Hey everybody, Scott Vail here. You are watching Expert Village. We are coming from Keystone Mountain, overlooking beautiful Dillon Lake with Breckenridge in the background. Today, we are going to be going over some advanced skiing techniques. Like with any sport, the most important thing is to stretch before you are active. Stretching can help warm up your muscles so that you don't pull anything. Cold muscles snap a lot easier. So, I'm going to show you a couple of stretches. The first stretch I'm going to show you is going to work your hamstring. It's a simple stretch; a lot of swimmers do it, a lot of basketball players do it. The first thing you are going to do is bring one leg in and one leg out and reach. Try to grab your toes. You'll feel a lot of tension right down in this area. That's your hamstring. You are working your hamstring. Now, your hamstring is used a lot on the mountain, so you really want to make sure you stretch out sufficiently so that you don't pull anything. Once you are done with this side, switch it out to the other. You want to stretch both sides of your body equally, because if you don't, one side will be warmer than the other and you could very much pull something. It's not fun to pull a muscle. Now, the next exercise I'm going to show you is going to stretch out your groin. Groins are another important muscle, especially for skiers. Since we have each leg independent, we could easily at any time, lose our edges and go like this. That's not a pretty sight. So, follow me if you will. You are going to kind of create a straight line with one leg, while keeping this leg bent. This is going to work your groin, right in here. You want to bring it down as far as you can. And of course, once you are done with that side, always do the other side. Alright, I'm ready to ski now!
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