Ski Genie Training Apparatus and Methods of Use

A method for teaching the art of parallel snow skiing using unparallel ski arms comprising:

• providing an snow ski training apparatus having two elongated freely rotatable overlapping ski arms pivotally mounted to a single vertical pivot point shaft fixed at the point of overlap on a sliding pivotal point assembly, said sliding pivot point assembly configured for movement along a longitudinal axis of a supporting T-beam, each ski arm having a foot pad connected to a heel rest resting on the ground with laces configured to receive a foot of a user at the tail end of each ski arm;
• placing a left foot of the user atop and in alignment with the left foot pad positioned on the ground, wherein the heel of said left foot engages the connected heel rest, and securely lacing said left foot to said foot pad and heel rest;
• placing a right foot of a user atop and in alignment with the right foot pad positioned on the ground, wherein the heel of said right foot engages the connected heel rest, and securely lacing said right foot to said foot pad and heel rest;
• supporting a substantial entirety of the user's body weight in a substantially upright standing position with at least one foot of the user secured to the foot pad positioned on the ground;
• assuming a hip flexed position, the hip flexed position comprising:
• the substantial entirety of the user's body weight being supported by the at least one foot of the user secured to the foot pad positioned on the ground;
• a hip of a user being disposed below the height of the hip of the user in the standing position;
• a femur angle of the user being at about 90 degrees;
• an angle of a user's knees being bent at an angle of about 90 degrees;
• leaning the user's body laterally through the user's sagittal plane;
• extending the hip and knees of the user until the user achieves an elevated position, the elevated position comprising:
• the substantial entirety of the user's body weight being unsupported by the at least one foot of the user secured to the foot pad whereby said foot pad is vertically free floatingly positioned above the ground without load bearing support;
• laterally maneuvering the user's body from a first position to a second position through the user's sagittal plane while in the elevated position, said laterally maneuvering the user's body comprising:
• rotating the torso of the user,
• tangentially moving the user's body around the single pivot point engaging the unparallel ski arms from a first axial position to a second axial position divergent from the first axial position, wherein moving the user's body around the single pivot point comprises tangentially moving the user's feet along the same, congruent and overlapping arc;
• returning to the hip flexed position after the step of laterally maneuvering the user's body.