Foot Rotation / Hockey Stop - Intermediate Skiing Lessons 

Excellent +Arin Gokdemir. Hopefully it will all be getting lock in and help when you get to the mountains. We also have Ski School Apps for you mobile so you can take all the lessons with you. They also have built in video analysis so you can make the most of your one ski holiday a year. Just a thought. Thanks again. Nods

Same here Arin

Thanks heaps Sushi. We spend a lot of time and effort trying to make sure our ski lesson videos are clear and easy to understand both the scripts and imagery. Nods.

We were just talking about the same thing with my girlfriend.

the script is fantastic, it is clear accurate and not tedious, worth watching again and again. thanks for.the effort

Doing this is so fun. I’ve been doing this for about 2 years now. I am a self taught skier who loves a nice black diamond, and it’s so fun to stop yourself by sliding down because you can do it in a massive powder pile and spray people in front of you

you need to learn to carve to ski faster

@@ramborogueraider Did you learn pizza to stop first?

@@SkyHermit yes. It’s rather easy to learn how to slow yourself by moving back and forth though, and I reckon that if you work at it you can become a proficient skier in a few days. Sadly, I haven’t been able to go skiing recently, but I have high hopes for later this year.

​@@ramborogueraider I didn't take my lesson and went to ski for the first time last week and I keep falling when I did pizza on green slope. I had no problem doing pizza to stop on Bunny Slope though. Some say it is best to learn stopping by trying Hockey Stop rather than Pizza. So I am looking for advices.

Hey, easy on the geezer, I'm 58, began skiing in 69', yeah last century, do I'm the geezer not this young guy! :)

Hey Eugene, hope you managed to keep up the skiing?

Hey +Tyler Benoit. It's occasionally over looked in ski lessons but glad we were able to help fill the gap for you. Hope it helps.

Wow great feedback +styles4life6. Hope you are having a fantastic Christmas! Enjoy your ski holiday.

That's true @@scottherzberg120 make sure the ski bindings are set by a professional. They should be specific to you and shouldn't fall of randomly/too easily but should release when you fall like Scott mentioned. They're there to help our knees & legs.

emjaynie2 I disagree. separation results from a majority of femoral rotation. no longer is a counter rotation necessary to leverage a shaped alice, but rather progressive tipping and twisting of the lower body.

Thanks Frank sloan, it's a real pleasure. We love making these ski lessons and great feedback like this help make it worthwhile. We couldn't agree more - Get the basics right and your skiing will progress much faster allowing you to have more fun and thats what ski holidays are all about.

In turning your feet - is it an active movement from your hip/ankles, or do you just lighten one ski and then dig in? I am having trouble twisting my feet and hips suddenly and tend to fall over when trying that

Thank you for the great videos. These are a real gem. I have your apps as well and they really help a lot.

Kshitiz Neeraw sounds like there are a few issues at play, not just the twisting aspect. I would suggest hiring a certified professional instructor to assist you

@@kneeraw for this move to work effectively, you must be balanced on your skis - both fore and aft as well as equal weight on both skis. Look at the video again. In his excellent demonstration you can see that he is standing equally on both feet. ... As Bradhorn mentioned, hiring a pro to work with you on this is the easiest, fastest, and most time efficient way to improve

Thanks +Catalin Olah. Hope you're finding our ski lessons helpful this winter.

Thanks +paulshutts. Glad to hear you are finding our how to ski lessons helpful. If you have any questions, just shout. Cheers, Nods.

Hope the ski lesson goes well.

Look at his past videos.

Yeah me too, but i am watching a lot of instructional vids to help me stop. 😁

Ha haaa +Friedd. Yeah they're the new Wireless Chairs. Modern tech here in France ;)

So true. We even use it in freeride skiing to scrub speed or access tight lines.

Happy to help! Are you going to head out skiing this winter?

Brilliant. Is there anything you'd like help with this season?

Hey Ken, How's the learning going? Sticking with it?

@@skng hey there. Last season in Whistler I managed to get out 40 days. Was able to ski some black by end of my season. Still need to work on my technique. I just moved to Prince George in BC. This coming season I plan to ski more the interior. So powder will be a real challenge for me as I did not find that easy in Whistler. Hope you are well 👍👍

@@ken-km7kk Oh wow, sounds like you have an epic season lined up. I think we might have to get back out to BC and join you for some turns. Skiing powder is essentially the same as skiing piste except that you have the additional force of the powder snow to work against. So if your technique is off then it will show it up. Try and get your body position strong and turn shape/control perfected on piste and then take it to the powder. Once in the powder, be confident and maintain momentum. A strong progressive pole plant can help here. Most of all keep at it and enjoy every moment. I'll try and post some more powder tips this winter. Is there anything specific you would like help with? Deeper powder? Keeping momentum? Turning in powder? Cheers Noddy

@@skng thanks so much for the great advice. Yes hoping to do lots of skiing this year. I will keep you posted and I’m looking forward to the videos 👍👍

Ha. Thanks man. Glad someone gets it.

You are partially right Andy. Releasing the ski edges will allow the skis to turn, to some extent, by themselves. The skis WILL seek the fall line without much assistance. However, what allows the skis to turn OUT of the fall line is torque. Turning the INSIDE ski in the direction of the turn creates force that travels up the leg, across the pelvis and gives the outside ski the power to turn as well. Again, the key is CONTINOUS *ACTIVE* **INSIDE** SKI.

Thanks for the great feedback +Musa Toktaş. Hope you're winter is going well and the lessons are helping.

Yes, as with basically all parallel ski turns.

It's likely because you aren't putting enough pressure on your outside foot (the one going downhill). You need to stomp down on it with intent to stop, rather than just glide through the turn softly. Dig that foot into the snow!

Hi Jigish, Most of our films were filmed @SerreChevalier in France. Great spot.

Moelijk Yeah, the ski plough (pizza) is not useful on anything steep, it barely works effectively on some gentle blues, it's really for generally very slow beginner skiing where your speed is already quite slow. You really need to learn parallel braking, which is not really that hard - it's your next step really. Don't get put off by a bad instructor. Skiing is excellent fun and it's worth the falls and occasional pain - your instructor should not have taken you off piste as a beginner. I'm skiing 6 years and I find off piste a nightmare so maybe next time you go you find a smaller group where the instructor scan pay more attention to your level.

All skiiers experience fear at various times : it is natural. It will only be dispelled as your skill and familiarity increase for the situations that scare you. Skill cannot be acquired whilst scared (if you are with people who simply say "go for it" they are naïve, and it won't help.). You need to ski in terrain/ conditions you feel comfortable in : which generally means flatter more open terrain. the worse the conditions : the flatter it will need to be. Many skiiers don't understand the fear reaction is personal : so if you are terrified in a situation other peple are comfortable in, it doesn't mean your sense of fear isn't real. It is. And will not be dispelled by them telling you "you shouldn't be". It is better to ski and learn on gentler slopes, making the difficulty through the technical activity (which can be made easier/ harder little by little and arbitrarily) than being driven by the slope. If you ignore this you will adopt a lot of really bad defensive postures/ habits, that will almost certainly be very difficult to eradicate later. Look at 99% of skiers on the slopes. One reason most are such poor skiiers, is because they went on too difficult terrain too early: and won't for example, ride the skis in long arcs to control speed: instead they get frightened as the skis intitially speed up (as they are pointing more and more downhill during the early part of the turn), and resort to all sorts of nasty "not real skiing" activities like stem turning, to "get them round quickly" and horrible non useful jaggy turns that so many poor skiiers do, as it's become such an ingrained habit. I forget the exact quote, but the great Alberto Tomba said he couldn't learn anything on a run steeper than a red (or maybe blue?) which tells you something... !

+jonnyhifi I know it is 9 months later. But that was a very well written response. I too have the fear kick in and your explanation help put things in the proper perspective.

Subzero UK it's been a while since your question, so I hope our replies came in handy during the season between then and now. :)

certainly did, thanks,

Nevermind, just went yesterday and took the day to practice.. got it down at high speeds and slow speeds all because of this great video that explains stuff better than my friends could.

+Ri3llyTheCod3r I suppose at least it would help you with this "hockey stop" LOL

Hey +Ri3llyTheCod3r. How did you get on? I'm sure your hockey skills would've help with your balance and body position over the skis although the blades (skis) are slightly longer and probably need a little more patience when learning how to turn. Hope you had fun.

+Ski School by Elate Media Was great i learned the hockey stop within the first 2 hours. Lol i tryed doing a crossover

nick Persaud Well, if you can stand on one leg, you can absolutely do it while skiing. First try to learn how to balance it.

+Timurv1234 you turn your skis too much up the hill

+Timurv1234 It is because you are not leaning forwards enough.

Timurv1234 Most likely allowing upper body to follow ski tips. As DarrenTurner says keep the zipper facing down hill. I like to tell students to take a picture down the hill while holding a super wide camera.

Trolling again are you? Yep, you are.