As a horse rider you'll understand this. A few years ago I rode 6 days a week, not sure why I had a "lightbulb" moment, but one day I realised I was riding only with my right leg, in fact my right side. To overcome this I had to think of my right leg as paralysed, it took weeks of allowing the left to be dominent over over the right. When I accasionally ride now I'm much closer to equal.
As for skiing, Easiski says I ski one legged, of course the right one. Once a week at the dry slope I'm once again giving dominence to the left. Habits we have engrained over not_quite and 40 plus years will take a long time to sort out. I bet in every day life your left leg leads. Be kind to yourself and enjoy the journey, once you're just a little father down the road you'll believe you can overcome anything. Just one last thing, visualise yourself skiing, remember what made the difference when it went well, visualise your skiing giving dominence to the weaker side, my riding coach used to say "Sport is 80% in the mind". 
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I think these days there is little difference to my turns either way - usually. However, when launching into a really steep slope over a lip I prefer the first turn to be a left one. Being equally happy either way is something I may work on next season.
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Megamum,
As is being said, most have a preferred or stronger turn, but the trick is not to make yourself too dependant of one or the other.
The goal would be to get to a stage where you can pull off your 'banker turn' both ways.
It is not a 'banker turn' unless you can do it pretty much everytime, anytime, BTW.
So, if you just have a more preferred turn, then that is ok.. join the rest of us..!!!
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An instructor once suggested I always make the first, and last, turn in the weaker direction. Sometimes I even remember to do it...... One of the Warren Smith videos suggests doing exercises more in one direction than the other, to help even things up. I suspect that the weaker leg will always be more prone to injury, though I have no evidence of that.
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pam w, I get twinges in my stonger leg because it works so hard, where as the weaker leg has an easy time of it and is ache free. Until recently, since I've been giving the weak leg more responsibility for the first time, it sometimes aches.
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