If you want to ruin your skiing, go right ahead.

Hah, it's already ruined and I'm not looking for the perfect way to do according to the ski design of the day. If it leads me into a trap, so be it. I'll find a way to dig myself back out. Last thing I'll do is give up an opportunity to explore just to be right.

@@alant779 How old are you, 10?

@@JB91710 Haha, common trap among the previous generation. Thinking that growing up means repressing their inner child when it's the equivalent to chopping off your balls to survive. Good luck breaking out of this one.

​@@JB91710 Is your way of skiing so fragile that it will be ruined by trying something new?

LOL. He is actually right on this topic. Skidded Javelin turns like this are worthless. Carve Javelin turns with hip leveling...that is a different story.

@@shooter7aworthless?? Not at all.

Can you explain why?

@jody1357 The body positions that the javelin turns create, do it by putting the skier very off balance and actually in danger of tripping and falling, so how does a student learn from that? Snowplow turns are all about pushing and twisting the ski awsy from you when you should be getting used to balancing on them. Ski instructors are very simple-minded people. Two Dimensional Reactors that have no idea what skiing is.

@@JB91710 It’s a drill, the entire point is to challenge your balance.

@@jody1357 No, the point in teaching is to teach only what a student needs, not things they don't, just because the instructor doesn't know what else to do.

@@JB91710 As an instructor I somewhat agree but disagree to your extremist view. I do feel like the snowplough is a needed step to start skiing since it gives you immediate balance, ability to start turning without falling and ease of use. At the cost of exhaustion in your quadriceps. And it will be used on small runs and skilifts where you can't turn. But I do recommend getting to parallel as quickly as possible (When you are able to make good turns with plough and start getting some more speed, immediately try getting the student off snowplough) I disagree on your notion that javelin turns are useless. Snowplough is a skiing style, Javelin turns are an exercise. In this case the exercise is aimed at already intermediate to expert skiers that have no problem skiing on one leg and are already at the carving stage. This exercise will improve stability and your feel of balance on one leg which is crucial to skiing. At the risk of falling yes, but isn't skiing a balancing sport... How are you going to get better at balancing without challenging yourself. Albeit that I personally would only use javeling turns whilst carving and not in the parallel form as is shown here. Here is it purely a balancing exercise but won't help THAT much with other things. Maybe for the short turns in could help with hip mobility and have your torso point towards the slope. in carving this exercise helps with angulation, outside foot pressure, edge angle. Confidence to stay on the outside foot. I could go on. Have a good day! Your two dimensional reactor