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Hugh Monney
Director and Founder of the BASS Network

The biggest secret in skiing. Here it is!

In this article, you’re going to discover the biggest secret in skiing, and learn to use it for yourself.
 
It is the one principle that will remove most of the obstacles in your way and allow you to become the fluent, effortless skier that you intend to be.
 
It is a very simple point, although it has implications that will restructure your skiing from the ground up.
So, here it is:

Excellent skiers influence their skis with very subtle inputs.


These inputs are often too subtle to be seen by the untrained eye, but have very clear and obvious consequences.
Most skiers attempt to imitate these consequences, without being aware of the subtle inputs that created them.

This is the source of frustration, fatigue and that feeling of being out of Control.
Once you understand the subtle inputs and use them for yourself, you will begin to create your own, excellent consequences.

The Ski Performance Breakthrough program was created  to  show you exactly what these subtle inputs are, why you need them and when, where and how to apply them.

Just as importantly, I'll show you how to control them, shape them, adapt them and adjust them, so that they give you the control that earns you the freedom of the mountains.

And more than that:

There is an art to performance.
 
It can be trained for, but, even at the highest level, the outcome is never certain.
It is elusive, and all the more valuable for that.
Yes, it does require a thorough preparation of the component parts.
And it also draws on qualities such as belief and freedom, creativity and joy, focus and determination, to create something that is more than the sum of its parts.

We can take inspiration from the achievements of truly great performers, and learn many important lessons from them.
There are some very specific things you can do that will allow you to perform better.
This programme will show you how!

We will use a blend of rigorous science, extensive practical experience and an appreciation of the inspired, elusive qualities of human performance.
We will take advice from the great Leonardo da Vinci, we will

"Study the Science of Art and the Art of Science."


Here’s what The Ski Performance Breakthrough programme will allow you to do:

Firstly, you will acquire the skill of creating the right frame of mind before your performance.
The special music we have created for you, will help you to create a relaxed, alert mental state, a key quality of great performers in all activities.
You will do this so often that, by the end of the programme you’ll be able to summon up your great state of mind, just by playing the music in your head.

You will learn how to strengthen this effect by triggering the release of serotonin, which makes you feel good and enhances the quality of your performance.

You can use these skills to your advantage in all walks of life.

You will also discover many key secrets of ski performance and integrate them into your performance with a training process that gives your body the maximum opportunity to learn.

You will learn how to use simple environments and simple activities, to let you focus on trying out new content.

You will ski through a series of more complex drills, and perhaps move into more complex terrain, all of which challenge the new skill and encourage it to develop and grow.

You will develop a deep rooted feeling for your own performance, so that your own central nervous system, a marvel of evolution, can work for you in real time as you ski complex snow and terrain.

You will develop your timing, your coordination and your targeting, all of which improve the accuracy with which you pilot your skis over, or in, the snow.

You will have a lot of fun, because the drills have been specially selected because they are enjoyable in their own right.

And you will learn how to be free, so that your performance can flourish and take you beyond the sum of its parts.

If that sounds good to you, then let’s get going, because here's how we're going to do it:

We will identify 6 key components of ski performance.

And you’ll use 6 development drills that will allow you to make each of these secrets, part of your own skiing performance.

Each drill will take the new components to a new level of integration and sophistication, culminating in the final stage, FREEDOM.

Each drill is an enjoyable "real skiing" experience in it's own right, so you'll have fun with this.

By learning each of these key skills, in order,
and by developing each of them through the six development drills,

you will rewire your performance and become the fluent, effective, effortless skier that you intend to be.

So download the mp4 programme here and let's get started.
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