In this two‑hour ski workshop, the instructor (Speaker A) guides participants through a series of progressive drills designed to help skiers feel the edge of the ski and develop true carving technique. The core teaching revolves around keeping the upper body as a solid “block” (torso and shoulders moving together), using a wrist‑grip pole position to pull outward, and applying pressure through the legs and knees to steer. Exercises are adapted to flat terrain, with hands placed inside the thighs to generate leg pressure, and later on steeper sections where poles are positioned behind the knees. The instructor emphasizes maintaining snow contact, avoiding upper‑body rotation, and synchronising the body’s direction with the ski’s turn. Participants report regaining confidence, enjoying the novelty of the drills (especially the “hand‑behind‑back” exercise), and appreciating the equal weight distribution compared to other styles. The session ends with the instructor thanking the group and encouraging continued practice of the demonstrated drills.
Chapters
Now we do exercises to feel the carving. We do not discuss about maybe this is carving or not. We want to feel the carving, the skiing on the edge. This is the main thing. So we make these different exercises, um, it depends on the slopes we are. When we are on flat slopes, we make exercises for We put our hands to the inside of our legs, of our seats. This way we ski and we make pressure in our legs. Pressure in the legs. The aim for the upper body is to have it as a block, to, to have the torso and the shoulder like a block. So we do not move this way, we have to have shoulder and torso as a block. We take our poles like this with a wrist grip. And then nothing else but pull outside. Just pull outside and you are blocking. This is the only thing. You make the turn, you start to turn, and then pull out. Start to turn, pull out. Okay? Please, distances between Woo-hoo! Shoulder is blocked, the whole upper body is one part. We need this for the strength of the coming up from the knees. Yeah, that holds. The direction of the upper body is going with the curve. We do not do like this. This is a position. This position is And bring your arms straight forward. And now you're blocked. Get forward and hold on the block. But for duplets, it's fun. This is the, the thing we need. Once again for the, for the legs. To steer with both knees. We put our, our poles behind the knees and hold it here, grip here. And this is the position. I cannot leave this position. So start a few, 3 or 4 turns here, and then up the mountain. Okay. Next exercise is again for the upper body to keep it in the right position. Uh, it's turning with the skis but not over the skis and And we do not rotate. We have it outside the curve, it's the body, but it turns with the ski. Take our poles like this. Take it behind and then always snow contact. When the ski turns, I turn with the skis. Okay? Always have snow contact. From here to down, first part of the, of the hill, we hold our poles like this, but we do not grip. We just hold it. Or you can do it this way if you want. Okay, and at the second part, second part of the heel, we do again the exercise with this and pull out so you can see the difference, what's different. Okay. I hope there were some exercises who made fun for you. I hope some of them you will practice in your special training. And I hope some of them you will, you will keep because they are very effective. This is the aim of the workshop and I had fun with you, I had fun with my skis. It was really a nice, nice 2 hours. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
And, uh, so did you enjoy that workshop?
It was very good.
Yeah, what did you like most?
Lots of fun. I like getting my confidence back, going fast, carving.
Cool.
On the skis, and I really like that exercise where you put your hand behind your back.
Yeah, yeah, cool.
Excellent.
I guess that was the goal of his workshop, wasn't it? Carving, carving, getting the feel for it through various exercises.
Interesting, the equal weight on both feet. Oh yeah, not having a separation. Yeah, different to the Aussie style, but good. Let's try new things.
