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The goal is to make quality ski instruction accessible to a bigger group of people and to inspire skiers of all levels to work on their turns to get the most out of the sport.
In the flatter sections you will see most of them stay low but in the steeper sections with more offset the best ones will move more to hit the critical turns as well as possible (which is part of the reason why the ones that move more like Odermatt and Shiffrin dominate). You can get forward and on top sufficiently by staying low and extending into the turn but it comes with more risk to not hit it as clean and for the recreational skier it is a lot harder to achieve. I show and explain that in detail on Coaching Taka. sofaski.com/product/coaching-taka-carving-medium-radius-turns/
You need to be on the outside ski enough so the ski carves and does not start to slide without you wanting it to. At all times during the turn you want to be in a position where you are able to adjust, so you can increase outside ski pressure to the amount necessary to achieve that. (talk about that in part 2)
The Best ski instructor.... after a few runs I try to prepare the legs and hips positions and..... BANG!!! In a blue slope, my skis did not slide at all! My marks on snow just two lines... Thank You Klaus! 👍🤗
🎉❤...like to know more about the timing of flexion/extension...does flexion come just B4 the fall line....or flexion only comes after passing the fall line...for better steering(pivoting) maybe?
Once you have understood and felt how flexing can help you create release you can use it in different parts of the turn, especially when you need the release right away. It is one of many moves and you want to be carefull that this is not the only thing you do, especially if you should feel that you get stuck over the heels and struggle with speed control once it gets steeper.
Best ski carving tutorials I’ve seen! Clear, easy to understand and visual demonstrations are just excellent. Thank you from someone who, frustrated with not being able to keep up with my kids, started taking ski carving lessons at 60. Your tutorials will take the fun I’m having to a whole new level! THANK YOU!
@@KlausMair Sorry Maybe I missunderstand it. Let me rephrase it then, is it true that the ski has to turn itself at the beginnig of the curve/ radius ?
In this particular drill we try to be extra patient at the start of the turn. On an easy run we want to experience how the skis start to turn by themselves without us rushing, pushing, rotating,... The purpose of this is to discover this sensation. In normal skiing we can also turn the skis into the turn at the start (see Part 2) or actively steer them a bit as we go through it, but also there we just want to do it out of our legs and not by pushing with the body.
@@KlausMair :::not sure where i say that... ============= It's a pity that you have not said that, for the carving skis, if used correctly, are designed to turn itself. See explanation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oHF8sQd1Ovo.html Trying to turn the skess is the main newbie's mistake resulting in skidding. Instead you need to put the skis on edges and bend then applying preasure on your shins. All other stuff like correct posture, angulation etc serve these purposes of edging and bending
Great explanation. Much more realistic than most of ski coaches approaches. Most of them disregard the fact that majority of non expert skiers Do Not have strong ankles to push their body forward without standing upward and using their weight. Ankles push alone with center of gravity being behind the middle of the skis, requires an extremely athletic person to be able to do it properly. This is moving the center of gravity forward, only by using the ankles, without the help of other muscles, like quadriceps (when extending upward)! Like Klaus mentioned, before advising the skier on which method to be used, one must clearly understand the latest physical fitness level. Congrats Klaus for highlighting such an important point.
Thank you :) and it is not just that but also neglecting the fact that it is one of the key moves the dominating racers like Odermatt and Shiffrin (as well as Hirscher in the past) use to ski the crucial passages, where they want to make sure that they hit next turn as clean as possible.
This is so a great video, thanks a lot! This and last season I worked on increasing edge angles and it seems that I found too many tips (eg. toppling, lowering hip, flex/extend...) that took my attention from the basics and trusting my feelings. As result, I realized that I ski worse, over flexed, leaning with my hips and upper body on the inside leg... I'm looking forward to my end-season ski trip to have more time to practise and return to solid foundations. Servus!
When I taught which is several years ago I used this drill only I held the poles palms up which tended to bring the skiers head and eyes up improving their fore aft balance and I also used a very light touch having my hands open not squeezing the poles which loosened their fore arms taking away tension and had them move their hands through the turn and notice the relationship with how their hand, arms, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles moved through the turn while still matching the angle of the slope throughout the turn. I made them more fluid kept their body moving and avoided being static and locked in any one position. I was a level 3 instructor and taught for 26 years and used this drill a lot.
Super video - breaking the turn down into clear phases and explaining how to get things set up correctly. Also love that you are pointing out how to correct common mistakes!! Thank you!!
Very, vey good video I wish I found it a few years ago when i was working with my first kid. At least the second will benefit now. we ski quite a bit through the season and kids typically get one session of ski school and they tend to "forget" in between. We'll apply next week and give you feedback 🙂
@@KlausMair As expected it went really well. I find kids tend to "forget"/not apply some of the proper technique they have managed last time. My kid tends to use the technique only when she really needs it (steeper slopes) and is building bad habits from skiing on easier runs - not edging enough, sitting back. These few tricks helped my 7 year old daughter remember the technique learnt a few months ago quickly. It's a very good refresher for proper technique and works much better then explaining what they should do. Thanks for taking the time to put this online!
Level 2 CSIA instructor here. This is the best carving video on the internet. It's the one I tell my students to watch before the lesson I teach them to carve.
Indeed brilliant instructions. Just waiting for the time again tobe able to test your advice in ski paradises of Austria. Here in north 🇫🇮 our slopes are bit short, max 2 km, mostly 1 km on average. There at Stubai gletcher in 2018 the longest run was amazing 10,5 km with over 1,5 km height difference . Well, the carving section was only 4km of that, but long enough to exhaust all the muscles.
Thank you!🙂 At Silvretta Montafon / Schruns, Hochjoch you can ski from 2400m down to 700m you can see parts of the run in this clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fn-Rl89jU1w.html Greets, Klaus
@@KlausMair U are very wellcome! ✌️. OVER 35 years ago, in 1990's I trained in Austria RS, riesenslalom, with a local Ski instructor, with wood cores skies of 2.03 m long, in order to learn 'carving', skiing on edge of my outer ski. Much development has happened in equipment since that. Love carving, and its now 10 times easier than then. Has had the pleasure of visting Austrian ski resorts over 40 years. Never ever been a slightest disappoinment. 🇵🇪
That's great to hear! :) Yes it definitely was much harder but then also more obvious what needed to be done to do it right. ;) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iuAurBP4Lhs.html
SUBTÍTULOS EN ESPAÑOL please!!! El capítulo 2 los tiene, pero este capítulo 1 no las tiene y creo que son las clases más claras e interesantes de todas las que he visto!!!
Klaus This part 2 and part 1 is awesome. As an owner of your original DVD set you talk a lot on up and forward, up and forward. Question I have can you breakdown that saying up and forward. When you say forward do you mean let your upper body fall down the fall line as your lower body rolls into inside the turn
Thank you for your feedback. The up and forward refers to how we want to initiate in our basic turn. So not just to stay low or move to the inside of the turn, but to release the edge and move forward, or let yourself be pulled in the direction you want to go, downhill towards the fall line. This is more of an active extension at times and sometimes more of a passive letting yourself be pulled by the force. Detailed explanations can be found on Blue to Powder where there are three chapters dedicated to the turn initiation. Also in Coaching Taka i have a few chapters on this. Greets, Klaus
