• Practice Hockey stops before you try this exercise.

This exercise is done with a quick pivoting action of the feet and legs--skis held on the snow throughout.

Begin a straight run down the flow line with the skis hip width apart, all your joints flexed comfortably and your weight evenly distributed between your skis and along the arches of your feet. Maintain light contact with the front of your boots.

Stand tall and then rapidly retract your legs--as they become light, quickly pivot both feet to one direction.

• Keep the upper body facing straight down the hill!

This action will bring the skis into a sideways slip down the flow line.

• The upper body should continue in the same direction--down the flow line.

Slip for a moment like this, then extend and pivot your skis back to point them straight down the flow line.

Straight run for a moment, then pivot the skis in the other direction, keeping the upper body facing down the flow line.

Try this a number of times with a straight run between side slips.

Finally, take the straight run out of the sequence. Pivot the skis continuously from one direction to the other, while slipping down the flow line.

• As you become more comfortable, try pivoting from side to side without using much retraction.

Tips:

• Keep your eyes and upper body focused on a target down the flow line.
• Stay loose and flexed with light contact between your shins and the tongues of your boots--stay in the Sweet spot.
• Work both skis equally in the pivot.

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