@EffortlessSkiing - I'm still reading! I think I find it hard to translate words into physical actions (especially
moving physical actions. Every sentence makes sense, but when I read that, for example, "the skier rotates his upper torso to the left and simultaneously moves his left (outside) shoulder down. . . . To allow the shoulder to move down, the skier bends his body to the left. " Add some commentary about which direction the skis are pointing, and I am already lost! I have to continually refer back to the pictures, then the text, and often look at a YouTube video of great carving. I think it's something about how my mind works.
I found, after struggling with the text, that I found it helpful to stand in front of a mirror and try to imagine what the movements felt like (all the while with my phone/the book in my hand!). Or to stand up and follow along with the text, making each movement as it was described. Hard to do on the floor, although I couldn't read the text while skiing downhill!
The very best part of this was that the sense of control was so great, that I was skiing faster and completely confident! This is a very new feeling for me on skis! One day I was skiing while trying to mildly tip my skis on edge, and a week later I was carving!
Feeling in control is wonderful!
Are you reading,
@fgor ? <grin>