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The same velocity on a normal piste would have your pants running away in terror.
Martin Jeffries
Tignes, Race
Read Martin's full article as appeared in 'Ski & Board' Magazine
Have you ever thought of race training for fun? The speed, the excitement, the challenge! If you are really determined to improve your skiing then there is no better way than to take a week pre-season and get stuck into the gates.
Race training develops the skills of skiing like no other discipline in skiing... and you don't have to be a world cup racer. From our level 4 upwards as long as you like a bit of speed then you will love race training.
There are things that you will be formally taught on a race training course. Using your edges to steer, adjusting the'edge angle' to vary the radius of the turn, controlling pressure to increase or decrease speed and selecting a line.
To find out more about the 'edging skill' and 'how to adjust it' order the 'Snoworks Ultimate All Terrain and Ultimate Control' dvd's.
But a great amount of learning will come from what we call 'output oriented learning'. As your mind is taken up with steering your skis through the gates, your subconscious is taken up with the 'real' job of improving your skiing. All the adjustments needed to control your skis accurately are learnt at a subconscious level. A bit like a child learning to walk. Imagine how a child would walk if we taught them! They would look like a robot trying to mimic the instructor. Ring any bells? With 'output oriented learning' you move in order to achieve something resulting in completely natural looking skiing. You'll improve more then you have ever done in the past and you wont even know how.
....and at the end of the week, 'Race Day'. A chance to pit your skills against the course and yourself. Great fun and the only people that take it seriously are our instructors! and yes Emma our 4 time Olympian and snoworks instructor normally wins (we let her).
Nov 17th - 24th - The Snoworks Race
If you fancy taking it seriously head out to Tignes for our annual 'Snoworks Race' up to 60 people head to head. Training as per normal during the week with extra races thrown in. Including a `Triple Slalom' and on Friday the 'Big Race'. A two run Giant Slalom. Pure Adrenalin.
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