Are you a skier? Over 25? Middle aged, or more? A woman perhaps? Have you a frustrated desire to become a fully competent skier who skis in control on ANY piste, anywhere, any conditions? Or a desire to be an even better skier than you are already? This book is for you. It breaks new ground. Its core belief is that SIMPLE IS BEST. Its favourite quotation is “Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.” H.H.Williams. Limitations to your skiing progress are caused by apprehension. Not by physical limitations. You could make every movement you need to make, by the time you were two years old. Making them on a friction-less surface needs understanding or it gets too scary. Some folk don't get scared, they just don't improve. Apprehension is best dispelled by comprehension. This book by International Coach Bob Trueman, explains in simple, non technical terms, what very few ski instructors know, and even fewer can teach – namely what skiing IS and how to control it. They can do it, they just don't know how. Instructors, ski schools, and most ski books rely on pictures or demonstrations. The books rely on pictures, the instructors rely on the idea that you only have to watch them and you'll be able to copy - that we learn physical things by watching demonstrations. If that was true, you could drive like Lewis Hamilton, bend it like Beckham, and play tennis like Roger Federer. In fact we cannot learn much at all by watching - especially by watching a real expert and trying to copy them – frequently that just undermines our self confidence. We learn by understanding, and then – and only then – by practising. Without understanding practice makes permanent, not perfect. Skiing is NOT about sliding around on snow; that is what being out of control is about. This book Explains how and why skiing is possible. Explains in simple terms, using analogies and metaphors what creates control of skis. Helps you gain added control over your emotions. Explains how the key control factors never change, no matter the slope or the conditions. Gives you ways to arrive at the resort better prepared than ever before. Shows you simple exercises and “games” you can play at home, year-round, in perfect safety, that will both extend your understanding, and develop techniques you can apply as soon as you get on the snow. Most of all it is a truthful message of hope. Mastery of skiing IS possible for just about everybody. The book will help you change your beliefs and your self-belief. “Practice without understanding perpetuates imperfection”. Bob Trueman.