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
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
Have you hit a plateau in your skiing? Do you struggle in some snow conditions but not others, find certain terrain tricky, whilst other terrain easy? Do you have good days and bad days? Do you find any of the following conditions difficult; bumps, ice, narrow paths, steep terrain, deep snow, slush and bad visibility?...Read More
Imagine whichever instructor you have you can learn something. Imagine every run you take and every turn you make you can learn something. Imagine being able to discover things for yourself, create learning and improve more or less all the time you are on skis. Imagine being able to use every instructor to your advantage....Read More
Where’s Your Focus? Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses talks about the importance of focus. “The future is a mystery, the past is history, now is a gift, that’s why it’s called the present” A great quote and one that I constantly use when teaching all-mountain skiing. Focus, or more commonly known as concentration,...Read More
