• Use one-ski skiing to center yourself and utilize the turning mechanics of the leg for turns in both directions.

Try this exercise to train the muscles of the inside leg and foot to turn the ski without using any gross upper body movement to help redirect the ski.

Begin in a diagonal traverse with all joints flexed comfortably and your upper body facing slightly down the hill.

Lift the uphill/outside ski completely off the snow. Flex slightly the leg you are standing on and then extend it, projecting your upper body slightly down the hill. Carefully maintain balance and enter the turn utilizing only the foot and leg you are standing on--do a loong turn!

Stay on that inside ski to shape the turn and then, when you cross the flow line, switch to the other leg.

• Make sure that you switch to stand on the downhill/inside foot before the skis enter the flow line.

Tips:

• Your upper body must face slightly down the flow line at the point that you switch.
• Move your center of mass down the hill to help move you into the turn.
• Try to stay centered over your foot. In two-footed turns, you've noticed that your body will cross over your skis down the flow line and into the turn. But, in this drill, because you're using only the inside ski, the body will remain pretty much over the ski. Stay in the Sweet spot!

Print this out for future reference and remember to have fun!