Start out on an easy, well-groomed trail, with a few people. For the first exercise start by positioning yourself with a proper stance. It is the same stance that we described earlier.

When practicing carving turns, it is important to ski with a greater distance between your skis than you are used to. Try skiing horizontally across the hill while pushing down on the edge of the downhill ski only. The easiest way to do this is to carefully push your downhill knee inward towards the hill. Be careful not to push your knee more inward than you feel comfortable with. When you have successfully skied on the edge of your ski, you will notice that it makes up an arc. In fact, you will find that you ski a little up hill eventually coming to a stand still.

After trying this exercise a couple of times on either side, try to work with both skis at the same time so that they both aid in turning. You do this by pushing both knees over sideways towards the hill at the same time. Remember to keep the same distance between your knees as between your skis. You knees, at this stage, must not point towards each other.

Try gradually increasing your speed before pressing the edges of your skis down and making them turn. Instead of skiing completely across the hill, start by skiing diagonally downwards turning up the hill a little later. This is what we call a fan exercise and it allows you to experience the sensation of your skis turning once you edge and put pressure on them.