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Rick Schnellmann coaches and mentors skiiers from all around the world. We welcome questions from skiiers of all levels trying to improve their on-snow performance. All questions sent via our Contact Page are answered by return Email. Those of wider interest may be published here. If you do not wish your question to be published please advise when sending it.
Why Would You Ski Rotated?
Question: Rotation is frowned upon technically. Why would I ever want to ski rotated? Valerie ...
Best Transition To Ski Into Counter?
Question: Is a pelvic shift required in ILE? Would OLR be preferred transition? Does Inside Leg...
How To Pelvic Shift If Skiing Into Counter?
Question: When should a pelvic shift be done? While skiing into counter, when do we start to...
How Does Pelvic Shift Connect To Tip Lead?
Question: Does pelvic shift create a tip lead? Do we create a leading ski while performing pelvic...
Skiing Into Counter versus Passive Counter
Question: Create early counter or ski into counter? When do I want to passively ski into counter,...
When To Use Counter Rotation in Skiing?
Question: What purpose does counter rotation serve? What situations while skiing the Whole...
How to do 180 Degree Sideslip Drill?
Question: How Do I Do The Slow Pivot in 180 Degree Sideslips? In 180 sideslip drill, how do you...
Skiing Square and Knee Angulation
Question: Is square skiing a knee risk? If square skiing requires more knee angulation, should...
When Do We Ski Countered?
Question: What is the best rotational state when skiing? When do we ski countered and when...
Should I Lift My Ski Bindings?
Question: Do you lift your bindings? Are your bindings lifted? Do you recommend to lift bindings...
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