Snowplough turns in Skiing

Reviewer Properly sequenced beginner teaching, and it flags the knee-injury mistake most videos skip.

Moderator Wall-to-wall snowplow instruction, static drills through to moving snowplow. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Nice progression from wiggles to full turns with the weight-transfer cue most beginner vids skip — solid.

Moderator Literally teaching snowplough turns as the entire lesson content — wiggles, then full turns, then weight transfer. Nothing tangential.

Reviewer Good analogy for outside-ski pressure, and flags the exact mistakes beginners make here.

Moderator Entirely about linking snowplow turns — nothing else in the frame.

Reviewer Good cue set — outside foot, edge the ski, don't rotate the body — plus a solid rundown of common ways this goes wrong.

Moderator Full lesson is dedicated to snowplow/wedge turns, explicitly part of a beginners lesson series (3.0).

Reviewer Practical, specific, and correct -- good problem-solving content.

Moderator Dead center of the skill -- four concrete, common snowplough errors (weight too far back, shape too aggressive, ski crossover, tip shape) each with the consequence explained.

Reviewer Liked the pole-width drill for outside-ski commitment — simple, specific, useful. A bit brief overall.

Moderator Full video dedicated to linking snowplow turns together, direct continuation of a 'how to glide and stop' beginner series.

Reviewer Accurate, no-nonsense rundown of how to steer a plough turn — short, but all of it is right.

Moderator Beginner snowplough turn from scratch: build the plough shape first (heels turned out, pressure on the big toes), steer by pressing the big toe of the outside ski — right toe to go left, left toe to go right — and push or rotate the ski with a bit more heel-out for extra braking and control. Squarely on snowplough turns.

Reviewer Solid real-lesson coaching cues for turning out of the wedge - a bit raw as a standalone video, but the substance is right.

Moderator This is exactly the sub-skill: it's the wedge/'french fry' stance from earlier lessons put into motion as actual turns. 'Make your nice wedge, make your big wedge, steer your toes in' - steering and weighting the outside foot, letting the inside ski go flat to release the edge. Squarely on-topic beginner wedge turning.

Reviewer Strong, detailed coaching on the mechanics behind a good plough.

Moderator 'Power plough' -- directly about the snowplough/wedge stance, specifically the outside-ski pressure mechanics that underlie it. Explains why skiers carry a residual 'wedge' into their parallel skiing when the plough foundation wasn't built properly, and how this drill fixes that. Squarely about this sub-skill's mechanics.

Reviewer The outside-ski point alone is worth it - that's the #1 fix for wedge turns.

Moderator Direct follow-up to a fundamentals lesson, entirely about the mistakes people make specifically while trying to snowplough turn - losing the wedge mid-turn, skis straightening, leaning the wrong way. Never drifts into a different turn type.

Reviewer Great analogy (hot chocolate in the boot) for a mistake that's genuinely common at this stage.

Moderator Explicitly names 'snow plow turns' as the context for the locked-outside-ski problem being fixed. Specific, real, on-topic.

Reviewer The bow-tie drill is a great low-risk way to feel the pivot before trying it while moving.

Moderator Built directly on top of an existing snowplow base and walks through the transition — outer-ski absorption, the bow-tie pivot exercise, flattening the ski to turn it. Snowplow is the explicit starting point and reference throughout.

Reviewer Right progression, just delivered a bit loosely - the visuals will fill the gaps.

Moderator Covers the whole arc - wedge shape, flexing to slow down, weighting the outer ski to turn, standing up to finish, then linking left/right into a full run. Every bit of it is the target skill.

Reviewer Great beginner correction: stop braking with a giant wedge, steer across the hill and let the right ski do the work.

Moderator Opens on the basic snowplough and corrects the idea that it's a constant brake: slightly wider and slightly in for some edge, balance set over one ski, then change direction across the hill — the turning controls speed, not a big braking wedge. Right on snowplough turns.

Moderator Opens with the basic snowplough and says it isn't a permanent brake: push the skis slightly wider and in to get some edge, set your balance over one ski, then change direction across the hill — the turning controls your speed, not a big braking wedge. Directly about making snowplough turns and controlling speed with them.

Reviewer Fixes the classic mistake of braking with a huge wedge — turn across the hill and let pressure on the outside ski do the slowing.

Reviewer Right idea, clearly taught, but pretty thin beyond the one core cue.

Moderator 100% on-topic -- this is literally the snowplough-turn lesson, pressure on the outside ski to steer. Nothing else covered.

Reviewer Memorable cues (the apple gap, inner-edge-of-outer-ski) that actually stick with beginners.

Moderator Snowplow gets real, substantial treatment here (the apple-gap cue, shins-forward, using it into turns) but the video's scope runs wider — into parallel turns and a chunk on side-slipping too. Snowplow is a major part, not the sole subject.

Reviewer Buried in chit-chat, but the actual coaching is solid and correct for day one.

Moderator This is literally 'I'm going to teach you how to snowplough' followed by the bow-tie drill, straight-lining in the plough, then steering the plough into a turn by rotating the feet. Core content is exactly this sub-skill for a total first-timer.

Reviewer Catches mistakes other beginner videos miss. Good detail.

Moderator Three of the five stopping methods are built directly on the snowplough (plow-to-stop, weight-shifting in the plough, turning to a stop using the plough), so most of the runtime is genuinely snowplough technique, even though the frame is 'stopping' broadly.

Reviewer Good technique, but you'll want the video -- the narration alone is a bit hard to follow.

Moderator Title and content are squarely about linking snowplough turns using up/down pressure control through the transition. Lesson 6 in a structured beginner ski series, building directly on the core sub-skill.

Reviewer Genuinely good beginner cues, if a little messy as a stand-alone listen without the video.

Moderator This is the direct lead-in to wedge turning - establishing and controlling the wedge shape while moving ('gliding wedge'), steering the toes in/out to change width, stopping via the wedge. It also covers herringbone and side-hill edging which are adjacent skills, not this one, but the throughline of the lesson is squarely the wedge/snowplow shape and how to control it.

Reviewer Right idea (weight the downhill ski) but pretty generic — no real drill or detail to make it stick.

Moderator Entirely about initiating direction change via pressure transfer in the snowplow — on topic start to finish.

Reviewer Genuinely useful reframe of what the snowplough is for.

Moderator Squarely about snowplough technique -- 'common mistake number four,' using the plough to brake instead of to initiate/steer the turn. Directly on-skill despite the sponsored label.

Reviewer Small tip, clearly explained, genuinely useful.

Moderator Directly refines how to finish a snowplough turn -- tapping the inside ski to flatten it as the turn completes. This is coaching the snowplough turn's execution, not a separate skill.

Reviewer More rubric than lesson — accurate technical language for the turn but doesn't show you how to build it.

Moderator Entirely a technical description of the snowplow turn's required skill blend — stance, leg turning, edging, pressuring the outside ski — squarely on topic.

Reviewer Specific, well-reasoned diagnosis of a real, common problem.

Moderator Diagnoses the 'awkward inner ski' problem that happens specifically during the snowplough-to-parallel transition -- this is genuinely about snowplough mechanics (why the inner ski catches) even though the end goal is parallel skiing.

Reviewer Solid basics, and covers reverse-snowplough too -- a nice extra.

Moderator Snowplough (and reverse snowplough) is a substantial, well-covered chunk of this first-day curriculum, alongside the scooter and sidestep drills -- real coverage, not just a mention.

Reviewer Solid, well-sequenced teaching for the parts that apply.

Moderator Snowplough is one of five steps (alongside flat-ground balance, sidestepping, lift use) but it gets real substance: practicing it on the flat, using it to control speed on a first slope, and steering within it. Not the sole topic, but thoroughly covered.

Reviewer Clean, accurate framing of what changes edge-wise between snowplow and parallel.

Moderator Snowplow shows up mainly as the contrast point for explaining parallel edges (big toe/little toe) — real and useful, but the video's actual subject is parallel turns, with snowplow as the reference, not the destination.

Reviewer Good concept (active steering vs. just leaning) but the explanation gets tangled and there's no drill to anchor it.

Moderator Entirely focused on refining the snowplow turn mechanism, building explicitly on 'the basic' version already covered.

Reviewer Specific, well-reasoned, continues a solid coaching series.

Moderator Uses a deliberately smaller snowplough as the drill itself, with real technical detail on weight distribution and inside-leg rotation -- genuinely coaching the snowplough turn's execution as a stepping stone, not skipping past it.

Reviewer Fine for the static position, but that's all it covers.

Moderator Squarely about the snowplough/wedge/pizza position -- stance, ski gap, hand position -- though it only covers the static position, not the actual turning/steering part of a snowplough turn.

Reviewer Real, specific fixes (shield drill, outside-knee cue) even if the audience is cross-country skiers.

Moderator Same core mechanic — wedge stance, edging, outside-ski weighting — just applied on cross-country gear rather than alpine. Real overlap, but a different discipline and audience than the rest of this batch.

Reviewer Competent but familiar -- nothing beyond the basics.

Moderator About half the video is uphill walking technique (sidestep, herringbone) which isn't snowplough; the other half is genuine snowplough speed control on the way down.

Reviewer Technically solid on edge control, but it's coaching for skiers who already ski - not a from-scratch wedge lesson.

Moderator This isn't teaching a beginner to do a snowplough/wedge turn - it's an advanced short-turn drill that borrows the wedge shape to rehearse the end-of-turn edge set. Real snowplow mechanics show up (tips near touching, tennis-ball gap, one-leg edging, hips staying inside the shape) so it's not off-topic, but the actual target is parallel short turns for skiers who can already ski, not the sub-skill itself. Covers it without centering it.

Reviewer Nice encouragement and one good cue on width vs speed, but no real how-to for the turn itself.

Moderator Squarely about the wedge and its role for beginners - the coach explicitly keeps kids in a big wedge, ties wedge width to speed control ('bring your legs together to go faster'), and frames the wedge as the right stage rather than something to rush past. On-topic, even if angled more at teaching philosophy than turn mechanics.

Reviewer The Phantom Foot warning alone is worth knowing -- real, specific safety value.

Moderator One of three 'bad ways to stop' covered is specifically sitting down from a snowplough position (Phantom Foot injury) -- genuinely snowplough-specific -- but the other two-thirds (sitting from parallel, using poles) aren't about the plough at all.

Reviewer Promising source, too brief to rate confidently.

Moderator No transcript, but the caption is specifically an edge/snowplow drill from a ski instructor account — reads on-topic, just very short.

Moderator Four beginner tips on the basic snowplough shape: push the heels apart so the tips don't cross, hands on knees, head up, ditch the poles. It's the foundation position for a snowplough turn, but it never gets into turning — steering, pressure on the outside ski, linking turns.

Reviewer Fine first-day stance tips, but too thin — it doesn't get to actually turning.