“We’ve done the drills, let’s go and play the game!”, yelled Lee Townend, our Snoworks Instructor, as he led us to the top of a beautiful off piste itinerary below the Hintertux Glacier in the Austrian Tyrol. We followed Lee, skiing on lovely spring corn snow, as he led us down a spectacular natural bowl...Read More
Ski Messy – how does embracing disorder assist in improving one’s skiing skills? The logic is simple: skiing is, by nature, is a chaotic sport. The learning journey itself is often turbulent, filled with peaks and troughs, erratic paths, and unpredictable outcomes. Many of us picture learning as a seamless climb; an instructor provides the...Read More
As well as being a game-changer for the intermediate skier. Skiing is probably one of the most ‘open’ and dynamic sports there is, yet somewhat alarmingly, much of the ski teaching industry has built its understanding and foundations of teaching skiing on a ‘closed’ sports methodology.Read More
Phil Smith, Snoworks Director, discusses how to get the most out of every skiing day, every run, every change of direction. Whatever the weather, whatever the snow, whatever the terrain, whatever your level.Read More
Phil Smith, director of Snoworks discusses this one statement that can transform your skiing and reflects on his own experience. YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE Ski instructors are probably the number one reason why people do not improve, yep it can be true, along with friends, relatives, colleagues, other people and of course yourself. Don’t...Read More
We often get asked what is the balance between instruction/coaching on Snoworks courses and guiding? Our ski course programme bridges exactly this gap and balances guiding and instruction/coaching superbly for each individual, their experience, level and goals. Skiers come on Snoworks courses for different reasons. For some it’s developing their skiing to be able to...Read More
Many skiers struggle to improve their skiing no matter how many lessons they take, but with these 5 simple non-technical tips it can be easier to improve than you ever thought possible with results that are immediate and profound. Don’t believe me? It’s true. Check out our customer reviews. TIP NUMBER 1 – ‘YOU ARE...Read More
Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses discusses the importance of being free with your movements and the concept of The Movement Matrix which can help you to develop exercises and drills to help movement. 10 minute read. So you want to improve? Ski better than you’ve ever skied before? It’s time to move. Literally...Read More
Phil Smith, director of Snoworks, talks about the one thing that very few skiers know about but everyone uses – Snow Displacement. If you’ve been on a Snoworks course you will know all about Snow Displacement. Snow Displacement is exactly that, moving snow. It is the holy grail of skiing. But nobody really talks about...Read More
