Technique & Tactics
The following links to online instructional video are organized by subject matter. Some videos will be listed multiple times because they cover multiple themes and topics. Use these videos to understand each of the fundamentals more deeply and to help you prioritize and set your skiing improvement goals. Be sure to watch these videos multiple times in order to understand the concepts and drills, then try them out on the hill. Re-watch the videos after trying out the exercises on the hill and see if you can deepen your understanding further. Repeat. Good luck.
Click a Fundamental on the Pyramid To Access Training Resources:
*Shortest Line section contains videos of elite athletes skiing courses
Memorize This! US Ski Team: Fundamental Skills Pyramid
- Memorize the US Ski Team Fundamentals Pyramid.
- Understand and execute the technical skills that constitute each block of the pyramid--you are learning these in practice.
- Know and utilize two to three free skiing drills that develop the fundamental skills of the pyramid--you are performing these in practice.
Balance & Athletic Stance
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Deb Armstrong: Body, Hip Alignment in Alpine Skiing
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Deb Armstrong: Early Season Skills
Demonstrations of four balance drills: skating; straight run to side slip to edge set; whirlybirds; backwards wedge turns. |
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Slalom Stance and Balance
BMA: One Ski Drill
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Deb Armstrong: Hips and Alignment in Alpine Skiing
USSS Videos
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Upper Body Discipline
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Prayer/Palms Together Drill
Deb Armstrong: Pole Plants and Upper Body Control
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US Ski and Snowboard: Outrigger Drill
USSS Videos
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Outside Ski to Outside Ski
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US Ski and Snowboard: Basic Outside Ski Turns
Deb Armstrong: Teaching Hop Turns to Kids
Deb Armstrong: How to do Hop Turns
Deb Armstrong: Fore After Foot to Foot Skiing Part II
BMA: Weight Outside Ski Tip Down
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US Ski and Snowboard: Outside Ski Hop Turns
US Ski and Snowboard: Hop Turns
Deb Armstrong: Fore Aft Skiing, Foot to Foot
BMA: Outside Edge to Outside Edge
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Early Lower Leg Activation
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BMA: Garlands
USSS Videos
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BMA: Norwegian Drill
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Ski-Snow Contact
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BMA: Get Over It Drill
USSS Videos
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The Transition
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Pole Usage
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US Ski and Snowboard: Double Pole Plant
BMA: Forward Double Pole Plant
USSS Videos
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Deb Armstrong: How to Pole Plant
BMA: Forward Single Pole Plant
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The Transition (Clean Skis)
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The Transition
USSS Videos
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BMA: The Swiss Drill
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Carving Technique (Pressure in the Fall Line)
TDK Ski Racing: 3 Levels of Carving
Elite Athletes Skiing Gates
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Mikaela Shiffrin Skis Slalom After Injury
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Mikaela Shiffrin Slalom Training
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Elite Athletes Freeskiing
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World Cup Ski Racers Freeskiing 10
Mikaela Shiffrin Freeskis After Injury
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World Cup Ski Racers Freeskiing 11
Marcel Hirscher Freeskiing
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Fixing Technique Problems
TDK: How to Rid an A-Frame
Tactics
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TDK Ski Racing: 3 Must Know Components of Line Selection
USSS Videos:
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The Transition
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Visit Burke Mountain Academy to see all their instructional videos.
Visit Deb Armstrong's YouTube Channel to see all her instructional videos.
Visit Deb Armstrong's YouTube Channel to see all her instructional videos.