So I spent yesterday skiing with the boy and he just snowplows like mad.
He snowplows so much, I am afraid he might have to join the teamster's union.
I skied with him yesterday in hopes of being able to show him some (cough, cough) better technique as an example, but he just snowplows down the hill, no matter what I suggest and no matter how steep the hill.
My kids are a the transition right now... they're starting to do stem-christies as well as occasional "real" parallel turns. See if you can get him to do a stem.
Can you do a stem?
Can you do a decent parallel?
It's much easier for kids to imitate than try to explain what you want them to do.
My kids are a the transition right now... they're starting to do stem-christies as well as occasional "real" parallel turns. See if you can get him to do a stem.
Can you do a stem?
Can you do a decent parallel?
It's much easier for kids to imitate than try to explain what you want them to do.
There is, however, a major problem with the Stem Christie as a skier can become a victim of its very success. It is a reasonably uncomplicated turn to master in its basic form without a pole plant, ie just a quick stem to get the ski started in the turn, and a sliding in of the inside ski soon after. Once mastered in this form it becomes the mainstay of most skiers' repertoire. As the mileage increases, the upper ski will slide in almost immediately after a minimal stem has started to turn the lower ski. It then looks like a parallel (christie) turn. Even if a pole plant has been learnt at the start it is soon discarded, as there is no technical reason to plant the pole because the weighted ski is being steered round with a stem. Once the pole plant has been dispensed with, there is no angulation, which means less work, and a skier can quite happily spend the rest of his life tooling down well groomed pistes in the sunshine without a care in the world apart from being late for the lunchtime rendezvous.
Yeah, that is me. No pole plant.
Maybe that is why I was a terminal blue skier.
One way that I found useful to teach them was to have them follow me and when they start the turn to have them pick up their uphill ski and only edge with the downhill ski. This will allow them to turn the uphill ski parallel with the downhill ski. Keep them doing this and after awhile you will see them turning both skis during the turn.
Also you need time. Lots and lots of time. I have pretty much given up skiing on my own for the last 5 years toi teach my kids. I will tell you this it will pay off.
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