Find a slightly more challenging trail than you used during the previous exercise (preferably an intermediate to difficult trail). Point the ski tips downhill and ski straight down until you reach a reasonable speed. Twist the skis resolutely across the slope so that you stop quickly executing a complete hockey stop. Try making hockey stops both to your left and right.

The Hockey Stop.

As in the previous exercise, your upper body should remain facing toward the valley, even through your skis are lying diagonally across the slope.

In its final form short turns are executed with the use of the poles. Therefore you need to learn the movement and timing of your pole plants. Try this exercise in connection with the hockey stop. The initiation of the pole plant comes from the wrist and lower part of the arm. Move the pole forwards in front of your body and plant it in the snow about 30-40cm (1 foot) at a slant from the tips of the skis.

The Pole Plant.

Timing is important. Place the pole nearest to the valley in the snow at the end of the hockey stop. The pole plant must begin again before you have stopped completely. Practice the pole plant to both sides.