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"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT":
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSW's)
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)
CSW #11:
"Skiing faster is the way to learn to ski faster."
Certainly it is true that
excessively slow skiing does not work well, but speed greatly beyond what one
can manage is not effective, either.
If you have ridden a bicycle you
know that you are more tippy when you go very slowly, but that with more
momentum you are more stable. It is the same on skis.
How can a kayak maneuver in white
water if going at the same speed as the water? The kayaker must go faster to
change position relative to the moving water.
How can a bird--or an airplane--fly
without enough speed to create the venturi upward draft on its wings?
But when we go too fast for our fear
tolerance, our minds often "lock up" and cause our bodies to do the same so that
we no longer make the movements we must--and disaster may loom.
Find the right balance between your
comfort level and the benefits you get from more speed. It is said that we have
a comfort zone. It is not productive when learning to ski (or perhaps anything)
to operate below or even at the bottom of our comfort level, nor is it
productive to operate beyond the top of our comfort level. Instead we should
strive to operate just at the upper end of our comfort level, which may require
a bit of extra commitment for some.
main CSW contents
prior CSW #10: "Beginning skiers can learn from their
skiing friends"
next CSW #12: "Practice makes perfect"
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual:
Skiing Web Manual
Contents Why Read
This Skiing Web Manual
That First Lesson A
Little Skiing History Motion in
Skiing
CONVENTIONAL SKIING WISDOMS
Skier Excuses Fear
in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique
Skiing Equipment
How Skis
Work
How
to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing
Turn Simplified Tactics for Terrains and Snow
Textures
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri
Children
and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender & Skiing Culture
& Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Survival Slope Safety Skiing
Environment Glossary Acknowledgements
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