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PMTS is the gold standard of ski instruction and I would highly recommed it for anyone who is interested in improving their skiing. For novice skiers, this book will teach them how to achieve parallel skiing without the need to learn the wedge.Advanced skiers and "psuedo experts" who can ski black or double black terrain, but have no understanding of ski technique would be better served by "Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 2".In any event, the techniques described in this book are easy to understand and simple to apply. In addition, this book offers instruction in skiing moguls and powder snow.Beginners and intermediate skiers who read this book will be able to develop expert movements from the outset and will learn a solid foundation for skiing off-piste. Harald is a world class skier and a world class coach. What this book offers is a quick and simple way to achieve parallel skiing without introducing movements that will need to be unlearned later in order to progress further.
His stuff is simple and it is effective. For beginners who are already in a wedge, this book will quickly move them to parallel. In "Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1" skiers will learn the mechanics of releasing the turn, transfering balance correctly, and engaging edges correctly in the new turn. This is the best book for beginning and intermediate skiers bar none. These are the fundamental skills that are required in order to seamlessly link turns and these are the skills that are the hallmark of the expert skier.
In addition, simple cues are provided so that the reader can determine whether they are correctly performing the drills and techniques on the snow.
Very good book, and all other books from this author, it can help improve your skiing. The only thing that annoyed me was a feeling that Harold enjoys too much being in charge.Would recommend this book
I'll offer a few tips straight from Harald's teaching methods, and usually I'll have the person skiing parallel and in control after 15 minutes of instruction.So throw out the wedge, and learn how to really ski. The next time I went to the mountain I was skiing parallel and controlling my speed with the "phantom turn". And it's what kept me off the Blue and Black runs for the first three years of skiing.But then I discovered PMTS, and Harald Harb's program. I'm not a professional instructor, but every year I will find someone on the mountain, struggling to get down a simple Green run using the wedge. Many so-called "professional" ski instructors want to trap you into thinking that the only way to learn how to ski is to start with the wedge. I know that's how I learned how to ski. Now I can ski almost the entire mountain, and can do so without feeling out of control.And I've taken the PMTS teaching and shown others how to do it as well.
Ugly cover. Great book.Be sure to get the video, too.
They do work and work brilliantly.If you still don't have a book please buy and buy more than one give support to Harb Ski Systems. In my opinion it worth at least $4200I got 4.Slava G. I participated at list 1 camp every year (some years 2 camps) and private lessons with HH and his team for last 7 yearsI literally learned to ski from Harald and Diana (I started skiing 1999 spring)Info contained in this book and exercises described have been tested on meand me alike. They priced this book way low.
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