When you feel comfortable with your snowplough turns allow your skis to come parallel between turns. This is less effort than staying in the snowplough position throughout, and allows you to master higher speeds.

Start in a parallel traverse, push into snowplough and turn as usual. As you finish your turn, let your skis come back together. Push out again into a snowplough to start the next turn. Try to get into a rhythm.

Begin in the standard traverse stance.	Push out into a snowplough and begin your turn.
Continue as for a snowplough turn.	When your turn is complete bring your skis parallel again in the standard traverse stance.
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