How to Ski in One Day | Beginner Learns Basic Turns

What you will Learn in this Tutorial 

This tutorial is about a beginner learning how to ski in one day. Jens begins by teaching the beginner about the skis and their bindings. They then move on to posture, emphasizing the importance of the angle of the ankle, knees, and hips. The beginner learns to use their shadow as their center of mass and how to rotate their skis to steer. They practice snowploughing as a quick and easy way to learn to ski, and then progress to straight lining in the snowplough position. Jens introduces turning by rotating the feet and using the upper body to maintain balance. The beginner gains confidence and learns to control speed and pressure during turns. Jens challenges the beginner’s comfort level by increasing speed and adding more closed turns. The video ends with the promise of a future video where the beginner will learn to ski parallel. Overall, the beginner finds the instruction clear and is excited for the rest of the day.

Highlights

• Beginner is taught about the skis and bindings
• Emphasis on posture and angle of ankle, knees, and hips
• Beginner learns to use their shadow as their center of mass
• Rotation of skis is used for steering
• Snowploughing is practiced as a quick and easy learning technique
• Straight lining in the snowplough position is introduced
• Turning is introduced by rotating the feet and using the upper body for balance
• Beginner gains confidence and learns to control speed and pressure during turns
• Challenge of increasing speed and adding more closed turns
• Anticipation for future video where beginner will learn to ski parallel