Wow, thanks a lot. Nice to hear our training drills and this video is/are of great use for you as a self improvement working tool. That is how I see coaching as well, the athlete must know what he is doing. If you can implement these drills and know how they are supposed to influence your skiing, it is like me coaching you out on the hill. Cheers, Tom

these exercises are the foundation for every ski club training on the normal slopes

I agree. I never went to ski school or ski club and after training these exercises, I can ski slalom courses already. I still skid a little too much at the rear of the skis and lose speed compared to real racers, though.

Thank you very much!

Thank you so much for your kind words and thank you for watching. More to come. We have lots of new great footage of Chris :)

Looks like it forces him to the back seat. Doesn't look practical.

Helps to proper position for racing; can be applied to carving

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Thanks, and thanks for watching :)

A wonderful target to be followed

A lot has changed, just check out a skier who comes from alpine Technik...the alpine basic stance is naturally similar.

I agree that everybody should train to put their back to the ground while skis go directly forward and then pull themselves back up without stopping or changing direction. The trick is to pull your butt to the shoes before trying to raise yourself from the ground. I originally tried to do it just with the abs and it felt totally impossible. Of course, the stronger your abs are, the easier the move is.

I use this excercise in the warm up standing still. Gotto try it while moving. Pulling the butt to the heels is a great tip. Thanks.

Wow, great to hear. You must be very serious about your skiing. Keep up your good work :)

Wow, thanks! So happy it was helpful for you. I had just broken my leg and it was eastern and as I could not ski I limped my way to the bottom of the hill in the morning with my crutches shooting video all day and then back up in the evening. So braking my leg really payed off big time. Cheers, Tom

My pleasure!

Thanks for watching!

Thank YOU for watching. Cheers, Tom

Check out my Stay Low video. Great for tipping.

Thanks for watching the video and your nice words. Coaching is important. Huge improvements can be achieved. However, mostly it is the skier that matters the most. It is the racer that makes the coach and not the other way around. You need to build a good athlete/coach relationship where the racer trusts the coach and the coach has patience with the racer. Inspires and guides. Hope you can find a coach and become a better skier. I will do what I can for you. Cheers, Tom

I know alot of folks who only do fun runs who could beat the pants off of most race nerds out there

Wow, thanks you for such great feedback. Thanks for bringing this topic up. I have a new video in the making where I try to bring the tuck drill to everyone's attention. I was training a new group of Masters skiers this winter at an other resort than my usual and this one guy was over rotating into the turn. So I put him in a tuck and we did this drill. Now he is ripping. Gonna try to re-shoot some of the drill after eastern when this season training and racing is over and done with. Cheers, T

Thanks :)

Thank you for watching :)

Yeah, outcome is everything.

But it is a shallow slope and soft conditions.. easy to carve

@@ianholmquist8492 You're right on about the grade and snow, steeper and icy certainly weeds out weaker skiers

@@ianholmquist8492 training technique on an easy slope in oder to ski a steep black icy hard slope like this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z61jn8KonajScnU.html

Thank you :)

Sorry to hear about the quarrantine. We had a desaster end of season in Europe. Do you have to wear face masks?

Triggerboy62 Yes Is horrible because in this moment we have in Valle Nevado , El Colorado, La Parva, Farellones , fantastic quantities of Snow but is not allowed Ski for social distance and because we can’t go anywhere without a paper just to go twice a week for supermarket or Clinic and the situation is sad . l had a flat in Colorado is a 45 minutes door to door but l can’t go . 4 months in quarantine when arrives delivered we must use mask 😷 all peoples is a little paranoia in supermarket with social distance ! waiting this wednesday President maybe give us a better news! bye 👋🏼 have fun ! in this summer for you!

Hi, Thank you for explaining the language, I have two questions for fk-37, are there any French or English speaking coaches? Also, do you run a Summer race camp, if so where and when? Thank you.

Thanks for watching. The skier in the video, Chris, is quite talented so hard to say if you could ski like him but it certainly is not impossible. He is very disciplined and very athletic. That is something anyone can do for starters. But it's not a question of how well you can ski. You do it at your own level and have fun. Especially since you do not race. Nobody will judge you. Chris is also good in the park. Did you see his jumping videos? Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZeqdtaVnKq5oWw.html

@@Triggerboy62 thank you for the reply, his skiing looks amazing and the jumping is awesome too!

Check out my video on how to rid a-frame. Without knowing you will do the right movements with your feet.

Thanks for watching and such great feedback. Yes, we tune our ski edges after each training session. We also carry multiple skis with us and never do course inspection or maintenance with the pairs meant for racing. In SL we also have different skis for racing and training. In the indoor skiing arenas you need to tune the edges every third run or so. We also always save the inside racing edges for racing. On the Atomics you can see that on the claws at the tip. Hopefully you will get into racing. Yes, join a club. Its by far the best way to improve your skiing and also keep you going. Set for life :)

Glad it was helpful!

The drills cover fundamental skills for all mountain intermediate through expert skiers that want to develop their skills or as tune up/refresher drills. Meakla Shiffrin does lots of these and other drills. She does them perfectly and a treat to watch. Take her word for in the videos she did for Burke Mountain. The base skills for all mountain skiing are also the same skills for racers at every level as they are that fundamental to all skiing. The most fundamental thing in skiing is balance. These drills are all targeted ultimately to balance.

I caught lmao at this moment

yeah, really had to smile at this Point of the Video :D But as far as i know the drill is for: -working more with legs -no Momentum out of shoulder Rotation ->stable upper Body

Really funny ))) It helps to keep upper body more straight and to separate it from legs movement. Not sure about racing, but it is very helpful for the "upper beginners"

Thank you! Cheers!

You're welcome

@@Triggerboy62 Thanks for your answer! i didnt get a notification so i just saw it now. I already went to a blue slope and spent 8 hours training there. At the end of the day i managed to learn to carve a little bit. And i have ur habit too, i go as "fast" as a turtle on the new slopes but after repeating the slope i went full speed practicing my carve turns and it felt amazing. Now i want to improve and make the correct movements a habit. I like doing the drill where we drag the poles next to us, it really helped me keeping that balance which i struggle with, and let me focus on edging my skis and then going low as the speed increased. When im going this weekend again ill try to work on my engagement of the edges with the ankles and then the knees on slow speed and then hips when im faster to get a low stance and to avoid the A-frame. Hopefully i can get a nice video of me doing few carves this weekend. There is so much i want to ask about, but i also dont want to write more than i already did. Thanks for helping me out! Ok one thing i rly wanna know: how do i weigh the outside ski without putting pressure on it to "float" through my turns?

first tip do not ever use racing skis ahahahah

You should take a ski instructor to learn it well!

Thanks a lot!!

@@Triggerboy62 Tack så mycket!! Then I won't hurry myself to red slope, instead keep honing the technique on blue slope happily. :)

Yes, safer is better. Thanks for sharing. T

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Thanks. Not sure what you are referring to thou. I have never really liked the Super Man drill, especially for kids and they are so flexible and agile that they overdo it and create all sorts of bad tendencies like: a-frame, excessive counter, limited inclination, park and ride, low edge angles, contradictive movement to blocking SL gates etc etc. That is where the 007 drill comes in. I have not invented it myself but given it the names I am using: 007 or Reversed Super Man Drill. As it is just that. Instead of reaching "outwards" with your inside arm, reach "forwards" across the hill with your outside arm. I first got acquainted with it by a video with Tina Mazes coach. The Super Man drill is a SL drill, the Reversed Super Man drill is a GS drill. You want your momentum to be projected forwards instead of down the hill as in SL. This also explains why you extend more often through the transition in GS like Odermatt. Flexing is absorbing some of that rebound and momentum. Extending is like driving a F1 car with no shock absorbers. Hopefully this answers at least some of your questions. Cheers, T

@@Triggerboy62 - I'm simply referring to that you give the seemingly same exercise two names: 007 and Reverse Superman. But they are the same, as I now understand. Nonetheless I'm curious as to why you would call it 007 (as well), at 5:17 and 5:56?

Poles?

Excellent question. This is the exact same reason I don't like to use the word ankle flexion. I rarely use it. I think it means the former. You are forcing the flex. In my own understanding, flexing would be more in the lines of relaxing. Relaxing your ankle joint putting more pressure on the shins. A bit confusing if you ask me. Why do you ask? Did you see it mentioned in the video?

@@Triggerboy62 i have seen you mentioning flexing through transition, i did not think you were referring to that however i see many ski instructors online talking about it and i could never fully understand the concept, so i thought to ask yourself :) thank u for the response.

@@Triggerboy62 do you have any reccomendations or videos up with drills to activate the ankles

​@@BallaKING247 Hi, super good question. Thanks for bringing me to the attention of "flexing". I usually never talk about "flexing the ankles" but I do talk extensively about "flexing through transition" so I use the word "flexing" more than I realized at first in this discussion. And yes, they are coupled now that I think about it. I just never really gave it much thought and attention. "Flexing your ankles", also known as "dorsiflexion", is a muscle effort where you lift your toes upwards using the Tibialis Anterior muscle. In skiing that translates into lifting your toes upwards inside your boot forcing your lower leg shin to squash against the tongue of your boot. Commonly referred to as "shin pressure". You can also apply "shin pressure" by leaning forwards with your whole body pushing your hips forward but usually the muscle effort to dorsiflex your ankle keeps "shin pressure" more consistent for a more "solid" forward position. However, "flexing your ankle" really comes into play as you "flex through the transition" in a high performance carved turn progression at highest skill level as two things happen: your hips move back due to mechanics as flexing your knees 90 deg. forces your hips back in relation to your feet and your Center Of Mass can not be used to apply shin pressure, actually the opposite, AND your are floating through the transition, sometimes flying, and you have no ground contact between skis and snow. So in order to keep "shin contact" in a flexed retraction turn you need to "flex at the ankles" as well. Also, I mentioned the word "retraction". Note that a "retraction transition" is not squatting down, it is "retracting" your legs up. Think of it as jumping on a trampoline. As you fly up in the air, retract your knees up against your chest. When you do this a couple of times in a row you feel your stomach and core getting a good workout. Not by coincidence is that the type of muscles and muscle groups top alpine skiers train. Actually, I think I have a script for a new video right here hahahaa. Anyway, hopefully I gave you fuel for thought. Please get back to me on this and do you think a video on this topic would be interesting? Reg Tom

@@BallaKING247 I actually have a video out on the topic of ankles. Here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntF2h7iHt6_VoY0.html I have been thinking of remaking it as it has gotten way too little views. And I have not seen many talk about this concept the way I do except for the Italians. As for drills, please let me get back to you on this issue. However, when in your boots and with skis on out on snow, squatting down and dropping your hips back and then pulling yourself up while dorsiflexing your ankle joint through out the progression is a good drill for training ankle flex.

Thank you for watching and for asking a question. Carving is really an advanced ski technique and therefore are all these drills not really suitable for beginners. But as soon as you can ski a bit you can practice carving with my video Learn How To Carve And incorporate some of these drills such as the superman drill. Have fun and shoot questions at me. Im trying my best to help all of you.

Thanks for the clarification :)

You are very welcome :)

Lay back down on the skis. ;)

It's more of a drill for ski racers - to keep their upper body from blocking leg movement. Also, after such a training, when you have your hands in front of you, it's easier for you to put a pressure on the front. Trust me, i tried it a couple of times, it's really a good drill. Not for the beginners though

Yeah, I know it's a good drill for advanced skiers but I see it so many times done horribly, and instructors trying to push it to average skiers that I almost consider it a bad idea to even try it.

Thanks. I was guessing that.

Thanks :)

Thanks :)

Whats your point? I know a few skiers over 60 that rip but 80 is a totally different story. I know a man who skied when he was 96. He was dead 2 months later.

Triggerboy62 idk what’s goin on in Finland but in the US that’s the first thing they learn how to do... probably why u guys don’t produce good skiers lmao

Ryan Hamilton good skiers? Is there anyone on the top who isnt from europe

Ollie I mean that wasn’t my point but either way have u ever heard of... oh idk... that Shifferin girl? Or maybe u haven’t heard of Lindsey Vonn, Bode Miller, Ted Ligety... some of the most dominant skiers ever and all of them are from the greatest country on Earth, the USA. My point was there’s no one from Finland that is good... search up World Cup skiers from Finland and the top results are about Levi, a race in Finland, and then it goes to articles about Mikaela Shifferin.

Ryan Hamilton i know im from norway btw but dont really watch the women bc its more impressive what the mens are doing and more entertaining, i know ted ligety but hes over his time, right now mainly norway and Austria is on the top in most genres

Hahahaa.... well now I know, complete video on this topic coming soon :) As a teaser, check out this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jbeejJumyrudiIk.html Full lesson coming soon.

All good skiing has lots in common. Both old stuff and new stuff. Its the terrain that dictates how we should ski.

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Thanks for pointing it out. Yes, we are aware of this and working on it :)

Feedback much appreciated. We have had many comments in the commentary section of videos, even from wc-racers, and it is important to let everyone have a say. Many times the regular guy out on the mountain can come up with the most valuable information. Regarding the superman drill.... Im not very fond of this drill but I am fond of the reversed superman drill. Also the variation where you pass a ski pole from outside hand to new outside hand at transition. Drills are usually not aimed at having you ski a certain way, its more a way of trying to enhance good movements or in most cases rid bad habits. If a skier fails to angulate at the hip and counter, bring the hips into the turn, then the superman drill helps with that. But we do not want a hip dump, therefore we need to build other movements into the skiers movement pattern. The reverse superman drill I learned from Tina Mazes coach. Basically the superman drill is a SL type drill while the reversed super man drill is a GS drill. Note that this video is several years old. Check out newer videos on his skiing and please give some feedback as to his skiing at the moment. Here: kzfaq.infoBm-BzjSWxDI Cheers, Tom

Thanks for watching. T

Thanks :)

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Absolutely great video. Thanks :)

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Right. Stop action to read is a pain as the writing gets covered up. It's a problem with many videos. Otherwise the video is excellent.

@@Triggerboy62 A good topic that is not addressed much is big toe, little toe >>and

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