Hi Ladies,
I picked skiing back up about 10 years ago, going about 1 week per year. Then had the fortune to spend part of a winter living near the ski resort and teaching beginning skiing.
I did ok that year and progress to a confident skier on most blue terrain. But still not good enough to pass my Level 1 exam due to the bumps.
Now each year, the first few days of getting the season going it’s like I’m completely starting from scratch. Plus my husband went from 0- never seeing snow to all mountain snow boarder in 3 seasons. He is frustrated that I can’t keep up and can’t seem to improve. Most of the time he is supportive, as he is a snowboard instructor, but it always degrades into us stuck on some run with me in tears, skiing in the backseat, after he can critiqued every turn. Not good.
Do any of you know of people that just can’t ski. Maybe I’ll never be a good skier, or maybe now it’s all the pressure.
My stradegy is to go back to basics. Get on the Easy greens and re program my brain to have the proper stance and relaxed legs. Then I naturally want more speed and steepness as I feel more comfortable.
But my husband is convinced that my fear needs to be confronted and conquered and that I’m not pushing myself hard enough.
Any advice?
It seems like the way it’s going I’m going to be back skiing the magic carpet soon.
I look forward to your advice, thank you!
I picked skiing back up about 10 years ago, going about 1 week per year. Then had the fortune to spend part of a winter living near the ski resort and teaching beginning skiing.
I did ok that year and progress to a confident skier on most blue terrain. But still not good enough to pass my Level 1 exam due to the bumps.
Now each year, the first few days of getting the season going it’s like I’m completely starting from scratch. Plus my husband went from 0- never seeing snow to all mountain snow boarder in 3 seasons. He is frustrated that I can’t keep up and can’t seem to improve. Most of the time he is supportive, as he is a snowboard instructor, but it always degrades into us stuck on some run with me in tears, skiing in the backseat, after he can critiqued every turn. Not good.
Do any of you know of people that just can’t ski. Maybe I’ll never be a good skier, or maybe now it’s all the pressure.
My stradegy is to go back to basics. Get on the Easy greens and re program my brain to have the proper stance and relaxed legs. Then I naturally want more speed and steepness as I feel more comfortable.
But my husband is convinced that my fear needs to be confronted and conquered and that I’m not pushing myself hard enough.
Any advice?
It seems like the way it’s going I’m going to be back skiing the magic carpet soon.
I look forward to your advice, thank you!