The Progression of a Ski Racer from Age 2 - 16 / MY STORY
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- Being a parent and a coach is not always so easy. My strategy was to let Chris ski and have fun. He dropped out of ski racing at age 7 after showing some good talent. But he kept on skiing and played around in the park and on snow blades.
After meeting Tina Maze, Marcel Hirscher and Ted Ligety at the Levi WC in 2014 he got super inspired and motivated to ski like them. He started to assist ski instructors in the local ski school and worked on his OLF retraction turns whenever he could. He quickly developed into a very strong all mountain skier.
Then suddenly at the age of 15 he got interested in ski racing again and the following year he got proper skis, boots and a speed suit. Rock'n'Roll! Went from the average Joe to great in one instance. He is easy to coach as he does what you tell him to. He is also super motivated and spends much of his spare time studying racing technique, mostly here on RUclips. Out on snow he does drills all day long. Check out the 14 Essential Drills For Ski Racers • 14 Essential Drills Fo... as a reference.
Be patient. That is all I can say as a parent and a coach. Let the kids have fun and they will surprise you!
TDK 
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At 5 you were better than most people on ski vacation
Just no, at 5 years old you could tell that he was never gonna be any good
@@andrewmckimm9736 stfu, he was doing fine at 5
I agree. I think the size and weight was a big factor in this. They could go to the moon from a mogul.
O.... MY...… GOD.. youre skiing better than me when youre 3
And at 6 he was really really starting to become very good
Crazy how you Improved your Skiing Skills from 15 to 16 👌🏻👍🏻
All about that passion
The uncontrollable ones Robert exact same happened to me at 15 could only just get down a black (french alps) but at 16 I could easily and quickly get down the hardest runs in the resort
+1
Puberty for you!! Muscle growth goes into overdrive
His feet probably had just stopped growing so he finally got to try on the cruel shoes... a plug race boot and a good boot fitter who knows how to torture racers feet. the uncomfortable GS race was all about bad boot syndrome. Once he's poured into his shells he can begin to trust his good choices and trust his equipment to perform for him. Strength, stamina and focus increase with age so a move to competitive events will be more rewarding.
You have been blessed to have such a life! Hats off to your parents for proving you the opportunities . This was fun to watch!
Good memories to have in footage. Now it’s time to get into serious training and racing, and all the best of good luck for your career! 👍
Very motivational! Crossed fingers for your great son Chris! Keep pushing guys!
Well I guess every youtube commenter is a pro ski coach nowdays
You get this kind of shit on every video showcasing any sort of talent, because apparently everybody watching this can do better.
The anonymity adds to it. Anyone can say “you need to adjust your rotation by 0.1 degree and use your inner thigh stomach tricep to turn better” or on some 45 degree slope video “looks like a green”
I am a Ski coach haha
If you post some thing interesting like this that has quality educational value... every one will instantly benefit through the example.
Awesome video. The progression in the final two years is amazing!
“I don’t want to carve” never heard someone say that😂
Hahahaaa... yes, as a die hard dad you hear that quite often from both your children and your spouse.
Those jumps at 4 years old were bangers god damn
Such a nice improvement over time!!
Verkligen trevligt att se både som film och som berättelse. Härligt med alla alpresorna. Lycka till i fortsättningen! (Jag tyckte mig uppfatta att ni är svensktalande)
Trevligt
Great progression over the years! That time out from racing probably was very important as it likely avoided burn out! Keep it fun and the victories will start coming!
What an awesome dad! Well done.
Wonderful and You got in with the very best at the time! Had fun and learnt all along, wonderful sport any all doors in the world have a lot to give and teach, but You know all that, now!
The last year his balance improved leaps and bounds. And you are right, we may not always be the model for ski Technic but having fun is still the best part.
7:43 in Austria we say: INNENSKI
Yeah, that is universal I think :)
INNENSCHGI
des schiefahrers bester freund
nice video! love skiing! I started also with 2 years old, now i'm 17 years old and i also ski and compete, don't lose your pation greetings from Spain
Awesome! Good luck on your career!
Kul att se. Har själv gjort ungefär samma resa även om det var många år sen nu. Jag hade inte vilja och ork att fortsätta så länge på seniornivå, men har glädje av tiden ändå. Hoppas det går bra för dig i framtiden och ge inte upp!
Great progression. Great posission - like it!
Great video and great history. Congrats ! 😉
Wow You Are Amazing!You might be good enough for the Olympics for Improving!Great Work!
I just turned 17 and I have the EXACT same story as your son! I even met Ted Ligety the same year! I currently live in the East Coast in the States but am a native born Brit. If you ever take a gander over here feel free to contact!
You are better at the age of 5 than I am now!!!
0:40 *W H A T A R E T H O S E*
HoizhockaAUT - Gaming und co cross country skis
It’s called skis and shoes
@@alexanderdolenga2227 he wasn’t actually asking but just joking
keep skiing and don’t give up.
Great stuff. Keep up the good work!
Thanks :)
Great video. thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! Supposed to be inspirational, many think you need to be super good at 10... no you dont. Just be passionate about it. Have fun.
Great video! Keep racing!
Amazing achievement good luck on your future
Thank you! You too!
Ifell like I am seeing my story in this video, started at 2 and now I am 17. Big up!
Was cool to watch this, brought back memories and pulled out the photo album (I also started when I was 2 but I’m almost 40. Alas no camera).
I’m a racer at age 10. This was very motivating
Ted, stick with it. Great to be able to motivate you like this. Good luck :)
It don't matter what age he got equipment, what matters is he stuck with it. I was a middle placing youth racer and quit to pursue other things but I still love skiing!
Exactly, thanks for watching and commenting.
This video is great because he didn’t take his things for granted and want more like most kids. If you keep living life that way I bet you’ll do great
Thanks for watching. Glad you liked the video. Yes, IMO there is no rush with kids. We just kept skiing as a family and he figured out what he wanted over time. He never had that great equipment or trained 5 times a week. Never went to a racing camp. We are still budget racing so to speak. Earning by instruction and coaching. Both me and the kids :)
Use more stivoting and pivoting at the top of the turn, this will keep you ontop of your skiis at the bottom and will allow you to build pressure longer in the turn (especially above the apex if you can move mass inside earlier). great skiing though! Missing my coaching days.
Great video, I started skiing at age 10 and won a USSA giant slalom race at age 18. What a ride that was!
Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing. Yes, I can imagine. That must have been a trip to remember. And nice to hear of some one that started late and made it that far in only 8 years. Hat's off, Tom
This is great! Keep going, I believe!
Congratulations on your win in Alta Badia. What have you been up to since?
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Tubas une vrai progression sur tes dernière années je trouve bravo à toi et continue comme ça
Cool video dude
Between me and you are only one year and I’m sometimes I feel sad that I didn’t start in this is sports a bit earlier in my life. as I only started three years ago however, still wish you a good luck. Amazing to see how a person can improve in this sport if he starts since he’s from young age.
Hi, the main reason for this video is to show that Chris developed into a great ski racer quite late in his teens opposed to the common belief that you need to be at the top as young as six to ten years old. You don't, and this video proves it. However, Chris started early and just skied and had fun. And you can do that too. You can become as good as anybody that started at a very young age. And, it really do not matter how good you are if you are passionate about skiing and you have fun doing it. That what counts. Cheers, Tom
Love how positive u r
Thanks :)
Very nice to watch that story over years! What are your goals in skiing? Want to pursue it on a competitive level? International races?
Good luck to you!
Great job! He's improving a lot over time. I hope he makes it to the Olympics!
Love the off-piste footage.
Good job. In my humble opinion you can work on this: try to avoid moving forward the inside ski too much finishing the turn this results in a rotation in the hips. Shoulders always parallel to the ground, try to avoid leaning inside at the end of the turn. And last, the center of gravity of your body should never bring the weight on your heels but on the whole foot. Ankles always closed as much as possible. During the transition from the edges of the previous turn to the next turn in the beginning of the turn you need to move forward your center of gravity in order to bring immediately more force to the outside ski and bending the skis better during the turn. This will give you more speed and this way you can shorten the curve radius also with the long gs skis
There are some more points to add. He gets the most pressere onto the skies before the gate and not next to it, so he oftentimes needs to correct the turn.
and there is absolutely no up and down movement visible, which is essential to get out of the turn with the most energy.
I started skiing 2020 end of Janurary with 3 weeks of season left that is 3 sessions left for the weekends. The wife and I got two lessons and then our instructor told us we are good enough to go to the top of the mountain and ski down. We were not but because once you get to the top the only way is down after two bunny hill days and one session we got tricked into by instructor then another since we said since we are here. The season ended. I started watching Triggerboy62 until the ski season started. Triggerboy62 instructional videos are the best out there in terms of explaining how to carve and what carving is. I went from green to blue in one day with only the previous 3 ski sessions. After two weekends I started carving blacks on our first actual ski season in 2020 December. By end of season I am comfortable going down double blacks and any regular black diamond on the regular at at pretty good speeds usually 35 to 45 mph. I can not express how good of a coach these guys are. Love You @Triggerboy62!
Wow, you make me speechless!!! Thank you very much. And thank you for watching. Im so glad to hear that my lessons have been that helpful. This is exactly how I teach out on the hill and what work for myself and for my student. Im giving away all my tricks here. The better you want to become as a skier the more it pays off learning how to do all those simple drills. That's what we do with Chris every season starter. Even during season. Wedging. Basic parallel turns. Drills drills drills. Then rip like no other :)
Take care, Tom
I got my first GS skis when I was 8-9
Me at 8
Great story ~! 😀💓🍀
Bravo!
BRAVO!
great video!! it looks to me that Chris made the biggest progress in 2018. The body seemed in quite different position compared with all previous years.
Good observation. It was also the year he got his first good ski boots. The next big leap forwards was his current plug boots back in 2019.
wow, you had a massive leaning problem up until age 14. glad to see you fixed it though. i’m a 13 year old ski racer, and this was awesome to see
Wow, keep it up! Glad to have been able to inspire you! Cheers, Tom
As a ski racer, I thank you for making a video on our sport. If you dont mind, id like to give you a little tip. Try to ski less with your legs and more with your upper body. Youre turning with the legs but I suggest you try moving your mass forward between the gates. Try to also put some emphasis on the up- down movement but try to avoid creating it with solely your legs.Create this up down movement by angulation and your knees. Be careful though: we I started practicing this, I was bending my back too much and it was messing up my position. I went trough the same problem when I was 15 because I was suddenly growing and my center of gravity was deplaced. I fixed it quick and it changed everything. Great video bro. Cheers for Canada and see you on the world cup!
Thanks for watching and thanks for your input.
I hope that I'll see you on TV man
Be the best bro~
Levi
Triggerboy62 come to levi this winter vacation
i love this guy he has the same atomic skis that i have redster s9 and the gs
DUDE. I STARTED THE SAME AGE AS YOU, AND WE GO TO NASSFELD EVERY YEAR SINCE. SORRY, I JUST GOT SO EXCITED😅😂❤️
Hi there. Thanks for the message and 4 watching the video. You are supposed to get exited so no need for apologies! Never been to Nassfeld or even that region, maybe one day :)
In Europe (Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Serbia...) Children racers start races on GS skis and then at age 11-12 start racing in SL.
Sounds great. We up here in the north have very short hills and SL skis are more practical.
Nice skiing (but you have to keep that upper body pointed down the hill haha)! I just got new boots this year, it’s amazing what the jump from 100 to 140 flex can do haha.
Awesome story!
Thanls :)
Improvements are visible, i saw lot od typical problems during younger times, big backseat, not enough pressure to the front od the outside Ski, lot od a-frame which matches with too much pressure on the inside Ski. What i have missing much is the rock solid pole plant, key i would say....but good skiing and it must be fun at first...Cherrs Jan
Dude u re awesome
As skiing can take many forms (freeride, Alpine racing, freestyle, etc.) it's important to explore techniques and draw your skills from that experience. It seems your son is drawing from his experiences. Keep broadening.
awesome !
1:40
damn I was so suprised to see katschberg :D
I live 10 minutes away from there and I ski every winter at katschberg
@@Triggerboy62 thats where i learned to ski 17 years ago at the age of 2 aswell. cant remember it but there are some infamous photos haha!
Nice progression!
Im a alpine skier from Switzerland and if theres one you could change on your technique is: when you change your turn you only work with your legs underneath your body, so i would say you should move further with your hip and not with the upper body downward 🤷🏼♂️
good luck soon
Thanks!
Omg you met Marcel Hircher 😱
Jep :)
Great video and good progression! Two very important things that you have to work on: more weight on the downhill ski especially when you are making turn to the right so on your left leg and a little bit more attention on your upper body. That mistakes came from the early ages. Good Luck!
"Two very important things that you have to work on: more weight on the downhill ski especially when you are making turn to the right so on your left leg and a little bit more attention on your upper body."
Agree. Right hand and leg stronger in Chris' GS turns. Left hand semms to fly up and/or back. Not a lot but body/turn strength not symmetrical.
Thanks for the great video.
Keep on skiing with JOY!
Thank you TDK
You are welcome, thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom
Very positive ☺️👍
I found this video very interesting. I want ask you some questions:
Are the slopes in finland steep?
Can a guy who skis 10 day / one week reach that level of skiing?
Going a week a year I don’t think you can reach the level of a 16 years old kid that has done ski school all his life :/
Specially at the end when he’s getting bigger and getting muscles and weight
I've been skiing since I was 3, got put into ski racing at 10 but hated it so quit, I got the bug to ski race last year and I'll be starting my first race season this year at age 17 doing all disaplines
@@Triggerboy62 I did my first day of super G 2 days ago but money troubles are keeping me from doing full time training
Yeah. I thing too a people must to start skiing from 2 years old, to be a professional skier.
When u were 3 u were better then most skiers i need to go behind...
Awesome 👌
Thank you! Cheers!
It's pleasure to watch this film, especially on beginning, great to see 2yr old kid on skis :) regarding photos with ski stars: O recognize Chris, Maze and so on, but who is Marcel H.? :)
Thank you for watching and for your good feedback. Marcel Hirscher - used to be a really good skier :)
This guy was like me , i although start to ski in alpine ski teem too late and now i have to stop my training process because of age and educational opportunities
Same as Chris. But I think that you can still make it.
He skied better at 6 than I ski now
I can only imagine having supportive parents like that.
Thanks for watching. Now you know what to do with people around you, be supportive :)
@@Triggerboy62 most definitely! I'm 34 and went skiing for the first time last week. I bought a ski pass this year, hope to be able to carve down the hill soon enough. Thanks for the video, very motivating:)
What are the ski race that you use? Does it make sense to use racing skis for very good amateur?
We are using race skis but regular carving skis are probably better for you.
Is someone able to tell me why atomic downhill skis can't be found on the internet? I guess it's the same reason why after winning a downhill race they go on the podium with gs skis. I really can't get over this. Somebody explain.
Man I m skiing since 3 years old. I learned almost everything myself with only 6 days of skiing a year. I wish I could sky more, my dream was to be a pro skier
Stick with it :)
@@Triggerboy62 you too, you are really good
@@alextabara9150 thanks :)
Nice, good life ! God love’s u ! In 2004 I sell my Yamaha and I move from my parents!
Thanks!
I wish I could ski more I live where we don’t get much snow 😢
Sorry to hear but keep your spirit up. Maybe someday you can ski more often,
Bravo compare
Thanks :)
I tried skiing on one ski the other day I thought “ if Boadey Miller can carve with one ski on then I can ( I didn’t think I was that stubborn) as you can tell it didn’t end as I planed
😂
Hahaa... work on your skiing as much as you can and you will nail it :)
Awesome
What do you ski on for GS and Slalom? I would assume blizzard or head or fisher.
At the moment Chris is skiing SL on Atomic. In GS at club level he also skis on Atomic but for FIS he uses Völkl.
People may be saying how u r doing this and that wrong and you definitely have things to work on (we all do) but that’s pretty good skiing. Out of curiosity what club are you with?
Thanks.... ski club is Fjällskidarklubben -37 (FK-37)
3:38 that snow thoooo
why were you starting on telemarks
You were better than me when you were 5 lol
wow you really love your chinguards
I'd like to learn how to ski but I'm too afraid of falls (but I know they are part of life of everyone who has ever skied) and also I'm afraid of the day I would throw skis and everything in the cellar and never ski again...
Anyways, I hope we'll see you skiing on TV one day. I wish. :)
@@Triggerboy62 Thanks for recommendation but I´ve just missed school ski course so I´m running out of opportunities and my parents wouldn´t let me go skiing because of my sudden decision. But thank you so much, I aprreciate that. :)
Hi from toulouse in France next to the Pyrénées ^^you are welcome if you come ^^
He need a really god coach or a smart ski instructor! He has some amount of mistakes that he has to fix and the biggest one is stance and balance! When he was a kid, when he was stopping he was falling backwards. When he was on the race course he was doing exactly the same! If you want your kid to make a big progress you have to fix the problem with athletic stance and balance first! It will take time because he is skiing like that for years. I wish you good luck!
Thanks, yes will will work on that for sure.
Right now, I´am skiing only on GS Fisher RC4 183 cm long and 24m radius. I´am 186 cm. For me, its more fun than slalom. My max speed on that is 127 km/h on GPS. :D pretty scary
Wow, that is fast. Next step for you would be SG skis. Those are really super nice to ski on if there is a slope without traffic.
3:30 everyone had those pair of skis (head mojo) ps: me too
Hahaa... nice that you spotted them. We had them like forever :)