DITCH your Ski-Poles 

Controversial opinion: when skiing for pleasure it's easier to just leave your ski poles at home. Less stuff to carry around and it's fun to feel like a little kid again.

Thank you for posting this. I can't wait to try these drills next season.

Thank for your videos. Another one as soon as possible!

Awesome Video again!!!! Love it

Best channel ever!

I know it has nothing to do with this video, but I was an extremely mediocre ski racer coming out of high school and that never changed going into college thanks to a lazy coach, I was often DFL (deaf f*ing last), but when I was in grad school and stayed on to help my college team, I'd often be skiing without poles because of the need for course maintenance and setup, and I would train slalom without poles or shin guards and OMG I BECAME SO MUCH MORE CONFIDENT AND SO MUCH BETTER IN SLALOM COURSES. I would just use the same upward motion a lot of skiers use as the pole approaches the gate and push the gate with my palm, specifically the webbing between my thumb and forefinger, and I would just let the gates hit my boots or shins or knees and... honestly it really didn't hurt that much. So I just became much more confident. It got to the point that when freeskiing using my GS poles I would confidently block gates at the base of the handle without hitting my hand. It was amazing. But to bring it back to your video, Skiing a slalom course without poles forced me to be forward all the time. Having poles just makes recovering so much easier (and I feel like it's only a mental game) so training without them means every turn you need the fundamentals of the turn in check.

Превосходно подано, ясно, чётко, понятно и полезно!

tks Tom good drills for all age and level skiers . Dan from France

Excellent video, like most of this channel, thanks indeed.

Been skiing without them for a few days. Reduce my upperbody movements and really focus on legwork

Good drills. Will try it next time. Thank you

Great explanation

I just watched the crab walk video and this was the link afterwards. I’m so excited because I was going to ditch my polls on Saturday! Thanks for this video.

Hello from New Zealand, looking forward to adding the Crab Walk drill

Outstanding

Tom, I do need those drills ... thanks a lot

I like it these videos thank you❤❤

Very good video.

Good stuff!

Thank you

Pushing the inside knee to the inside is such a good advice, I've noticed that compensation on my cat, if i push his body to the outside, he leans on the inside :))

I have question regarding superman drill: does hand, which is straight ahead, should pointing slope fall line all along the turn? It's mean, does the aim of drill is that skier upper body should be complete still and only lower body should only move left/right. Another question is it possible to ride on steep slopes and keep upper body completely calm (I am beginer so that maybe this question isn't so smart :))

Tom thks:) super)

Hi! Great videos and channel!! Please advise: i like carving using my 15 old ski elan magfire 10, and even older heavy boots. I wonder will I enjoy switching to some advanced new skis like s9 and lighter weight boots. Other words, will i feel some advance after spending 1500k? Worth it? Thanks in advance!

You need to rethink what you are saying at 5:35 in the video; the physiological explanation is incorrect. During a carving turn, the adductor muscles of the outside leg are the prime agonist muscles. In normal day to day usage, we rarely engage the adductors of one leg in isolation from the contralateral adductors of the other leg; there is a tendency to over engage these contralateral adductors of the inside leg when carving which results in weakening the ground force pressure and edging capabilities of the inside leg. Creating isometric pressure with your hand on the lateral aspect of the inside knee triggers the external rotator muscles of that hip facilitating a stronger base of support; instead of having the inside leg just coming along for the ride during a carving turn. Excellent drill none-the-less.

It’s for slalom turns, but for gs it’s doesn’t work?

i have learned to ski with no poles at Cataloochee in NC very steep slopes there, I had to go sideways brake a lot, zig zagging. i have not taken a lesson on how to use poles. i dont want to use them yet cause id be afraid of impaling my self tbh 🤣

No sticks from childhood😄

Very nice :) I noticed you always associate for-aft with balance. In modern ski I think balance in the for-aft axis is not a problem anymore. Goal of for-aft is something else...

Would you give me the NAME OF DRILL described below, which will improve outside skill edge pressure 1. Pole (outside ski / downhill side) drag on slope (modern steep) during turning. 2. Other Pole (inside ski / uphill side) leave up, so that the shoulder in line with the slope gradient during the turning. This will improve counterbalance turning turning (C-shape of upper body). Thank you for your help

Is it easier honestly, and what's the secret to turning and stirring

Now how to ski without mountains with a ban on travelling abroad

i think the skier is not the same guy..

Why do you need ski poles to begin with? Really? No good reason imo.

I for one never liked the poles.