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One of the keys for doing shorter turns on a steeper slope is getting your feet in the right spots before you start the turns. And the reason for that is you have to be in balance before you start the turn, especially on a steeper slope, and the way you get in balance is you get your feet in the right spot relative to the rest of your body. And the right spot for a lot of skiers is a little farther forward then they're use to, and that's because the slope is steep you got to get your feet a little farther down the hill in order to keep the weight on top of them.
Now just think about this for a second, when the slope gets steep, quite often I see skiers freak out a little bit. They push forward because the want to dig the skies in, ok that's fine you can dig them in for a moment, then if you want to start the next turn you've got to be in balance. If you try to start the turn from this position, I bet you you're going to be too far forward, the weight is too much on the shovel.
What you want to do instead, is move your feet to about here (pic 1) at the end of the turn - not here. (pic 2)
Now don't get me wrong it's good to press forwards at some point in the turn, but after that, you've got to be in balance. Its more like thinking that your on the end of a diving board, you get your feet out there so your in perfect balance, and you make your move into your new turn.
If you ski steeper slopes you have to have your feet in the right spots before you start the turn. More generally get your feet out in front of you, just a little bit more on a steeper slope, you'll have better balance.
So the point of this again is that your balance is really important when you ski a steeper slope. You can focus on edging and pressure to a certain degree, and that's good. But if you hold the edging and pressure too long your feet are too far behind you to start the next turn easily. Instead of that get your feet out in front of you a little bit, you may feel that your at the end of a diving board, you can make your feel into the next turn, and maybe that's easier for you. I hope so!
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