...My plan for Monday is to warm up and establish my form, then go to the problem trail and start to work ... 3 turns with proper form, no more. Did it? Good. 3 more. Did it? Good. All the way down that short trail. Then maybe I'll go to 4 turns per set. Etc. Until I ski that trail properly without stopping. My goal is for that to all happen on Monday.
Then I'll move to the other trail that wrecks my form and follow the same process....
Sounds good to me! If it's working to do three turns with the last turn bringing you to a stop, that's great. Is that what you are doing? If yes, that's a great way to progress on new, more challenging terrain.
Or are you doing three turns, maybe at speed, then using a hockey stop? If yes, alter what you are doing so that each turn brings you almost to a stop, then use the last turn to stop. Pointing your tips a wee bit uphill will do the trick. Some people prefer to think about this as pointing their tails a wee bit downhill.
The goal for progress onto more challenging terrain is almost always to go slow with each turn, so that one does not gain speed. If you can go slow enough to smoothly come to a stop without resorting to a hockey stop, then you can always start going a bit faster, then faster, then faster. The skier who can slow down on command is the skier who can go fast safely and with confidence.
That slow travel will eliminate the fear and help stop the skier's cautious body from leaning uphill or back on the tails.
There are many benefits of slow travel when working on mastering a new technique or new terrain.
--Momentum is reduced. Falls will place the skier on the snow with less speed and less force.
--Since momentum is reduced, whether or not one is controlling technique well is more obvious.
--Slow speed gives one more time to focus on what's going on. The skier can be less reactive and more proactive.
--Going slow without the aid of momentum is a challenge in itself. Consider it a high-level skill, like doing a track stand on a bicycle.