Wheels To Snow program is all about the making the transition from roller skiing to cross country skiing on snow, with advice about roller skiing and how this can transfer to snow.
We will look technical errors on roller skis that can also show up on snow, we will look at how we can correct these faults, use training drills on roller skis and also on snow, and a lot more useful information to improve your skiing.
Each month we will look at adding a new fault, and build a full list of possible correction drills used on roller skis, which can also be used on snow.
Send in a video of your roller skiing, and we will send back a list of errors and suggest correction drills Video Feed Back
We will look technical errors on roller skis that can also show up on snow, we will look at how we can correct these faults, use training drills on roller skis and also on snow, and a lot more useful information to improve your skiing.
Each month we will look at adding a new fault, and build a full list of possible correction drills used on roller skis, which can also be used on snow.
Send in a video of your roller skiing, and we will send back a list of errors and suggest correction drills Video Feed Back
Ski Not Flat - Side to Side
FAULT 1
WHEELS
Fault 1 (Not able to maintain a flat ski side to side) glide ski.
Roller skis are difficult to balance on, due to height of the ground, thin wheels compared to the width of a ski. |
SNOW
Result (Not standing / gliding on a flat ski)
Ski on snow are going to always be unstable, with the snow conditions never consistent unlike for roller skiing. This can result in error in roller skiing multiplying when on snow |
Faults On Roller Skis
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Result On Snow
Not placing a flat ski down side to side, will result in the following errors.
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REAR WHEEL FIRST
FAULT 2
WHEELS
Fault 2 (Rear Wheel Landing First) Skating
When roller skiing it is very common to see the rear wheel landing first this causes a number of issues on roller skis, we will look at what we can do to correct this problem. We can say that the way that the roller ski is balanced we will always have a very small amount of rear wheel landing first, but this must be as little as possible, we are all ways looking to place both the front and rear wheel down together Reasons For Faults
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SNOW
Result (Tail Landing First) Skating
An error we see coming from the rear wheel in roller skiing landing first, this causes the following errors on snow.
Roller ski training drill 1
A good drill to learn the placement of the roller ski with the two wheels landing as one, forces the body to stay on the gliding ski for a little longer, but not for to long as you will start to fall off the ski.
Key Point Maintain consistent ski speed, do not let the ski slow on each glide Points to note
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