SKIING WITH BENT KNEES | Are You Making These 2 Mistakes?

Where was this filmed? What resort? What run?

No one who knows anything about skiing ever said “just” bend the knees. We flex and extend 3 joints try and figure them out. Whack Gimmick.

Good information to flex ankles however drive your inside hand to prevent over rotation of upper body

Too much emphasis and waste of time about what not to do...Just like a bad golf video instead of showing proper stance from the very beginning and the reasons why. I prefer a video where only and strictly what is best to do is shown at first and more skiing demonstration than too much talking. I was taught to press on the front of the boots with the shins. Simple and effective because it works.

Only in the right position you see an up and down motion, and that's what you need to make turns.
Very good video.
A little tipp: if you set your poles don't move your hands. He has a lot of movement, espacially with his left hand. The problem is, that the more motion you have in your upper body, the more balance you lose. The work is in your ankles, knees and hip. The rest above the hip is steady as a rock. Under tension. Just a little movement with your wrist in your hand to set the pole in front of you. That's it.
But setting the poles is a very individual thing. Everybody is unique. So don't be too harsh to yourself if you know you have little movement with your hands. 😊
Y'all have a great and safe winter. 🤙

Great video and instruction. Can you help with a question. No one seems to discuss extension of the uphill ski. We see it ahead of the downhill ski but I have not heard anyone discuss the technicalities. Certainly makes sense for balance and perhaps its something that happens as a result of the motion as pressure is applied to downhill ski and weight taken off the uphill ski. Can you advise please? Many thanks!

What length of ski are you using ? SL or GS ski ?

Wonderful tips which make a big difference, thanks for the great sharing! Bravo

No wonder there are so many bad skiers. They must be taking advice from this guy.

The better term to use is engage the knees. Better still, engage the hill with all of your joints.

You have too much arm movement with your skiing. You are using it to time your turn which means your feet can be only as quick as your hands. The feet are quicker and more articulate by themselves fully separated form that orchestra conductor arm swing. CARVE won’t help you with that, apparently.

Огромное спасибо тысячи раз! Безусловно очень полезно! Не зная хорошо английского, всё понятно с помощью разных примеров! 🎉🎉🎉🙌❤️

This makes it clearer, my tutor has told me to stand up more now I know what he means.

Wow, this guy is great, but that camera man though!

Well explained ,Ive skied for several years and struggled ,Ive taken 20 lessons or so , this is something I have had a hunch as far as where the pressure is in relationship to my feet and shin pressure in the boot , Accidentaly Ive found the sweet spot , your video explains this and reinforces what I think I am learning and figuring out

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Going on my first ever skiing holiday on Saturday for a week, to Obergurgl. Loving these videos in helping me prepare a bit more! Only done indoor snow slopes so far. Thanks 😁

I have a questions and hoping you could assist me.

When properly carving does the skier slightly lift the outside ski?

For example when I carve left, I lift my right ski slightly to engage.

Great explanation...I can now see what happens in either of these two positions. Will focus on the balls of my feet tomorrow and see what happens. Thanks again!

I lack intuition regarding center of gravity. When I saw the position that leans too far back It thought it looked perfect before I was told it ducked. I often forget the head doesn't weigh much, the ass is the heavy part

👏 for showing bad interpretations. Far too often instructors will tell you the right way and say "bend more" and people will either lean too far forward or back

Now I know why I have to rest before finishing a slope of 1 km.

Great video! And I am always wondering how in the world the cameraman can keep skiing and filming at same time without looking ahead,,,,

Awesome video! Thanks so much!

Where is this video shot?

I reaaally like how you insist on how things should "feel" and interpretation of those otherwise empty words many instructors use. Like "u have to be forward" ...
Like i had an epiphany when someone told me to "push the skis a bit more backwards while staying balanced... instead of trying to lean in...

Square your shoulders in the direction you want to go, keep your hands forward, and your head up. You lean forward or back depending on terrain. Attempt to keep in the middle of the ski, but expect to have to adjust.

Very good video, explains my misunderstanding of movement. I‘ve just done my first ski coach course and I‘ve misunderstood that all along.

No difference between 1 and 3

A clear interpretation of "do not over bend."

Excellent! I always use the analogy that our ski bodies are in a tune, like a shock absorber in a vehicle, and we move our ankles, knees, hips inside that tube to remain balanced over our skis . This video is great visual of that.

Seems I hear a lot of instructors telling their guests to press their shins against the tongues of their boots. I’ve been wondered if I could teach ankle flexion without talking about it in the context of stance, but I think Tom shows with these mistakes the fallacy of that kind of thinking. I’ll add Tom’s MA to my toolbox. Thank you.

great video. Especially the foot pressure demo. Very helpful.

He looks like he's doing a combination of the first two stances that he said where wrong .

This is helpful. Thanks!

Thanks for the awesome tips!

Thank you sir.

Carv would really work well with some kind of Goggle AR Screen.

OMG what is this "instructor" guy doing with his arms and torso?!? :-O this should be skiing, not rowing....

Great great video.

I really like when ppl who can already actually know how to ski, just struggle to show how not to ski. Its like singing false when you can actually sing.

Just today someone on the lift told me "You got to have pressure at the front your boot." Maybe that's true to some extent but this reassures me it's a balanced approach.

ㄹㅇ 이 강의는 미쳤다....

this looks like the old technics from the 6ties when parallel skiing became popular. Sitting back takes the weight off the tips so that it is easier to make parallel turns by saving muscle strength. Ice skating works about identically.

Wow! I was skeptical that you were going to try really hard to sell me your product the whole video but this was actually extremely helpful! I’m a broke high school kid who has all free gear, no job, and I volunteer for day passes so it’s not even an option to buy your product for me. 😁

How to talk 5 minutes about not bending knees and stand on center position then try carving bend it fully and go back with center of your mass :D Super nice tips <cry> :D. In carving you must to be on back of your skiis while changing edges , then lean while be on turn(doing pressure). All racing/slalom/ gs athlets know that. You should know that too if you want to teach. Real carving is only for experts in skiing.