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
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
Photo: Hintertux in May The amazing Snoworks Spring Ski Skills Extravaganza has been running for the past 15 years. April and May are renowned for late season snow and Hintertux never disappoints. The skiing is awesome, the coaching ground breaking, the hotel extremely pleasant and the apres ski! Need we say more? The village of...Read More
Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses talks about one of the lesser known skills of skiing, twisting. It still amazes me how many skiers have never heard of twisting skis. The ability to twist your skis is akin to using the handlebars on your bike, the steering wheel on your car, the rudder on...Read More
YOU WILL GET BAD VISIBILITY I remember fondly one of my favourite films featuring Dudley Moore as an advertising agent who is fed up of pulling the wool over people’s eyes and decides to level with the public and tell them exactly ‘how it is’. His bosses all think he has gone crazy but somehow...Read More
Why do thousands, if not millions of skiers around the world develop learning plateaus, unable to progress no matter how many times they sign up for ski school.Read More
Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks talks about the art of learning from mistakes. As young kids we just ‘had a go’. We did not pre-judge the outcome of what we were about to do. We made mistake after mistake after mistake and we learnt fast. This cycle of making so-called mistakes went on and on...Read More
