Snow Skills

This applies to most any sport as balance and posture are universal. So where should your hands and arms be while snowboarding? Answer: Anywhere they need to be. Unless you are practicing a specific task or drill don’t worry too much about the position of your hands.

Hmmmm….. but so many people keep telling me “you need to keep your hands ______”. Well, for the most part they are wrong. Your arms and hands are used to facilitate balancing. But does this mean it is okay to have my arms and hands in weird positions flailing back and forth?

No. But the real problem isn’t the position of your arms, that is just the result of something else that is out of balance. Finding exactly what is out of balance will be the subject of another post.

So someone who has very smooth and subtle arm and hand movements is a sign of someone who is in good balance. But the reason they are in balance isn’t because their hands and arms are in a specific position… rather it is because the person is already balanced and thus they do not need to move their arms and hands to remain balanced.