Hi Deb from UK. I am so glad I found your ski instruction channel. I am 65 and have struggled with skiing for years, stuck in a wedge and fearful as soon as terrain gets steeper or difficult. Then I found your video about shifting body over the outside ski and practicing at the local artificial snowzone, suddently I can ski parallel and I am getting stronger and more confident. Looking forward to getting to real snow next winter. So I am now watching all your videos for great instruction. Thank you. Jayne.
Something I really admire here is Deb pointing out the effective movements of one skier, tacitly encouraging others to improve and emulate without having to point out flaws. Much easier said than done, but something all us instructors should ourselves practice and get better at.
Deb, thank you so much for this video. I started skiing four weeks ago and could NOT get carving down. This video really made me enjoy skiing so much more because of how much more graceful my runs have become. I no longer have any amount of fear when it comes to blues and am certain I could handle some of the easier blacks now. My wife has been having trouble getting on her edges for cleaner parallel turns but I have a feeling that this will help her get there. THANK YOU!!
Hey Deb! I stumbled upon your channel and very glad I did. I've watched a number of your videos over the last week. I took several years of lessons since I started skiing as an adult. And it's been quite a few years since my last class. So yesterday I skied the ENTIRE day simply working on the fundamentals: foot and ankle movement, finding the toe joints, hip lift, engaging the core, standing tall, shin to tongue of my boot and upper/lower body separation. I imagined the ski carving around, the wisp of snow as it comes around. I felt my parallel downhill transition....I was a great exercise. Sadly it was too busy to work on one-footed edge work and side-slipping in the corridor. Thanks so much!!!
Deb this is wonderful! I teach tennis. When I explain the the serve there is a “See Saw” effect. I see it when you carve the turn. Look at the video and you’ll see what I see 😀
Freaking awesome, between you and BMA I basically get all my carving alignment and outside ski drills. Please tell the story about your PSIA L3 teach exam sometime I’ve heard some stories
Thanks a lot, Deb. Your videos are very attention to detail. In addition to Vs on Knees ski drill fro carving, I remember seeing in other video where you perform a drill where one hand goes on hip and other hand rises above head. I don't seem to find it anymore. Would you mind sharing the link to that drill? What others drills do you recommend for beginner carving? Thanks again.
The wide stance produces the stability & performance of a golf cart. Performance & balance is increased with a narrow stance. A narrow stance allows for instant balance from one foot to the other or any combination of. Stability & balance are 2 different things. An increase in stability by a wide stance takes away from balance & performance. Though a wide stance will allow more stability when the ski instructor pushes the skier from the side & says a wide stance promotes balance. If you want to make skiing a fun performance sport ski a narrow stance.
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong @ 21 seconds into the video when you said are we a little narrow you had a good stance width with your feet. Though for the skilled skier an O frame to change edges using the super phantom is an expert performance move in skiing which very few can do. Then you went too wide for the speeds most skiers ski @. The width would have been okay for a down hill racer wanting stability traveling @ break neck speeds though those types of speeds are not practical for the average skier wanting to make tighter turns for speed control. A wide stance caused by vertical separation is needed as the tipping angles will cause vertical separation. Most skiers boot alignments are out so they might have trouble skiing with the proper stance width though with a wide stance will make it easier to have conflicting edge angles. A narrow stance is not promoted much in skiing though if you want to be an expert skier most skiers would ski better if they narrowed their stance while still allowing for vertical separation. A wide stance in skiing is like trying to run with your feet far apart the performance is just not there.
look @ 41 seconds into video the wide stance is causing conflicting edge angles shins should be @ same angles. Deb excellent job focusing on tipping movements ( tipping should start with in the ski boot little toe edge first) & not focusing on active rotary.
@@darrenmassey435 thank you for all of the comments. To be clear, at 41 seconds in the clinic, I am making an explanation, the movements due to me standing are far from accurate as the edge angles at 41 seconds are not matching.... better to watch the drill while in motion...... But within the context of the moment in the clinic my points were being made.......I hope all this makes sense.......??
