Inner Skiing - Softcover

Timothy And Kriegel Bob Gallwey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553230778 ISBN 13: 9780553230772

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1979

Synopsis

Inner-game techniques are applied to the skills and strategies of skiing, showing novice and intermediate skiers how to overcome the obstacles of fear, self-consciousness, self-criticism, self-doubt, and poor concentration

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Review

While on the slopes, take advantage of your most powerful muscle. The authors teach skiers how to relax, concentrate, banish unnecessary fears--and enjoy themselves. This revised edition of the skiing classic will give you the self-confidence to excel on the slopes and beyond.

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A New, Completely Revised Edition of the Classic Guide to Better Skiing
Have you been searching for a way to overcome your fear, trust your instincts, and ski to your greatest potential? Inner Skiing will help you do all this and more. In this newly updated edition of the skiing classic, W. Timothy Gallwey and Robert Kriegel offer advice on and examples of how to gain the "inner" self-confidence needed to ski well and have fun on the slopes.
Inner Skiing will help you:
Focus on each step of a particular technique (like the parallel turn), then put it all together so that the motion seems effortless
Analyze your fears to distinguish between healthy fear and unnecessary fear that you can overcome
Achieve "breakthrough" runs in which you experience natural and coordinated movements
Move to the next level in your skiing ability and feel in control

Gallwey and Kriegel are two of the leading innovators in sports, and this new edition refines the techniques they have perfected over their long careers. Their easy-to-follow examples and anecdotes will help skiers of all abilities--from beginner to expert.
Inner Skiing will change the way you ski.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0553230778
• ISBN 13: 9780553230772
• Binding: Paperback