How to stop on skis

Reviewer Clear cues, real error-correction, and it scales from first-timer to advanced - well done.

Moderator Exactly the sub-skill, and thorough about it - snowplow stop for beginners, parallel skid stop for advanced skiers, plus the common wedge/lift error skiers fall into partway there. Every sentence is about stopping.

Reviewer Clean technique plus the two mistakes everyone actually makes - useful.

Moderator A direct, named technique for stopping on skis - the hockey stop - with mechanics and common mistakes.

Reviewer Three real tools for controlling speed, clearly explained with the why behind each.

Moderator Squarely about controlling and stopping your speed on skis — three clear methods, nothing else going on in this video.

Reviewer One of the best stopping tutorials in this batch -- five real methods, clearly explained.

Moderator This time tagged directly to 'how to stop on skis,' and the whole video is exactly that -- five real stopping methods, nothing else. Even more squarely on-topic here than under the general beginner-skiing tag it also carries.

Reviewer Best true-beginner stopping video here -- clean progression, nothing assumed.

Moderator Entirely and explicitly about the beginner snowplow stop -- this is exactly what the sub-skill asks for.

Reviewer Clear steps plus real troubleshooting -- good practical lesson.

Moderator The hockey stop is one of the core ways to stop on skis, and this covers it directly and only.

Reviewer Clear, practical, does what a stopping lesson should do.

Moderator Title says it and the content delivers — this is a dedicated lesson on stopping, using the plow/snowplow. Explains the core mechanism (wider plow = more braking) and gives three progressive drills to build it. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Great on what NOT to do and why, light on the actual positive technique.

Moderator Entirely dedicated to how (not) to stop on skis -- matches the sub-skill exactly.

Reviewer Solid cues on balance and edging that will genuinely help you stop with more control.

Moderator This is a straight, clear breakdown of the parallel stop -- direction of travel, twisting the skis across it, rolling onto the edges, staying centered over the outside ski to absorb the pressure buildup. It's squarely about stopping on skis, no padding, no tangents into other technique.

Reviewer Real coaching cues, addresses the common failure point directly.

Moderator Title match and content match -- this is a detailed breakdown of the parallel stop, the exact sub-skill.

Moderator Lesson on the snowplough: push the backs of both skis out evenly to make a V and slow down to a stop, first on the flat with a friend towing you, then on a gentle slope. The first brake every beginner learns, and the whole video is about it.

Reviewer Teaches the plough properly: start on the flat, push both skis out evenly and gradually, keep the upper body quiet. Short, and it stops at the plough.

Reviewer Good cues - twist across the slope, roll the skis onto edge, stay on the outside ski - though it wanders a little.

Moderator Teaches the parallel (hockey) stop: point the skis across your direction of travel, then roll them onto their edges while staying balanced on the outside ski. A core way to stop on skis and squarely on topic, though it's the more advanced stop rather than the first-day snowplough.

Reviewer Clear progression with a good feel-cue -- solid beginner lesson.

Moderator Squarely on-topic: snowplow to control speed, then a weight-shift refinement within the snowplow, moving into turn-based stopping. Everything in this excerpt is stopping technique.

Reviewer Good first lesson on the wedge stop -- just don't expect more than the basics.

Moderator This is exactly the sub-skill: stopping. Coach walks through widening the wedge/base and dropping the center of gravity to kill speed on a snowplow stop. No turning, no carving, no side content -- it's a direct, short answer to 'how do I stop.'

Reviewer Simple, useful cue for stopping with confidence instead of catching an edge.

Moderator This is exactly about controlling a stop - specifically the scary part of catching the wrong edge in a snowplow and faceplanting. Directly on-topic for stopping.

Reviewer Same good advice, just a little less polished in delivery.

Moderator Same lesson as the other 'how to stop' upload -- wedge wider, sink your hips, that's the stop. Squarely on-skill.

Reviewer Accurate, confidence-building primer, but short on detail about edging and balance.

Moderator Covers the two ways to stop: the triangle (pizza) for brand-new skiers and turning across the slope to stop. Straight at the topic and pitched at someone learning.

Reviewer Solid intro to two methods, could use more technical depth.

Moderator Matches the sub-skill closely -- covers both the beginner wedge stop and the more effective turn-to-stop, explicitly framed as a learning progression.

Reviewer Sharp technical cue on the hockey stop, but it's exam-clarification, not hand-holding.

Moderator This is squarely a stopping technique — the hockey stop, explained by mechanism: turn the legs separate from the upper body, use edge angle, finish with a pole plant, crisp stop. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Correct and to the point, but light on drills -- you'll want to practice this a lot on your own.

Moderator Squarely about stopping -- twist skis across direction of travel, edge them, control the abruptness. Short but entirely on-topic.

Reviewer One of the clearer technique breakdowns in this batch -- good cues, good progression.

Moderator Foot rotation independent of the body is a real building block for controlled stopping/turning -- explicitly tied to slowing down faster -- legitimately relevant to 'how to stop on skis' even though it's framed as a turning drill.

Reviewer Realistic, well-paced first-slope walkthrough -- the stopping technique itself is explained clearly when it gets there.

Moderator About half the video is walking-uphill technique (side-step, herringbone), which is a different skill; the other half is genuinely thorough stopping/snowplow content tied to a realistic first-slope scenario. On-topic where it counts, just not the sole focus.

Reviewer Accurate quick tip, still too short to be a full lesson.

Moderator Describes edging pressure to slow and stop -- correct, fundamental ski-stopping mechanics, squarely on topic for this sub-skill.

Reviewer Correct info, but 8 seconds isn't enough to actually teach the movement.

Moderator Title and caption are a direct hit -- explicitly about stopping technique for beginners, describing the snowplow/pizza stop as the fundamental method. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Simple, correct fix if your plow isn't slowing you down -- weight that angled ski.

Moderator Half-plow, full snowplow widening, and skidded turns to shed speed -- this is directly the family of technique that stopping comes from, just framed as 'slow down' rather than 'stop.' It's specific to cross-country gear and the tracks, but the mechanism (weighting the angled ski) is exactly what a plow stop is built on.

Reviewer The heel-vs-cuff correction alone is worth catching, even in this rough format.

Moderator About the hockey stop as a stopping technique and the edging skill behind it -- relevant to 'how to stop on skis' even though it's the more advanced stopping variant rather than a basic wedge stop.

Reviewer The stopping section is clear and correct, just brief.

Moderator The very first of the five skills here is the parallel stop, explained properly: point the feet sideways, tip both skis onto their edges in the same direction, scrape past 90 degrees, and let the outer ski do most of the work. The rest of the video moves on to other beginner skills, but the stop itself is genuinely covered.

Reviewer Useful but doesn't linger long enough on the stop itself.

Moderator This is the real deal: a hockey stop is a genuine, widely-taught ski stopping technique, and the coach explicitly drills it (knees to the trees, pole plant, weight on the outside ski) before moving into linking it with short turns. It drifts into speed management via turn linking rather than staying purely on the stop, so it's not 100% dedicated, but the core content is squarely on-skill.

Reviewer The stopping section itself is simple, correct, and exactly what a first-timer needs.

Moderator The video's actual subject is the whole beginner-to-parallel arc, and 'how to stop' (the snowplow) is one early piece of that arc rather than the focus. It's covered clearly, just briefly, surrounded by turning and parallel-ski content that sits outside this specific sub-skill.

Reviewer Decent list of real options, but thin on depth and the ending gets garbled.

Moderator This is stopping technique, just on roller skis rather than snow - different equipment, and a couple of the methods (rolling into grass) don't transfer to snow at all, but the core skill being taught is still 'how do I stop on skis.' On-topic but for a specific training-tool context rather than the general case.

Reviewer The drills sound legitimate, but the explanation is too muddled to follow reliably -- proceed with patience.

Moderator The content is on-topic -- stance, edge angle, and several drills aimed at the snowplow stop -- but the transcript (likely a rough translation) is hard to parse in places, so I'm less certain how much of the video actually stays tightly focused versus how much is just translation noise.

Reviewer Names the steps but doesn't teach any of them - too thin to actually learn from.

Moderator Short, but every sentence is about hockey stop mechanics - unweighting, matching the feet, sinking to set the edges, narrowing the turn radius into the stop. On topic, just minimal.

Reviewer Can't verify quality -- the transcript is unreadable, so treat this score as a low-confidence guess from the title alone.

Moderator Title and the few legible English fragments in this transcript point straight at the hockey stop, a real and well-known stopping technique -- so topically it should be squarely on-target. But the transcript itself is badly garbled (looks like a broken auto-translation mixing Dutch and English nonsensically), so I can't actually verify the content matches the title with confidence. Scoring on the strength of the title alone, tempered down for that uncertainty.