Are you developing only 25% of your performance? Is there much more you can tap in to to improve your skiing, get more out of your winter holiday and enjoy your skiing so much more? We’ve written about this many times over the years with many blogs on the subject. Winter is coming and it’s...Read More
Why do thousands, if not millions of skiers around the world develop learning plateaus, unable to progress no matter how many times they sign up for ski school.Read More
ARE YOU AN ‘OPEN’ OR ‘CLOSED’ SKIER? Phil Smith from Snoworks Ski Courses discusses the nature of skiing and why thousands, if not millions of skiers around the world develop learning plateaus, unable to progress no matter how many times they sign up for ski school. What are ‘open’ and ‘closed’ sports? Firstly it’s...Read More
Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks talks about feedback and how to maximise your development. We all know that feedback is essential for learning but did you know that different types of feedback exist and can you recognise whether the feedback you are getting is hindering or helping your learning. In this blog I briefly discuss...Read More
Phil Smith, director of Snoworks Ski Courses discusses our greatest ally – snow Snow – Try skiing without it and you’ll soon realize what an amazing element it is. Many have tried to replicate it and in many cases the imitation does the job pretty well. I grew up on an artificial ski slope and...Read More
Méribel, smack bang in the middle of what could well be the biggest interconnecting ski area in the world. The off piste? Vast and incredible, from easily accessible front-side to great backcountry routes. This vast area can be split into three main valleys. To the east, Courchevel and Les Avals. Centrally, directly up from Brides-Les-Bains,...Read More
Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses talks about ‘Mindsets’. As a race coach I’ve spent many days listening to racers chatting about their result after the race and justifying their performance. For some it may go something like this: “I may have won ‘if’ I hadn’t been late on that gate” “My time would...Read More
David Pellatt from J2SKI reports on his recent trip to Tignes to take part in the Snoworks Off-Piste and Off-Piste Safety Course. “If you’ve hit that intermediate plateau, want to tackle your first Black run, struggle off-piste, want to learn to ski the whole mountain or just want to ski at a level beyond your...Read More
Are you process or outcome driven? A warrior or a winner? Learning and improving can be a seriously frustrating journey or it can be a journey filled with discovery, excitement, hidden treasures and loads of fun. For many people the ultimate goal is to improve BUT, and it’s a huge but, can the goal of wanting...Read More
It should be the most natural thing in the world, getting better. So if you are not getting better where could it be going wrong? Phil Smith, director and founder of Snoworks Ski Courses gives 10 of his reasons why you may not be improving or not improving as fast as you would like. 1....Read More
