Skill Drills

Skill Drills
Here are a list of ideas which you can use to help improve your skiing.  Please note these are suggestions and we welcome feedback.  We are used the NZSIA terminology with regards to the Four Movements above, but they can just as easily be translated across to help with your understanding such as lateral/edging, rotational/steering etc.  You might like to consider using Static/Active/Complex & using the DIRRT Model (duration/intensity/rate/range/timing) and play with these drills.

Fore & Aft Drills

Jumping – Jump up vertically and land in a balanced position to challenge Fore & Aft, Lateral, Vertical movements

1000 Steps Turns – Shifting weight from one ski to the other while turning

SnoweLab Shuffle – While skiing the feet a shuffled back and forward 
Ultra Slow over bump terrain
Ski Switch

Rotational Drills

Javelin Turns – lifting the inside ski at the start of the turn, while the outside ski is steered underneath the inside ski

Linked Pivot Slips – side slipping and then turning the legs under the body and slipping in the other direction
Speiss Turns – while facing across the hill, jump up and turn the skis in the air and land in the opposite direction 

Lateral Drills
Railway tracks – using the legs to tip the ski on its edge while going in a straight line and letting the side cut of the ski make a small direction change while staying within a corridor
One Ski – lifting one ski up and balancing on the other ski, then swapping over
White Pass Turns – finishing the turn completely balanced on the outside ski and starts the new turn while still balanced on the same ski, the new outside ski is created in the fall line
Outrigger Turns

Vertical Drills
Jumping – Jump up vertically and land in a balanced position

Timing Drills
Edge Change with Flexion – flexing the ankles, knees and hips while moving through the transition and extending while shaping the turn
Full Range of Movement – extending through the initiation and flexing through he shaping or control phase.

Other
Cowboy Turns
Pain in the S Turns

Fore & Aft
Drills that are designed to work along the length of the ski

Rotational
Drills to help develop rotational skills

Lateral
Drills for edging and lateral movements of the body

Vertical
Drills to help with flexion and extension movements