Ski Technique: Ski Technique Myths 

Great! So many things I thought couldn’t be right, indeed weren’t right! Thanks.

very inspiring ..thousands of people have to see this videos ...

That is the best explantion of ski technique Ive watched. It took a few years for me to work out the skills vs the game. These days its a few warm up/practice runs, then go have fun. Great vid

What a great overview of all these myths, many of which I have wondered about, thank you for all this great information. After getting back into skiing at 54, after a 20 year hiatus, I have learned so much from listening to experts like yourself.

This is brilliant! Puts so much into perspective. Love the enthusiasm of delivery, thanks so much. Makes me wants to come for lessons with you.

Excellent video once again Phil. Keep ‘em coming! 🙂 I think the weighting/unweighting myth is possibly the most persistent one. Many people are still obsessed with “keeping the weight on the downhill ski”. I think it was Ali Ross who demonstrated that when you instruct someone to put weight on one leg, they have a tendency to flatten the “weighted” foot.

Really enjoyed hearing these explanations - words of wisdom! Thanks Phil.

So enjoyable and interesting! Love the enthusiasm and the presentation skills!. Many thanks!

This video is really enlightment for me. I grew up in tropical country and never seen any snow then I have been learning skiing by myself after move to Norway, just watch video there and there then try in the weekend.. in the end I was feeling it was how your body naturally react to the slope/snow condition. Video after video I watched and I tried to implement the perfect drill they presented in video into my game, I always end up feeling that it tend to make everything so 'closed' and more difficult to me, especially when I start to learn how to ski off piste. Great video and many thanks !

This series is excellent & a welcome distraction from the current 24/7 hype onto what really matters - skiing! And so much better than series from the ‘some people’ referred to at 14:36!

We must be close in age because I also learned skiing with over 2 meters under my feet and extension was kind of essential to rotate those monsters. And now I still struggle to avoid doing it because with these new skis extension equals lose control... btw I've started skiing again only five years ago and adjusting is still problematic at times. Thanks for these videos, love the Brit accent, but remember here in the US a stretched middle finger might send a problematic message :)

Regarding tip pressure, it's the efficient method to tighten turns, particularly when carving (ie. turning using the sidecut), because forward weight transfer increases tip traction while decreasing it at rear, creating a smooth skid. It can only be considered a "myth" because it's somewhat less effective when combined turns via leg twisting preferred by less advanced skiers, especially on nouveaux wide rockered skis which are designed to be skied from the center using leg twisting.

Great Video

Great video - thank you!

Actually I do lean forward walking down hill, when there are leaves on the ground, otherwise my feet slide out from under me.

Great webinar Phil... love it. One question you might be able to help with... I do ski piste a lot and I'm very used to ski piste. Works very well and my ski boots seem to fit well. Once I enter the deep snow (esp. crop) I get cramps in my feet very fast. Why's that? Any ideas and how I could overcome that?

The best example of what you are describing in the beginning of this segment would be Karate, in which you practice VERY set movements then enter a ring and incorporate these movements in an almost unconscious (maybe freewheeling?) way.

Great stuff. When u try to move the camera down it doesn't seem to move, so we didn't see your legs, but, no matter, a v interesting fresh perspective on ski technique

Is the reason you can't go skiing due to covid shut downs, or are you talking about it being too warm as it's spring.. etc???

These videos are great but it's unusual to see a 30plus min video, might get more views if u broke them up a bit. That said. I watched it all