2 Skiing Drills To Help IMPROVE YOUR TECHNIQUE

[@rich8304]

Great drill for bump skiing.Thanks

[@CarvSki]

Hello Rich, We're glad you found this video useful! We have a lot more great content on the way and may even film a video specifically for bump skiing. Have a great winter.

[@albev75]

Tip top tip , ta very much . Been a long while since I've been on ⛷or a board . Can't wait till the next snowfall . Pray for snow ❄🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@CarvSki]

Glad to help! All the best on your next ski trip ⛷

[@tainicon4639]

Pivot slips are my favorite drill! Though I find that they have a much effect on ones skiing when you do them slower. The super fast pace in the demo allows you to “cheat” and force the pivot without the proper body weight changes. I always have people start perpendicular to the hill and begin a side slip which transitions into the two skis pour in down the hill and finish with a hockey stop so the skis are once again perpendicular to the fall like but facing the opposite direction you started at. And no poles. Keep that upper body pointed down the fall line with hands up and forward in an athletic position. It encourages proper upper and lower body separation. Oh and watch your upper body on that corridor drill... I thought I saw it following the direction of your skis instead pointing down the fall line... haha

[@linnkirmis4116]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been trying to improve my flow and this helped me so much 😄

[@CarvSki]

You're so welcome!

[@normferguson2769]

Ski Patrol uses the short slip turns (a sort of Falling Leaf) to bring toboggans down the hill. If done right the toboggan goes straight down the fall line and the patient inside it gets a comfortable ride.

[@matteoscotto7289]

Great 2 simplex but effective drills... Thx

[@CarvSki]

Happy to hear you found these two drills useful Francesca!

[@dedgeroo4665]

Great tips, thanks. I skied Cervinia and Zermatt in 2017 and my technique was tip top at the finish... but then I missed a year. I skied Milky Way last year and my confidence was shot, I struggled and at the end of it all I pulled my calf quite badly. I was being too cautious. I'm hitting Deux Alpes and Alpes DHuez this year so I won't be making the same mistake, these videos (hopefully) will help.

[@CarvSki]

Hello Stephen, We are very happy to hear that tips have been useful to you! Having enough time on snow is clearly one of the best things you can do to keep your technique up to scratch. Have an epic time this season in France and we hope the drills help you out!

[@barryking6657]

I am no expert but as a coach I make my high school athletes work pivot slips every season to work edging, fore and aft balance, upper/lower body separation, and as an introduction to the "Falling Leaf" drill. Try doing this in a corridor. Try it on one ski. Even if only as a skill assessment tool for new racers and a reminder of some very important concepts for experienced racers this drill has its place and is good to keep in the toolbox. But don't take my word for it. Burke Mountain Academy has a great series of drill videos advocated and narrated by a young Burke Academy graduate by the name of Mikaela Shifrin. This drill is also part of the USSA Skills Quest evaluation. If this drill has a place in the world of alpine racing why would there be a disconnect with recreational skiing? It is important to put these drills in context for each individual we are instructing/coaching which is incredibly challenging to provide in a video format.

[@CarvSki]

Hey Barry, Thanks for the insightful comment! This is clearly a 'hot' topic for top end skiers and we think you make a great point. Have an awesome season.

[@rafaburdzy449]

Pivot slips are great

[@CarvSki]

Thanks for the feedback Rafal! Have a great winter ⛷️

[@adnanhajdarpasic5019]

Great tips thanks

[@CarvSki]

We're glad to hear these drills were useful! Have an awesome season.

[@adnanhajdarpasic5019]

@@CarvSki 🍻

[@BobbyHTTC]

Great tip & video. Are there any excercises/drills I could do at home or at the gym for the Pivot Slip?

[@CarvSki]

Hello Bobby, The Pivot slip can be easily mimicked off-snow to demonstrate the upper lower body separation movement. We also have a great blog article about pre-season/off-snow ski related exercises so feel free to have a read here: getcarv.com/blog/preseason-ski-workout There is fresh content on the way so stay posted!

[@serendipitylee6500]

@@CarvSki thank you this is very helpful :)

[@Freddyskins00]

Can the Carv data team program these and other drills into Carv. Like one ski drills etc. would this be possible?

[@CarvSki]

Hi Freddy 👋 Thanks for the comment! This is certainly possible. Do you have any recommendations for us?

[@karenkiene1229]

Super

[@beemo9]

Whew, i thought you were going to make us do this! 0:06

[@CarvSki]

Haha, We're not going to make you but you can definitely give it a shot! ;)

[@tainicon4639]

Fully commit! Take off one ski and leave it at the bottom of the hill. You only get down the hill of you have your weight forward and are engaging the tip of that ski haha. It’s a great drill to reset your skiing, and it’s so much fun to lead an army of 12 year olds on one ski down the hill. Makes everyone look at you in confusion haha

[@markharris9779]

Looks like Mammoth. Top of 5.

[@CarvSki]

Thanks for the comment Mark, If you are still wondering, this video was actually shot at Valle Nevado Ski Resort in Chile!

[@zbynekcodykolacek]

Valle Nevado

[@windsurfutah9260]

When did PSIA add level 4?

[@jamesdunn2214]

Officially PSIA didn't add level 4. Some refer to PSIA educational staff as level 4. There is no level 4.

[@RonBrylinski]

No snow this winter where I am in PA, maybe 2" total if you include one late fall storm. Snow falls have been dwindling year-by-year the last several years but I have never saw such little winter weather. Record warmth also. Many resorts will struggle to keep open in the future. In probably 10 years, skiing will be a thing of the past in the East unless you are in northern NY/New England. Enjoy the last of it! Luckily, we now have an indoor ski area near NYC. Thanks GOP and most of humanity for not listening to scientists, climatologists and Al Gore! It's very sad and makes me sick.

[@CarvSki]

It's been a very warm winter here in Austria this winter as well! We hope you guys at least get a good late season snowfall.

[@RonBrylinski]

@ Warmest January on record for the earth was 2020! Warmest decade ever recorded was 2010-2019. 65 degrees Farenheit in Anarctica! I wish it wasn't true either but sadly it is!

[@johnklaus9111]

drill 1 hurts my ankles... I know it's the right drill, but I can't... turn... that... far... so yeah.. limited ankle mobility is a thing...

[@glenscannell1215]

Previously known as the French term Bruhcarsh. May have misspelled that. I feel it is detrimental to experts skiing. Great for slipping a race course. Other wise useless

[@sucapizda]

Blue Mountain is not big enough for 5 short, 5 long and 5 short turns. Im not that lucky. Plus, there are drunken ski borders lying around like homeless people all over the place, and no hot chicks. Man, what kind of a place am I skiing at????

[@CarvSki]

Time for a change of scenery in the mountains Lucky Goose!

[@CECS1]

Blue is plenty big enough for these, and there's plenty of terrain to challenge pivot slips, like on Lazy Mile

[@sucapizda]

@@CECS1 Ya but what about the drunken snow borders and the lack of hot hot chics huh??? What about that??

[@CECS1]

@@sucapizda go midweek between 11 and 3...problem solved ;)

[@sucapizda]

@@CECS1 LOL, your a good sport. Will see you out there. Just look in the trees beside the trail and thats me in there looking for my skis after a yard sale. LOL..

[@rockinrollinntrollin616]

Pivot slips..lots of new skiers take lessons to STOP IT !!

[@skiwhh]

Pivot slips are a detriment to skiers who want to be advanced skiers. This video is totally misleading and wrong. If you want to stay at the intermediate level follow this advice.

[@CarvSki]

@@skiwhh Hey guys, We understand that there disagreement within the skiing community about the most effective drills. We have however found that many of our users and viewers find these videos and drills effective which is what we set out to achieve with this channel. I'm sorry you are not on the same page with this video but I am confident you will find our future content of value! Cheers, Carv Team

[@skiwhh]

@@CarvSki We appreciate the opportunity to point out where these videos are misleading the public to think the tips are effective. Open source, you are very progressive, thank you. I don't disagree that the movements here are being used and are taught, however if you want to study the science of human movement progressions this is dead-end advice for advanced skiing acquistion.

[@skiwhh]

@@CarvSki There is no disagreement the information here isn't based on a building platform that creates results for skiers. There are proper places for skiers to learn how to advance. This video isn't one of them.

[@agenthex]

The pivot slips shown are meant to isolate leg/body separation, which is an essential element of advanced skiing. They're not how anyone actually ski down the mountain, which is why it's called a drill. I know Harald Harb teaches direct-to-carve, which is certainly commendable, but it's not possible to carve without that separation. Of course, if someone already has just the right kind of athletic talent/ability, it's possible they can tip their feet or balance on their outside leg (a la Lito Tejada-Flores) or some other cue and have the rest fall in place. But if someone is missing other essential pieces, such as if they have stiff hips, or balance in any typically manner on their feet, drills to teach various underlying skills in isolation is necessary to move forward.

[@emidiobucci6066]

Una angolazione abnorme ( insignificante nella discesa) solo per.fare colpo ...di nulla

[@mickeyandlucy]

Pivot slips are one of the most useless drills. Once you've done one each way, and repeated correctly one time, you gain no benefit from doing any more. Some coaches have their skiers do a thousand...waste of time. The flaw with his short-medium-short arc drill is he doesn't tell how to correctly make the turn radius. If you tell us what to do, also tell us how to correctly do it.

[@CarvSki]

Hello Mickey, I'm sorry to hear you did not find these drills useful. However, we are very confident that there is a great number of skiers out there from all skill levels who do love these drills and find them useful to develop their skiing technique. It is our aim to provide useful skiing clips for the whole skiing community, so stay posted and we hope you will find value in our upcoming clips. Have a great season.

[@AkatarawaJapan]

Easy there, Tiger. There is plenty to learn from pivot slips. Try them on different slope angles, in varied terrain, on weird snow, with a tall stance versus small, on different skis, with a rapid pivot versus slow pivot, with different weight distribution, in poor visibility, wide stance versus narrow, with your boots unbuckled and so on.

[@mickeyandlucy]

@@CarvSki Yes, but...once one can reliably do pivot slips, there is no need to ever do another. There are better drills to improve whatever else needs improvement.

[@mickeyandlucy]

@@AkatarawaJapan OK, but...once one can do pivot slips in the conditions you describe, then move on. A great coaching technique is look for the Single Most Important Movement a skier needs to improve. Work on that until that is working, then look for and work on the next SMIM.

[@tyshantz8675]

I've been skiing for 35 years and will do these drills next time out. Chill out Mickey, he's giving out free lessons! 🍁

[@billboardprint]

Pointless waste of time

[@CarvSki]

Hey there, We're sorry you didn't find these drills useful. We are however very confident that the majority of our viewers have found this clip useful so far which is awesome. Hopefully, our upcoming clips are more useful to you! Have a great winter!

[@jamesdunn9714]

That is an opinion not shared by almost all that view this video including me.

[@kenkoellner9421]

cicko, post of video of you skiing and we'll compare it with Eric's skiing. I've skied with Eric in a clinic for three days and know how well he skis. I will have respect for your opinion when I see a video of you skiing better the Eric. GFL.