3 Tips to Better Carve on Skis | Fixing the A-Frame

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00:00 Intro
00:43 What is the A-Frame?
01:31 Why is it bad to have an A-Frame while skiing?
02:05 What is causing the A-Frame?
02:17 A-Frame Cause 1: Blunt edges
02:36 Fixing edge distrust 1.1: Sharpen the edges
02:54 Fixing edge distrust 1.2: Pole drag to angulate
03:44 A-Frame Cause 2: Lazy feet/legs
04:04 Fixing lazy feet 1.1: Stand still rolling feet
04:57 Fixing lazy feet 1.2: One leg skiing to activate the muscles
05:44 A-Frame Cause 3: Hip dump
06:23 Fixing the hip 3.1: Build hip awareness
07:39 Fixing the hip 3.2: Build hip awareness (Less silly)
08:38 Put together: Trust edges, Roll feet, hip straight
09:19 Bonus drill: Soften inside leg

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[adamshea]

A carv app would be cool but Jens is my digital ski coach. Thank you man, you rock! Biggest influence in my skiing getting better over that last 2 seasons. Much love from the Sierras

[bearclaw]

Jens, you are the world's coolest ski instructor, big thanks for all the tips!

[nextspring]

One of the best ski videos ! Explained and demonstrated very clearly. I did No know why My legs are so wide apart, and I was doing the hip dumps to compensate weak carve/edges. The drills are very useful and executable. So appreciated it, thank you🌹🌹

[anthonyalpha]

Your joy for Skiing is infectious! Thank You!

[CaSsE]

heard about the "lifting inside leg" 4 years ago, it improved my fun level on piste alot. sadly we were not so much able to ski the last two years.

[anthonyalpha]

Skied w/a younger racer yesterday, gave me valuable insights that I A-frame, and I skid-slide in my turning transition, especially on my bad knee rt side. Back to training today!

[anthonyalpha]

After skiing today, even more appreciative of this video. I'm aware of the ski-skid in my turn transition, I can feel it, and I'm now trying to correct it. Keeping even edge pressure is a challenge often. I really enjoy the poles strapped across the hips drill, easier doing up on the lift I found! Not silly at all, feels rather bad-ass actually!

[anthonyalpha]

After getting some excellent instructor observational feedback I can't agree more, and I appreciate this video all the more now!

[yanxialzhou]

LOVE these videos! You make it look easy (by explaining it so well) and fun! Thanks!

[Chipmunk-]

For anyone struggling with the a frame I would just like to mention you can only fix the a frame if you know it’s cause, do not try random a frame drills because I have used 6 different drills over 5 weeks and got absolutely nowhere. This is because I was trying to fix it without knowing the cause, just like curing a tarantula bite with scorpion antidote. It has no effect.

My cause for the a frame which was not meant io ed in the video is mostly a lack of the build phase in the turn - I jump from 1 edge to another without having the skis flat in between edge change, as soon as my trainer noticed this during a basi exam I tried it and had better results with a reduced a frame than any over drill by having an actual build phase i Ahmed to completely remove the a frame on my left side as my right is the outside ski then on the right hand turn it is still there. I believe this is because my left foot is weaker so to fix this I am going to strengthen my elf side 1 ski skiing.

This is not a dis on his video, he is a much better skier than myself but I have only just found the issue 2 days ago meaning it’s cure is Fresh in my head as he is way past a framing so would have forgotten some stuff he went throigh to rid of it. So if you read this far figure out the cause then fix the frame. You cannot cure covid with a flu vaccine nor can you fix an a frame with the wrong drill

[MattsBaseballWorld]

Great video on fixing A-Frame... love the drills.

[mbal]

Brill thanks! I’m going to Meribel at the end of the month I’ll be trying some of these tips 😁

[lenzwiechers]

Awesome! Can't wait to try all of this in Austria in April!

[eadecamp]

Last time I skied was 2006 and I was just about ready for the diamond. I wish we had videos like this.

[philliptoone]

9:28 Interesting comparison to archery. I've never heard this before. I'm going to try it. Thank you for sharing this with me.

[christianhorner]

Excellent video tutorials! Thank you!
and G'day from the Aussie snowy mountains 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[kimsiekerman]

Nice video... Will deffo try that out tomorrow. I've a massive a-frame and unfortunately wide hips so it looks even worse. I have tried pushing out my inside knee but that ski always ends up riding away up the hill from me too much. Yet when I check the videos, the inner ski is at a lesser edge than my outside ski. How can that happen 🧐???

[robharrison]

Did the drills and incorporated your tips this afternoon at Red Mountain, BC. Super helpful! Thank you Jens!!!

[altair]

I still suffer from this. (especially if piste is in bad shape) but have improved a lot recently. What helped me, besides improving my physique, was getting better, more aggressive, skis. Now I have more confidence that they will bite the slope, especially if surface is hard

[charliemotts]

Another trick to help with getting rid of the A-frame, is to initiate your turn with your inside knee. Use your inside knee to point in the direction you want to turn, and your outside knee will follow. That helped me.