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cran
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I've been practising skiing on one ski (alternating) and it's ok with the outside ski, but I'm having trouble doing turns on just the inside ski...
Apparently it's a good thing to be able to do, and I feel I ski a bit better now that I have some pressure on the inside ski in my turns when using both skis, but I just can't get the hang of turning on one ski when it's the inside one.
Any tips?
Should I just try skiing with only one ski on or do you need to get the alternate thing working first?
Last edited by cran on Thu 19-01-12 14:30; edited 1 time in total
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Here's a tip for you that I find works really well during the early learning stages. Let the tip of your inside pole drag heavily in the snow, and use it as a training wheel. Hold the pole tightly and you can almost lean on it. It's not cheating, it's learning. As you become more skilled and comfortable turning exclusively on your inside ski you'll find you can lighten up on the pole drag, eventually getting to the point that you don't need to touch the snow at all.
Hint #2 is to learn in stages. Do multiple traverses, turning uphill to a stop while lifting your downhill ski. Do the traverses in both directions. Keep doing it until it's effortless. Then steepen the traverse and repeat. Then start in the falline, lift left ski and turn right until you've turned uphill to a stop. Then do it to the left. Then start by pointing slightly left of the falline, lift left ski, and turn to the right, again keep turning until you've turned uphill and come to a stop. Repeat, each time starting out pointing ever further left of falline. Repeat the progression turning to the left. Now link two turns and then stop. Link them in the opposite order. Now you're ready to link a series.
With each new drill and variation practice, practice practice until you've got it down pat before moving on to the next. If you rush the process you're likely to hit a wall that stalls your progress and discourages you. This can be a very tough skill to master, so be patient with yourself, and celebrate each success you experience along the drill progression.
A few other drills that are good for preliminary training to inside ski skiing are walking, outside taps, and outside tap and holds.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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FastMan, you would have been proud of me yesterday. I had a major unbalance, in some thick snow yesterday, which threw me right over onto that "wrong" edge of the inside ski. I really thought I'd had it - and let out a huge yell (fortunately there was nobody within earshot) but just manage to recover. I surprised myself. I'm quite sure I'd not have been able to recover in that way without all those one ski exercises. Luckily for me I was thrown over onto my left foot, which is my best one, for those balance exercises. I'd have eaten snow if I'd gone the other way. Must practice some more on the right leg.
I can't do it without poles though, even on the "good" leg..... 
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cran, the trick here is to find a really gentle slope away from the hordes. Take off one ski and use your upper body 'crossing over' and really make yourself commit your balance to in the direction you are looking. Its not much fun the first few times and you will end up bruised but it will start to come.
Good luck 
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That's a pretty harsh approach for the average holiday skier. I taught myself to do it, using the gradual exercises in Fastman's videos, without ever actually taking off one ski. Call me a wimp, but it's a lot more comfortable and achieves the same thing in the end. Though I need to do a lot more practice on the right leg ( I can ski quite a long way on my left leg, given the right (i.e easy ) slope.
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That's a bit extreme for me, thanks. I learnt rather slowly, perhaps, but I also learnt without hurting myself, let alone sitting in Casualty. You have to cross over and commit your balance to ski on the inside ski, whatever is on the other foot. OK, having a ski on it enables you to bail if you get it wrong, but it also enables you to try again 6 seconds later.
I don't believe in "No pain no gain". I gained the ability to turn on the inside ski without pain, thanks.
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and what's more, a lot of the exercises which are useful to build up to one foot skiing need a ski on both feet.
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All of the above becomes soo much easier once you've had you're boots balanced, can save many wasted hours!
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a case of 'no pain no gain', or in my case, 'If your not sitting in casualty you have not learned anything new 