Hi fellow skibums, just found out about this site, and I am so glad I did! This looks like the perfect environment to take one's skiing to the next level.
Would love to hear some tips on how to improve my skiing. I'm a die hard ski addict, and have learned movements mostly by myself. I haven't had the chance to hit the snow this year, but this year I 1) want to use Shiffrin and Hirscher as rolemodels for my slalom skiing, and 2) want to get better at GS. I don't know if it has to do with my angulation or ski length/radius (I use Elan SLX), but whenever I do GS, I feel like I 1) can't keep the pressure through the turn without digging too deep into the snow with the edges, 2) can't get my hips inside the turn, and 3) feel that if I release pressure, the skiis will shoot forward so fast my upper body won't keep up.
I suspect a lot of this has to do with using slalom skiis for GS turns, but I also think I need to learn how to angulate my body at higher speeds / forces (i.e.: flexing inside knee, getting outside knee to the inside booth, hips inside the turn) and time when to apply pressure. If you have any good drills for this, I would love to hear it.
The video was taken during my first skiing day of the year. I only regret that I didn't get to record my improvement during the weeks (we were two weeks in the Alps), so that I could record the differences I in my skiing (less upper body movement, better at pulling my feet up toward my upper body during the transition phase, better control of the back and front edges to control the radius of the turn, and controlling the speed all the way down a steep hill).