Tips for beginners

My first introduction to skiing took place in the ninth grade. Our gym teacher for some reason decided that the cross-country skiing are ideal for descending on them with small and shallow lake slopes. I remember very well how stood on skis and went... immediately I sat on the ass. It seemed to me that these thin and slippery sticks just leave forward with my feet, leaving the rest of the body far behind. So it went. After that, every attempt to get back on skis ended dizziness and another failure. If then someone told me so simple and obvious things about how to ski, perhaps, my relationship with the sport would have been much better.

Keep your legs half-bent

This is lesson number one, but many forget about it! For beginners crouch position is new, so every time they strive to straighten the legs and thus upset the balance. Half-bent knees give you the ability to control their skis and keep them parallel to each other (not crosswise or in different directions).

Another bonus of the bent leg: you will be better prepared to small jumps due to irregularities that may encounter on the road. Riding on straight legs can be compared with a trip on the bus, which travels on the road is not very smooth. How long are you able to resist on straight legs without additional support on the rail? Now try to bend your knees even more, and you'll be surprised how much simpler control of the body and technology and how easy it was to jump from the small jumps and even slopes.

Make sure that the heel has always remained in the heel cup ski boots. If not, then you are not severely bent at the knees.

find the balance

If you are a beginner at skiing your body is in an unusual position for him. Feet leave forward, and the body is trying to catch up with a couple of escape. And this is where many newcomers strive to sit on skis, in order to eliminate this unpleasant imbalance, and it is quite wrong.

How to? You have to get together and make so that your body has been on your feet. This will improve the skiing technique and give you more control over the body and skis, if your body will be over the narrowest point of the ski (the "sweet spot"). Skiing in the absence of balance is very tedious.

Do not look down

For beginners the feeling attached to their ski legs seem rather strange. Therefore, many out of curiosity starting to look at their skis (oh, what happens to them ?!) instead, to look ahead. The effect of this is about the same as if you were walking constantly looked at his shoes: sooner or later someone will encounter. Ski instructors offer to watch about 3 meters forward. So you can advance to see people or trees, and avoid or prepare for rough terrain.

Also look, directed forward, will lead the body, that is, you will move to where look. It's like throwing a ball: look at the place where you want to go, and not on the ball.

Begin to learn the correct location

If you ever read the booklets with the description ski resorts, Then you'll likely come across types marked trails. There are trails for pros, and have for beginners (usually they are marked in green). As a rule, it is gentle and well-groomed trails with a short slope not so steep and hilly as for more advanced skiers.

Do not be afraid to fall

Fear of falling is one of the most common fears. However, the fall is as a full-fledged part of the training, as well as herself riding on skis. You will fall. You will be a lot of fall, and the only way out for you - learn how fall correctly. Try to fall to the side to side, not forward or back, as this can lead to dislocation. After the fall, try to fix your body to prevent further sliding down, or bump into someone and go astray.

Choose the right ski resort

As we have said, there are different tracks. If skiing is new to you, choose the resort, where there are good trails for beginners, convenient cable cars, hire quality ski equipment and competent instructors.

Do not learn from its second half

"Why spend money on trainers and trust their health and lives quite a stranger, if your favorite / favorite can teach me everything?" - some think.

Have you ever been taught to drive your significant other? Here Skating training skis will look about the same, even if your husband / wife - a highly qualified instructor. A new sport, especially one as extreme as skiing, will cause a storm of emotionsAnd not all of them will be positive. It is one thing - to mutter in the back of a stranger, and quite another - to respond to the accusations or the teachings of a husband or wife. Here it is hardly the case over a simple rumbling. Unnecessary resentment, like injury, you obviously do not need.

The only option, which in this case can work - is teaching your children.

to dress

From beginners nobody ever does not require the same equipment as the athlete pros. Yet the fact that you will enjoy this activity and spend money on rather expensive ski equipment is not very much and want. But there are several things that should be mandatory. They are better to buy rather than to rent.

First thing - ski boots. It is on their quality and comfort depends largely on your progress. Thing number two - good ski pants, which ensure that you will return home almost dry. Quality pants also allow you to be on the side of a lot longer than in a ski lodge. The third thing - the protective ski helmet. You'll fall, remember? And not always be light falling on the ass or on its side.

Also worth to take care of good gloves, ski goggles and choose the right sunscreen.

Do not rush and do not jump off the track on the track

Learn from the smooth and gentle slopes is very easy, but tedious. Particularly bold newcomers within a few days after the start of training suddenly decide that already can upgrade to a more advanced track. But actually can not! Even if you are the only adult on the green track and around you sport your child's classmates, younger brother or sister, it is not necessary to move to a more sophisticated level as long as you do not have an instructor permit. Take a deep breath and try to focus on the small achievements. Work on technique, learn to fall correctly and get your feet throws "obstacles". ;)