| a balance board or bosu ball or any balance device can always help your skiing. while it will help your balance it will also do wonders for your core and that's the part of your body (possibly hidden by winter insulation layers) that keeps you from flailing all over the mountain. It will also work your quads. take a look at the gyms used by the US Ski Team and you'll find all sorts of balance (core) stuff there.
Instead of riding the board back and forth, try to see if you can minimize movement - bet you'll feel that. Try doing squats while you're on the board. Pick up a medicine ball and do squats and twists. Put your hands on the board in push up position and balance, try doing push ups on it, try putting your shins/feet on a balance ball and your hands on the balance board and hold yourself off the ground. All of these exercises can have a direct effect on your skiing either by increasing your stamina (quad burn) or by building your core which can help you recover from an almost fall, make stronger turns, hop from bump to bump, etc.
Stand on it and watch the game - see if you can last one inning.
And, as they say, this is only one part of conditioning you can do. biking, skating, running, hiking, etc all need to be part of the plan as well. |