 Poster: A snowHead
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Morning,
I'm just a beginner, had a couple of lesson up on Cairngorm and down at Bracknell. I found the basics fairly easy to grasp and can turn and control speed with ploughs. My last lesson dealt with moving from plough turns to parallels which I am getting but just need some practice. The issue I have is left parallel turns came kinda naturally but the right turns are less confident. What drills can you suggest to help this?
I find it far easier to side slide when facing left so I suppose practising this to the right might help. I also find it easier to hockey stop to the left, so again maybe something I need to practice facing the other way.
Any other techniques I should try?
The odd things is I used to skate a lot as a lad and nearly always hockey stopped to the right, so you would think I would favour that directions as the weight distribution is similar when skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Most people seem to have a strong side and a weak side, so I don't think it's unusual to turn more effectively to one side than the other. Do you know what is happening to your skis which makes you turn less well to the right?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think the uphill ski doesn't want to float round as much and can get caught up. Maybe because I'm less confident turning this way I don't lean forward enough or put enough weigh onto the downhill ski?
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Makes perfect sense, tiffin, that your left turns and sideslipping when facing left are your easier sides. Both require use of your left edges. You obviously need to do some edge drills on your right side edges. Doing sideslips pointing to the right will be a big helper. Do a bunch of them.
Practice sideslipping, then tipping your knees uphill and coming to a stop. Practice repeatedly alternating between sliding and stopping. Tip your knees uphill to stop, and downhill to slide.
Then practice doing traverses to the right. Tip your knees uphill to engage your right side (uphill) edges so your skis will traverse.
Then, while traversing, practice momentarily tipping your knees downhill and sideslipping, then tipping your knees back uphill and continuing your traverse. Repeat numerous momentary sideslips during each traverse.
Now try doing a traverse, and gently/subtly turning uphill untill you come to a stop.
Very gradually increasing the steepness of your traverse, bit by bit, still turning to a stop. Keep increasing the steepness of your traverse until you're beginning with your skis facing straight down the falline, turning to a stop.
Once you can do those falline turns well, start with your skis about 10 degrees to the left of the falline and turn back to the right to a stop, just like you've been doing. Keep starting a little bi futher to the left (15, 20, 25 degrees, etc) until you're doing full turns.
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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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| tiffin wrote: |
| I think the uphill ski doesn't want to float round as much and can get caught up. Maybe because I'm less confident turning this way I don't lean forward enough or put enough weigh onto the downhill ski? |
Although it's difficult to say without seeing, it sounds like it's getting trapped on it's inside edge and you can't steer it effectively because of this. Are you relying on a big snowplough to initiate the turn to the right?
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I would say its medium sized 
It just feels untidy compared to the other. I think I'll spend some time on those sideslide drills on my next visit. Thanks for the help chaps.
On another subject, is it normal for dryslopes to use silicon on the matting? Sure does make things slippy.
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| tiffin wrote: |
| It just feels untidy compared to the other. I think I'll spend some time on those sideslide drills on my next visit. Thanks for the help chaps. |
Also do some traverses just skiing on the downhill leg so you become more comfortable balancing on what will be the outside ski when you are turning. I see lots of people who aren't able to steer their inside ski when starting in a snowplough because the ski is on too much of an edge and carries too much weight to allow it to be rotated.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| I see lots of people who aren't able to steer their inside ski when starting in a snowplough because the ski is on too much of an edge and carries too much weight to allow it to be rotated. |
Ah yes....that inside leg steer!!!! Who would do something like that??!!!! 
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tiffin, uh not so good if it's on your clothing I guess. I still keep meaning to attach a couple of tubes with sprays at the tips of my skis to a camelback
Back to the topic - do I detect a diverging inside ski somewhere in this thread 
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You know it makes sense.
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Wear just a single ski, on your left foot.
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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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