I have just published a new instructional called Coaching Taka.
In this new video you will be able to follow the progress of my friend Takahiro Yamagami over the last five years.
You will be able to see what goals we set, what I showed him in my analysis and how we worked on it.
Rather than just hearing the theory you will be able to see what feedback I am giving him and what the outcome is.
I hope that you can relate to a lot of the things we worked on and that this will also be helpful for your own skiing.
Taka is a great example of a skier that never stops to work on his turns and he shows us that there is no limit to getting better if you have the right attitude.
Additional videos will be added during this season and customers can join in and ask question in the member area.
The goal is to make this first of its kind instructional an interactive experience that will help you in your work on your medium radius carved turns.
It would be great if you would join the team. Purchase through the video below or here.
See you in the member area!
Great new video of coaching Taka. What can a skier do to actively bring his body more forward when preparing for the new turn, other than leveraging the rebound effect from the last turn?
Hi Jeroen, thank you for your feedback! There are a few different things that we focus on to help skiers be able to get more in the middle and not get a little further back with every turn. One of the big ones is to be able to control and finish the turn better. If the skis run away from you at the end you will struggle to get back on top of them. The better we are in balancing over the outside and finishing the turn, the easier it will be to let ourselves fall down the hill, crossing over into the new turn to start the next one. I will give you the full answer in the member area. Greets, Klaus https://sofaski.com/member-area/
Not that you asked, but since I have already been studying your work with Taka, and have been able to experience your work now first hand, I wanted to give you my feedback to your questions, as they absolutely apply to me and my pursuit of being a stronger skier. Mammoth snow, as you know, can be forgiving and can allow people, like me, to get away with improper techniques. We tend to ride wider skiers in softer snow, and people like me can still ski. Much like what I saw with Taka. And I couldn’t be more excited as everything I saw in your training him is everything that you were working with me on. My reason for commenting here is that what I know to be flaws that I am able to get away with, mostly because of where I ski, is limiting my ability to be a stronger, more versatile skier. Every reason why I told you that I want to improve my overall platform and ability to make a proper turn, not just when conditions are good, and skiing is easy, but more for when things get spicy. Like building a house. I have a good looking second floor, when it is sunny and no wind, but the foundation is weak and could be blown over when it gets stormy. That isn’t any good!! Ha! I know that if I can make my turns solid on hard, fast snow, they will definitely be there for me when things get soft, or, maybe more importantly, allow me to ski and have fun in variable, even manky snow. That’s what I want! That’s what you gave Taka, and in the process of giving me!
Thanks man!
Thank you Kevan! It was a pleasure to train with you! 🙂 I love your first floor second floor analogy! Hope to see you again soon! Klaus