Ski the Modern way with Harald Harb

Harald Harb, President of Harb Ski Systems, posts his thoughts on skiing, ski racing, technique and more.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Drills and exercises to make a technical difference! How does it work and what makes it work?

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First and foremost a ski drill or an exercise should be relevant to a specific movement, to the individual's skiing need. Drills shou...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Addressing boot flex for ski racing and advanced skiing.

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Under repair, for revisions and photos.
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Harb imitates a bode turn.

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Professional ski racing in 1973

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Training, How's that for carving on straight, stiff, GS skis, who says we didn't carve in 1973? So what Ted? Professional ski ra...
Monday, May 6, 2013

Doing one thing and talking about another?

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These are clips from an instructional video on You Tube. The instructor in this video  is telling us that to get on an early edge you have...
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Thursday, May 2, 2013

"Intelligent Image Analysis" New learning and teaching techniques from Harb Ski Systems

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Click on this URL for more explanation! http://www.pmts.org/pmtsforum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3997&p=40841
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

PMTS Check Point, number 8

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Here is the two time Overall World Cup champion, and arguably the best technical skier since the great, Alberto Tomb, demonstrating th...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Check list 10 Little Toe Edge mastery!

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A short while ago I received an e-mail from a racer. He was asking about transfer to the LTE. He said a coach told him that it isn't so...
Friday, March 22, 2013

PMTS Check number 9, Counter Balanced and Counter Acted,

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Shoulders level, torso vertical, outside leg long, inside leg flexed and tipped. The word "stacked" in skiing is batted about...

PMTS Check Point number 1

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Is the skier balanced on the outside ski? All the way through the turn? Can you hold this inside ski like this, all the way through the ar...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

PMTS Check points, number 7

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Is there a point in every turn where your outside leg is straight, (stretched) and the knee is touching the inside ski boot? Mistakes:...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

PMTS Check List number 6

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The inside arm and ski pole tip should be moving forward through the arc, this helps to hold the counter acting and stop rotation of the tor...
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Use the "Phantom Move" to increase your tipping and angles.

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Here are two movements you need with your inside foot, ski and leg.  Small and simple movements with the correct body parts make efficie...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

All of what you want to know about a world cup slalom turn.

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This photo just about tells you the whole story.  -Tip the lower ski toward it's little toe edge before putting the upper ski on ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Counter balance, isn't accomplished by doing a few exercises, it's technique that you have to build.

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Counter Balanced Not Counter Balanced                                            Counter balanced, yet over or too extreme...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Leaning in slalom, no longer wins on the world Cup!

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Leaning the upper body toward the gate. Not much technical progression or evolution from this skier, he's the same skier as in the bot...

Views of my You Tube videos from all over the word!

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Gaining momentum every year and more developed videos coming for next season.
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Hirscher poses like most gymnasts can't! Amazing body control.

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Two more "Essentials" demonstrated clearly that no one else can accomplish in slalom except maybe his training partner Felix Neur...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Key points to watch for in successful slalom skiers.

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In this post I'll point out the key "Essentials of Slalom Skiing". These are common amongst the top three or four racers. Th...
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Sunday, February 3, 2013

When ski boot brands make a difference!

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OK, Let's keep this really simple: look at every one of these photos and evaluate the outside knee relative to the inside knee. Thes...
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