JimG.
New member
While I don't like negative threads, it's hard to talk about ski teaching without discussing bad habits. Now it's possible that some of the skiing gods out there don't have any (or think they don't), but most skiers seem to have at least one bad habit they would like to break.
For me, it's not keeping my head up and looking as far down the fall line as possible. While I've gotten better with practice, I still find the need to take my goggles and pull them down over my head so that the goggles are down under my chin and I can't look straight down. I've even gone so far as to use a neck brace to limit my ability to look at the ground.
Interestingly, this bad habit disappears in the spring when there are lots of bumps. Looking down at your ski tips while skiing a big bump line is like asking for a yard sale, so the fear of wrecking makes me look up and down the hill, not down at my feet.
Anyone else care to share?
For me, it's not keeping my head up and looking as far down the fall line as possible. While I've gotten better with practice, I still find the need to take my goggles and pull them down over my head so that the goggles are down under my chin and I can't look straight down. I've even gone so far as to use a neck brace to limit my ability to look at the ground.
Interestingly, this bad habit disappears in the spring when there are lots of bumps. Looking down at your ski tips while skiing a big bump line is like asking for a yard sale, so the fear of wrecking makes me look up and down the hill, not down at my feet.
Anyone else care to share?