Michael Rogan – How to Break Through

If you’re tired of being stuck in a rut and not having the confidence or skills needed to conquer the whole mountain, you’re not alone. SKI Magazine’s online video course How to Break Through will teach you the skills to confidently handle anything the mountain throws at you. SKI and the Professional Ski Instructors of America’s teamed up to have the best teachers on snow show you how to tackle bumps, carve like a racer, become confident in the steeps, and smoothly transition across all types of terrain. This nine-part course will give you the know-how and assurance to ski the entire mountain.

You’ll learn how to break through any skiing plateau as a confident, advanced skier while avoiding common mistakes intermediate skiers make. SKI and PSIA instructors will provide you with a strong foundation of skiing skills, techniques and drills so you can read the whole mountain and handle all kinds of terrain.

How This Course Works

You can take this course at your own pace. You’ll learn through a variety of interactive formats, including video instruction, photo presentations, and more. Each lesson builds on the previous lesson, and while we’ve designed the course to be nine weeks long, you can take it as quickly or slowly as you want. Plus, once you’ve enrolled in the course, the lessons are yours forever. You can go back and refresh your technique at any time. Join us and have your best season ever.

Syllabus:

Section 1: Developing Parallel Turns

• How to control your edge
• Yard sale recovery
• Skiing switch
• Test your balance

Section 2: Making Turns Exciting

• Outside ski
• Lifting ski
• Side slipping
• Turn shapes
• Good form

Section 3: Using Ski Poles

• Stabilizing your upper body
• Pole plants
• Transitions

Section 4: Making Short Turns

• Lower and upper body separation
• Ski drills

Section 5: Carving

• How to use your skis’ design
• Edging drills
• Patience
• Going fast and tucking

Section 6: Heading Off Trail

• Going beyond groomers
• Distributing your weight
• How to absorb terrain and snow conditions

Section 7: Skiing Bumps

• How to love bumps
• Linking turns
• How to make short turns
• Flexion and extension
• Where to plant your pole
• How to steer

Section 8: Being an Athletic Skier

• How to be a great skier
• Turning fast
• Jumping and stepping through turns
• Hockey stops
• Rhythm changes
• The mountain playground

Section 9: Skiing the Mountain

• How to read the mountain
• Aspect and terrain
• Snow conditions and crud
• Fall-line