On the 9th of January I started a new activity project.
I have been skiing for a long time however I am more experienced with free ride rather than on the piste. I have also never skied with a ski instructor apart from last year's ski camp. This ski camp my goals were:
1.) To keep my hands up front at all times
2.) Keep legs wider apart when doing slalom
A posture for free riding is to lean back more instead of forward like on the piste. This is why I usually have a more "relaxed" posture and tend to keep my hands low and by my sides instead of upfront.
For the first two days, we were arranged in groups and I was placed in the black group with more or less 12 kids. Later on we skied just to get used to it in the beginning instead of improving everything right away. This took place in Folgarida.
On the third day, we skied with the whole group at Madonna di Campiglio next to Pinzolo. For the next two days we skied with snowboarders which was quite challenging at first because we had to keep a distance between them but later on we had lots of fun. We also did some fun exercises which are called "cukierki" in polish. These require us to pair up with a partner, extend your ski poles to your partner while holding your own and your partners. Next, with your partner, you go around in circles down a gentle slope while holding on to your partner. These exercises were not only fun but allowed us to improve our coordination and balance on skis.
Our skiing on the fourth day took place in Grosté where we skied at a snow park 3 times. I improved my jumping skills then. Whenever a jump w, as coming up, I made sure to "bounce off" the jump in order to give myself a bigger 'boost' and more acceleration.
We also practiced our short turns (śmigi). Wojtek, who was our instructor, advised us to minimize our rotation of the upper body and facing forward, allowing the lower part of the body do the rest.
According to Wojtek, I did not have to improve much of my short turns.
Lastly, we worked on our carving but this time we skied without our ski poles. This was tricky at first and I almost fell (twice) but later on I got the hang of it and did it with no problem. Wojtek explained that this exercise allowed us to improve our stability and position for carving, to lower ourselves and dig our knees in deeper to the side.
Unfortunately, our stay in Pejo was short for it was affected by the bad visibility therefore we did not go all the way up to 3000m. However, we practiced our slaloms once again and Wojtek assessed our skiing for CAS. I of course, keeping in mind to keep my hands in front and distance my legs, passed his assessment.
Our last day of ski camp was spent in Marilleva where we skied for 3 hours. There was no reason in doing any exercises therefore we skied with snowboarders and goofed around with "cukierki".
Although I have completed my goal during ski camp, I will still in the future ski a couple of times to make sure that I stick with my goal. Like I mentioned before, I tend to forget about my posture when skiing on the piste and leave my hands 'hanging' by my sides.
I have been skiing for a long time however I am more experienced with free ride rather than on the piste. I have also never skied with a ski instructor apart from last year's ski camp. This ski camp my goals were:
1.) To keep my hands up front at all times
2.) Keep legs wider apart when doing slalom
A posture for free riding is to lean back more instead of forward like on the piste. This is why I usually have a more "relaxed" posture and tend to keep my hands low and by my sides instead of upfront.
For the first two days, we were arranged in groups and I was placed in the black group with more or less 12 kids. Later on we skied just to get used to it in the beginning instead of improving everything right away. This took place in Folgarida.
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| Agata, Joanna and Ania in a gondola at Madonna di Campiglio |
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| Emma, Ania, Agata, Sonia and Maja skiing at Folgarida |
Our skiing on the fourth day took place in Grosté where we skied at a snow park 3 times. I improved my jumping skills then. Whenever a jump w, as coming up, I made sure to "bounce off" the jump in order to give myself a bigger 'boost' and more acceleration.
We also practiced our short turns (śmigi). Wojtek, who was our instructor, advised us to minimize our rotation of the upper body and facing forward, allowing the lower part of the body do the rest.
According to Wojtek, I did not have to improve much of my short turns.
Lastly, we worked on our carving but this time we skied without our ski poles. This was tricky at first and I almost fell (twice) but later on I got the hang of it and did it with no problem. Wojtek explained that this exercise allowed us to improve our stability and position for carving, to lower ourselves and dig our knees in deeper to the side.
Unfortunately, our stay in Pejo was short for it was affected by the bad visibility therefore we did not go all the way up to 3000m. However, we practiced our slaloms once again and Wojtek assessed our skiing for CAS. I of course, keeping in mind to keep my hands in front and distance my legs, passed his assessment.
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| As you can see in this video, I am keeping my hands up and in the front, however my knees are touching when they shouldn't. |
Our last day of ski camp was spent in Marilleva where we skied for 3 hours. There was no reason in doing any exercises therefore we skied with snowboarders and goofed around with "cukierki".
Although I have completed my goal during ski camp, I will still in the future ski a couple of times to make sure that I stick with my goal. Like I mentioned before, I tend to forget about my posture when skiing on the piste and leave my hands 'hanging' by my sides.
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