Getting ready for ski season

Jamie: Snow season is upon us, which means it's time to get ready for skiing. Now, if you haven't been doing the things you need to do to minimize your risk of injury on the mountain and also improve your performance, I'm here to help you out. Here are my three favorite moves for skiers.

Jamie: Now, we all know the balance board really well. Here's what you don't think about on skis: it's not about center control, it's about edge control. So I want to find myself at the front half of the board and try to hold my balance there. It's a very different experience being in the front half or the back half, trying to keep that toe or heel control. That'll save you a lot of pain and sorrow.

Jamie: The next one. If you think about skiing, skiing is not about straight up and down. Skiing is about giving me some knee bend with some drift. So here's my favorite exercise to do for that side hip muscle. That's the fancy term for it. We're going to go sideways now. You know curtsy lunges, but I'm going to do it differently. I'm going to do side-foot curtsy lunges. The reason I put that foot sideways is that now, to get back up, I can't use my calf to get me up, so I have to use this guy right here. And then come up, and then back down again. All the weight's in this leg. Nice and easy. Remember that one. Do yourself a favor.

Jamie: So right now, the BOSU ball. We know and love this one. I want to jump and land both feet here, not on the black, not on the white. I want to go boom and land, boom and land, and work those side muscles and power.

Jamie: Those three exercises are going to make sure you have the best year yet skiing in the mountains. For more tips like these, visit 9news.com.