Fundamentals of skiing
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You hear talk all the time that the best and brightest of any sport always go back and practice the fundamentals, over and over again... so, what are these fundamentals of skiing? Are they movements? Are they skills? What are they?
Instead of trying to classify them, we will list here all the basics of skiing: they are movements, skills, principles, techniques etc:
- Counterbalancing
- Angulation
- High-C
- Separation
- Transition
- Release
- Retraction release
- Flexing
- Tipping
- Carving
- Calm upper body
- Inversion and eversion
- Balance
- Recentering
- Floating
- Counteraction
- Fore-aft
- Flexed release
- Feathering the edges
- Flexing and extending
- Pressure
- Speed control
- Expert skiing
- Alignment
- Stance
- Weight transfer
- Foot Tipping
- Coiling
One attempt at classifying them is in the Ski technique.
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