Aug 10, 2026 · 16 min · 6 segments
Understanding speed and how to turn it into space
Matt RiniHost
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Uh, like I always say, you know, while slalom isn't easy, it, it is simple as it, as it relates to the intricacies and, and the details.
But I think there's so much of it that gets misinterpreted, and I think one aspect that really, really, really changed my skiing for the better, my coaching for the better wa- was having a better understanding of speed, how we sense it, how we, how we interpret speed at different times in the course, and really understanding why people shy away from it.
It's one of those things, and actually Mike called me, Mike Ferraro, for m- m- many ...
If some of you old guys listening that know who Mike is, he called me the other day, and he's always looking for the next piece of tech that's gonna give you, like, info to help-
What if I could get something that could tell you, like, your hip angles and your shoulder angles, and this and that?" I'm like, "Bro, all I need is speed and path."
And he's like, "Why?" And I'm like, "'Cause speed and path is the, is, is everything.
Like, I want to know what the best skiers in the world, what their speed looks like, where they're accelerating-
... where their max speed is, how much they're decelerating, that kind of thing." 'Cause especially amateurs that are working on the line lengths, as they shorten the rope, like it's not really a secret.
But people tend to try and get in that comfort zone of speed instead of using speed as an asset.
I think there's a certain level of understanding, you know, as maybe sometimes people plateau at, where the answer for everything is, "I was too fast.
Uh, like I always say, you know, while slalom isn't easy, it, it is simple as it, as it relates to the intricacies and, and the details.
But I think there's so much of it that gets misinterpreted, and I think one aspect that really, really, really changed my skiing for the better, my coaching for the better wa- was having a better understanding of speed, how we sense it, how we, how we interpret speed at different times in the course, and really understanding why people shy away from it.
It's one of those things, and actually Mike called me, Mike Ferraro, for m- m- many ...
If some of you old guys listening that know who Mike is, he called me the other day, and he's always looking for the next piece of tech that's gonna give you, like, info to help-
What if I could get something that could tell you, like, your hip angles and your shoulder angles, and this and that?" I'm like, "Bro, all I need is speed and path."
And he's like, "Why?" And I'm like, "'Cause speed and path is the, is, is everything.
Like, I want to know what the best skiers in the world, what their speed looks like, where they're accelerating-
... where their max speed is, how much they're decelerating, that kind of thing." 'Cause especially amateurs that are working on the line lengths, as they shorten the rope, like it's not really a secret.
But people tend to try and get in that comfort zone of speed instead of using speed as an asset.
I think there's a certain level of understanding, you know, as maybe sometimes people plateau at, where the answer for everything is, "I was too fast.
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