BackCountryGirl
Angel Diva
By special request of @MissySki, here is a thread for folks to post their warm-ups.
I usually warm-up (quite literally) with a bundle of GS gates or a bag of slalom stubbies on my shoulder. But once I'm done setting, I'll do a quick run and do:
1. Slow speed shuffle turns. My shuffles aren't too big or too fast, and I focus on keeping my COM moving with my skis. If you try this and find that you can't shuffle in the fall-line or apex, it usually means your skis are ahead of you and you're in the back seat.
2. Pivot slips in both directions. But before I do them, I do this Skills Quest thing that I do with my kids which is a straight run, to a pivot, to a side slip, to a hockey stop with a pole touch. The idea is to stay in a corridor and not move off center (i.e., not drift forward or back after the stop).
My mountain has a ton of flat traverses and unless I'm doing a specific drill, I always practice railroad track turns.
I usually warm-up (quite literally) with a bundle of GS gates or a bag of slalom stubbies on my shoulder. But once I'm done setting, I'll do a quick run and do:
1. Slow speed shuffle turns. My shuffles aren't too big or too fast, and I focus on keeping my COM moving with my skis. If you try this and find that you can't shuffle in the fall-line or apex, it usually means your skis are ahead of you and you're in the back seat.
2. Pivot slips in both directions. But before I do them, I do this Skills Quest thing that I do with my kids which is a straight run, to a pivot, to a side slip, to a hockey stop with a pole touch. The idea is to stay in a corridor and not move off center (i.e., not drift forward or back after the stop).
My mountain has a ton of flat traverses and unless I'm doing a specific drill, I always practice railroad track turns.