How do I get stronger doing tricks

literally keep skiing you'll get better at it overtime, otherwise lift some weights if you're really that concerned. Lots of twig string bean skiers who are world class.

You need to be physically stronger and have more explosive hip snap motions.

If you have any friends who play baseball, have them coach you a bit on the body mechanics of bat swinging. It'll get you thinking about drawing power from your hips and might be the key that unlocks it for you.

To get stronger, you gotta go ski moguls. Lots and lots and lots of moguls... as hard and fast as you can. Fundamentals.

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Do this along with pushing children off of their bikes and you'll be throwing 3 swaps and double corks within a month.

The human body is not meant to float in the air at all so its a very unnatural activity. You need to train yourself on the following aspects: Pop, air sense, spin axis and landing.

Pop:
Your pop is 100% the most important aspect of park skiing and many people dont really even think about it. Your pop is literally the last split second of being on the ground- if you have a good pop you will probably land the trick. If you have a bad pop you will probably crash or roll the windows down a bunch etc. To have a good pop you need to train your legs to do a good clean and even jump. The best exercise for this is stair jumps. Find a good stair set at your house or nearby and stand at the bottom of the stairs. Then look dead ahead (Never look down at your feet) and jump up 2-3 stairs at a time until you get to the top. The trick is to use your peripheral vision to spot your landing, if you look down it will make you get off axis on snow. Do this every day and work up to how many stairs you can jump up at one time.

Air Sense:
Humans are not birds, we evolved to walk around and pick berries and stuff. As such, you are not used to being in the air. That is why pros spend hours each day on trampolines and at the diving boards. If nothing else just get used to the feeling of floating in the air. That way when you send a booter, you wont get that 'HOLY FUCK WHATS GOING ON!" pit in your stomach when you send it. So find a buddy with a trampoline or go to a tramp park or YMCA that has diving boards and just spend time messing around. Diving boards are more effective IMO because it trains you to use your peripheral vision to spot the jump on the board as you keep your eyes level.

Spin Axis:
The biggest difference between having a clean spin and looking like a jerry is keeping your core engaged when you spin. If your core is solid your body spins together but if your let your core go weak you will get all twisted up and crash and look bad. This is easy to practice. Simply stand in your room and look dead ahead and keep your weight on the balls of your feet. Then squeeze your core muscles a little and do a jump and land. Do this 10 times. Then jump and do a 90 deg rotation keeping your eyes up and core engaged. Do this 10 times. Then do the same thing but do a 180 deg rotation 10 times. Then do a 360 rotation 10 times.

Landing:

If you do all the above, landings will be much easier. However, I always recommend doing some power cleans and leg workouts in case you have a hard slam or land flat etc.

larilinesignYou need to be physically stronger and have more explosive hip snap motions.

If you have any friends who play baseball, have them coach you a bit on the body mechanics of bat swinging. It'll get you thinking about drawing power from your hips and might be the key that unlocks it for you.

To get stronger, you gotta go ski moguls. Lots and lots and lots of moguls... as hard and fast as you can. Fundamentals.

100%, loading with the hips and exploding. I'm also not the best at swapping (rarely do it) but my advice would be don't just turn with your upper body; Your legs, hips, and shoulders have to work together or else you will never get the trick around.

Huge help, especially the pop. Helping coach some freestyle skiing, and all of these are things that I've seen athletes do

SuspiciousFishThe human body is not meant to float in the air at all so its a very unnatural activity. You need to train yourself on the following aspects: Pop, air sense, spin axis and landing.

Pop:
Your pop is 100% the most important aspect of park skiing and many people dont really even think about it. Your pop is literally the last split second of being on the ground- if you have a good pop you will probably land the trick. If you have a bad pop you will probably crash or roll the windows down a bunch etc. To have a good pop you need to train your legs to do a good clean and even jump. The best exercise for this is stair jumps. Find a good stair set at your house or nearby and stand at the bottom of the stairs. Then look dead ahead (Never look down at your feet) and jump up 2-3 stairs at a time until you get to the top. The trick is to use your peripheral vision to spot your landing, if you look down it will make you get off axis on snow. Do this every day and work up to how many stairs you can jump up at one time.

Air Sense:
Humans are not birds, we evolved to walk around and pick berries and stuff. As such, you are not used to being in the air. That is why pros spend hours each day on trampolines and at the diving boards. If nothing else just get used to the feeling of floating in the air. That way when you send a booter, you wont get that 'HOLY FUCK WHATS GOING ON!" pit in your stomach when you send it. So find a buddy with a trampoline or go to a tramp park or YMCA that has diving boards and just spend time messing around. Diving boards are more effective IMO because it trains you to use your peripheral vision to spot the jump on the board as you keep your eyes level.

Spin Axis:
The biggest difference between having a clean spin and looking like a jerry is keeping your core engaged when you spin. If your core is solid your body spins together but if your let your core go weak you will get all twisted up and crash and look bad. This is easy to practice. Simply stand in your room and look dead ahead and keep your weight on the balls of your feet. Then squeeze your core muscles a little and do a jump and land. Do this 10 times. Then jump and do a 90 deg rotation keeping your eyes up and core engaged. Do this 10 times. Then do the same thing but do a 180 deg rotation 10 times. Then do a 360 rotation 10 times.

Landing:

If you do all the above, landings will be much easier. However, I always recommend doing some power cleans and leg workouts in case you have a hard slam or land flat etc.

if you want to get better at skiing you should ski more

if your body is letting you down then you can lift/ go run/ stretch

skiing more is the best thing though

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**This post was edited on Dec 7th 2021 at 2:17:20pm

m.kelschHuge help, especially the pop. Helping coach some freestyle skiing, and all of these are things that I've seen athletes do

No prob. I was on the CU Freeride program and those are the exercises they had us do all the time. Especially the stair jumps, those make a huge difference in training your eyes especially.

Tren.

Go and ski. When you ski focus on progressing, not just messing around. The more time you spend in the air and on rails the more comfy you get. Ski with confidence and speed. Spend some a lot of time at diving boards or trampolines. Build you air awareness. The more you can do on the trampoline the better you will be on skis. Learn the prerequisites and learn tricks the right way. Just sending stuff sometimes works, but it also builds habits you may not like, so do it right. If something isn't working, take a break for a bit and come back. This could be and hour break, a week, or even a month. Don't push stuff that isn't working.

Mix coke and percocets

Start juicing, everyone does it.

keagan.karstensSay it with me people! Cmon! Everybody! “Eat Cig-ar-ettes!!!”

**This post was edited on Dec 7th 2021 at 2:17:20pm

SteezyStokesStart juicing, everyone does it.

tren + skiing = 720 swaps

Run down stairs as fast as you can. I like to scare people in the train station by running down stairs as fast as possible hitting every other stair. Spacial awareness very good.