Parallel Dreams Alpine Skiing

Divided into five segments, this book covers the basic principles of skiing; parallel skiing; mountain skiing; fit 4 skiing; and basic principles of skiing. It focuses on the principles which underpin efficient and effective performance and looks at the relationship between balancing and movements and validates this with sound biomechanics.

The book contains the proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Science and Skiing, which was held at St. Christoph am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria, in December 2013. The conference was organized and hosted by the Department of Sport Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. It was also part of the programs of the steering group “Science and Skiing” of the World Commission of Sports Science and contains a broad spectrum of current research work in Alpine and Nordic skiing and in snowboarding. In the proceedings of this congress, the keynotes as well as the oral presentations are published. The manuscripts were subject to peer review and editorial judgment prior to acceptance.

The book contains the proceedings of the Fifth International Congress on Science and Skiing, which was held at St. Christoph am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria, in December 2010.

“Learn, Enjoy, Flow & Grow makes a great contribution to our understanding of flow and performance”. –Dr. Sue Jackson, co-author Flow in Sports. “Anyone interested in improving themselves and the quality of their lives will relate to this comprehensive and insightful book”. –Sheelagh Lennon (MIACP), counsellor and psychotherapist. A must-read book for anyone who is interested in helping themselves or others lead a more meaningful life. Learn, Enjoy, Flow and Grow is in essence a ‘coaching method’ that can be applied to yourself, or others with whom you work. Ultimately, it is a process of self-development and if you are open to learning and seizing opportunities, throughout your life, then you will give yourself the opportunity to learn, enjoy, flow and grow and, in turn, find more passion and meaning. In this innovative book, Derek Tate shows you how to be a lifelong learner who exudes passion, who understands how to achieve flow experiences, and who can unlock the full potential that lies inside you. “Engaging and fascinating”. – Jane Campbell Morrison, MBE, Sailing Coach “Encompasses the coaching approach I have used with Dave Ryding over the last ten years –Tristan Glasse-Davies, Dave Ryding’s lead coach since 2010

This book is excellent as a course text or as a self-instruction guide. Its unique progression of 12 skills presents each skill to be mastered, explains why the skill is important, identifies keys to correct technique, helps readers correct common errors, explains how to practise each skill in realistic ways, lists specific performance goals for each drill, and gives summary checklists for evaluating proper technique.

This book is especially written for all insecure skiers in the first place. If you think, that you are a beginner or an intermediate skier, this book is thought to be the right choice for you. But everyone, interested in understanding, developing, learning and teaching downhill skiing can benefit from this work. I have been working on this material since 2010 and the work is still going on. My basic point is, that you should prepare yourself, before you go to ski. It is too late to make your mental preparation on the slopes, this should be done at home before. You should be able to imagine for yourself what you must do in order to do it right or as good as possible. This imagination should not be just a picture! It should be like a whole movie, with many of your senses involved, just like in a detailed dream. Like, if you can imagine the whole ski-turn with many, clear details, what basic movements you have to do, how it should feel in your body, how it should look like, how it should change during the development of your turn, this will prepare your correct movements in the real life. But this must happen step by step, starting by the easiest skills and developing further when you have tried out the first steps first. For this reason I have divided the material in 3 different levels. You will need quite a long time for this. So please be patient, take your time, work with my book, do not just read it! Understanding and explaining skiing is complicated and it takes time. My suggestion is to read carefully, take several breaks and think carefully about the sections you find difficult to understand. If you are a beginner, start reading the book as soon as possible before your start your skiing. You can stop reading after the beginner level and go skiing on green and blue slopes. The homepage of the book: https:\\skiingtechnique.wordpress.com If this link does not work, write the link into into an internet browser (google or other). You can also find a short free book about downhill ski-tech on my homepage.