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Just to get to the ski slope you have to walk. So there’s enough strength.One thing I have not read about is that in order to learn to wedge for braking the student needs to have more strength in their legs than needed for turning across hill. When you consider that people today are screen junkies and couch potato, how many are going to have good enough leg strength to
These are beginning skiers.
Second, some of the worst learners ever have been highly muscled guys who did sports like football. They want to use muscle power for everything, when it doesn’t work, they try harder and it gets worse.
Meanwhile, there’s the dainty woman in the group has learned to turn all over the place.
Other impediments seem to be lack of body awareness, and the big one- a huge fear from no friction on their feet.
Dancing, ice skating, rollerblading are all good pre activities for learning. All involve one foot balance. Skating and blading are really good for the friction thing and gliding balanced on one foot.
The only people who can handle constant death wedging on slopes are young kids. They do unfortunately get good at it. Adults will get tired and ache pretty quickly.