To start with find a flat and, if possible well-groomed run, which provides you with a good amount of space. It should be a ski run on which you feel completely safe and are not afraid of gaining too much speed. Start out by practicing your wedge turns. Add what we call active vertical movements at the same time.

It sounds technical, but it simply means that you should move you body up and down as you ski so as not to be standing stiff and upright. When you start a turn, you must move upwards by extending your legs.

Up-movement.

As you are finishing the turn gradually crouch down by bending your knees. By doing so you increase the pressure on the skis and you can turn more easily.

Down-movement.

Make sure that the up and down movements come primarily from bending and extending the legs. If you do these movements correctly you should notice that initiation and steering of the turn take less effort.