Ski Instruction next time or not????

Ian Wickham wrote:We all have limitations of what we can achieve e.g. I will never be able to ski with my skis together as my bandy legs will not allow me to do this, no matter what the others say they
All look and make comparisons between them selves and other skiers, what else do you do on a chair lift for two or three minutes.

Straight question Wickers. Why would you want to ski with your legs together, what would that signify as an unattainable achievement?

Pablo Escobar wrote:

AllyG wrote:I suppose it depends if Pablo is talking about skiers who have been ski-ing for years, think they're really great, but have a number of bad habits they don't know about

This^

I know I have plenty of bad habits too, I just can't afford lessons to fix them ;)

Pablo,
I think the difference is that you know what your bad habits/weak points are - because you've had plenty of lessons really - it's fixing them that's the problem (or at least it is with me, and I would guess we're all the same with this).
The total beginner doesn't think in terms of weak points or bad habits - they're just trying to stop and turn without falling over (which is quite enough to start with).
But as we progress we discover (or our instructor does) more and more errors, or faults, so that conversely, as we improve we become more aware of our mistakes.
I could fill several pages with the faults I know I have in my ski-ing, and I would think so could an Olympic level skier (because no-one is perfect).

If I was trying to teach someone to ski I'd have to say - 'do it like this, but lean more than me, or do it like that woman over there' or something, because I feel I'm simply not good enough to teach anyone to ski.

What would worry me, is if a beginner skier was being taught by someone who thinks they're really good, but isn't aware of their own errors, and hence passes them on to their pupil.

And I think there is always more we could all learn, to improve our ski-ing, whether we learn it on our own out on the slopes, from a more-skilled friend, or from an instructor :D

Ally

I agree with the crowd here. Better take a week or two of practices to master skiing techniques. For your next trip, choose a ski resort which has an easy terrain for you.