So I've done some searching and reading of threads on getting out of the backseat for others... lots of "pull the feet back" and "flex the ankles". I, like many other intermediates [see skill naming thread] have headspace issues on getting that launch down the hill. When snow conditions are good and terrain is reasonably mellow, I can manage to stay committed and at least try, but overall I have a pretty bad backseat problem; I pull up the hill when it gets steeper, which leads to lack of bite and lack of commit, and then eventually get going faster and bail to quadricep braking and that's all she wrote, folks.
I've been working hard on easy terrain (my local little regional park mountain with nothing particularly steep, like a greenish-blue) to get the CoM forward; I think in general I'm still stuck with my CoM back, and within my BoS (eventually would like to get to that infinity where CoM ahead of BoS). Here's me on that easier terrain, and this is close to as good as I can ski. It gets much uglier.
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Here's my question: I've got 5 days of skiing by myself on whatever timeline I want coming up next week. No kids, no need to do anything but enjoy skiing and try to break some bad habits where I get spooked on steeper terrain or non-hero snow and start doing dumb things.
What sort of terrain should I use to continue deprogramming myself of the fear of CoM forward of the BoS? Very comfortable terrain? Slightly uncomfortable terrain? The sort of terrain I can ski without much/any skidding? Steeper than that?
I think many, many of my problems stem from getting scared-ish when on uncomfortable terrain, leaning back, the vicious cycle of poor turns with little bite sapping confidence leading to leaning up the hill leading to... What's a good progression of terrain, or drills, or lesson? or what to work on this for the next week?