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Caution! If you have concerns about the exercises, ask your doctor. If you have difficulty balancing on one foot, try the exercises along a wall or in a doorway, so you can hold on if needed.
| Dryland Overview | What is dryland? Why do it? |
| Dryland Series | Three easy activities (with several variations) to improve balance and strengthen PMTS™ movements. |
| Preseason Training | A complete aerobic, anaerobic, strength, flexibility, and balance training program - the one used by PMTS Direct Parallel instructors! |
| Balancing Devices | Devices you can make or buy to work on balance - easy to very advanced. |
| Inline Skating Series | Practice balance and PMTS™ movements on your inline skates - easy, intermediate, and advanced activities! |
Ski Better through Preparation!
Training in the off-season, known as "dryland", can improve
your skiing. Your training should combine many elements: strength, endurance,
balance, and ski-specific activities. Here, we provide several options
for working on balance and ski-specific training.
Here are three easy preparation tips designed to develop foot awareness and dexterity, and to develop your balancing ability on your stance foot. For each exercise there are easier and harder stages or variations. Start with an easier version and work your way up. (Click on the tip to see full details.)
| 1. "Walking on Rope" | Foot awareness |
| 2. "Circle Tracing" | Free foot dexterity, stance foot balance |
| 3. "Towel Drag" | Strengthening Phantom Move |
For those skiers who are more enthusiastic about dryland balance training, numerous devices exist that will challenge and improve your balance. Some of these are fairly difficult - please use good judgment in trying them!
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Note: "Power Pivot 8 Board" is a trademark of Grail Sports, Inc.
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©1999-2002 Harb Ski
Systems, Inc.
"PMTS", "Primary Movements", and "Primary Movements
Teaching System" are trademarks of Harb Ski Systems, Inc.
"Direct Parallel"
is a Registered Trademark of Harb Ski Systems, Inc.
