One-Ski Drill
Any turn where your weight was on the wrong ski will become impossible to ignore — this drill exposes and fixes the problem in one run.
Skiing entire turns balanced on a single ski with the other lifted — the most direct drill for forcing correct weight transfer and outside-ski dominance.
Watch & Learn
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Key Moments
Lift the inside ski — the one toward the center of the turn — and ski the arc on the outside ski only
Hold the lifted ski parallel and at boot height — it should not swing or touch down
Complete the entire arc from initiation to finish before switching to the other ski
Most skiers have a dominant side — the weaker direction needs more reps
What It Should Feel Like
- ✓Instantly obvious when you are on the wrong ski — you wobble or tip over with no warning
- ✓A locked, grippy, confident sensation when weight is correctly centered over the single ski
- ✓Your ankle and knee working harder to maintain edge angle on one leg
Common Mistakes & Fixes
Touching the lifted ski down when it gets hard
Let yourself struggle — the wobble is information, not failure, and it corrects the weight placement
Leaning the whole body instead of tipping the ankle
Edge from ankle and knee — leaning the torso causes balance loss on a single ski
Rushing the arc to get off the single ski
Slow down, even ski slower runs — the slower you go the clearer the balance feedback
Practice Drills
Scooter warmup: push along flat terrain on one ski like a scooter, then switch — builds single-leg balance before adding a slope
Touch-down permission: allow yourself to touch the ski down once per turn, but try to reduce that to zero by the end of the run
Video check: film yourself skiing the one-ski drill — it is often surprising how much your body leans compared to what you feel