The old school methods of trial and error are a thing of the past. The insider secrets that will empower you with the information you need are now available for free. The best part about it is that you will not only avoid all the pitfalls your friends fell into, but you will have the information you need to be able to teach others to learn to water ski without falling!

Learning to water ski or teaching someone else is easy if you master the 4 Keys to learning without falling. If you master the correct standing and sitting positions that are critical to all water skiing disciplines, then you will be able to learn and teach others effortlessly.

The first lesson is easy. It can be done whether you are standing or sitting. Practice arching your back, pinching your shoulder blades together, and lifting up your rib cage as high as you can. This is the correct upper body position that I refer to when I talk about "Posture." It is critical to great skiing.

Try to hold a ski handle while adding the correct hip position to your upper body "Posture." Now pull back with your shoulders until your upper body is close to a 45 degree angle away from perpendicular. As you do this, drive your hips upward without pulling in on your arms or losing your "Posture." If you have done this correctly, you should feel the pull of the rope coming through your hips like tug-of-war. This hip position is called the "Power Band Position."

The third part of the standing position is all about your knees and ankles and is called "Glide." While holding the "Posture" and "Power Band Positions," adjust your ankles so that they are slightly behind the front edge of your knees. This will put your shins in a slightly forward angle and this is how you achieve great "Glide" that will make you feel light on the water!

Lesson number 2 is also done out of the water. Now that I have shown you what position you will be in while you are on top of the water, you need to learn the sitting position which is called "The Three Point Position." While still using your ski rope, sit down with your knees together, handle out in front of your knees with arms totally relaxed, and your feet as wide as your hips and as close to your butt as possible. It is similar to the starting position for rowing. This is the critical position that must be learned off of the water and while the boat is "in gear."

Lesson number three is a major breakthrough in technology. The only safe way to learn to water ski without falling is to take advantage of a barefoot boom. While everyone of your friend's horror stories came from trying to water ski behind the boat for their first time, you will not be making this same mistake. Simply knowing this will make you safe as well as a great teacher.

A barefoot or ski boom is a solid aircraft aluminum pole that attaches to the front of the boat by two stainless steel cables. Designed originally for beginning barefoot water skiers, it is now the biggest insider secret to learning to water ski without ever falling. After mastering the correct technique on land, the barefoot boom is the next safe step to mastering water skiing. After that, you can add a five foot rope to simulate skiing behind the boat. Only then, are you ready to go behind the boat where you will make your very first attempt.

Now that you know the proper progress, it is time to practice your Three Point Position on the barefoot boom. While holding onto the boom, simply have the driver pt the boat "in gear." This is simply the slowest possible speed that the boat will go while being in the forward gear. It is usually about 2-3 mph, and is just enough speed to test your Three Point Position.

Before ever trying to get up, make sure you can hold this position with your free foot dragging behind your ski foot. If you can hold this position in control for at least five seconds, then you are ready for the acceleration phase of getting up!

Practice holding the Three Point Position for 5 seconds and then have the driver accelerate moderately to a speed that allows you to morph into your correct standing form. Slower is always better than faster since the boom gives upward lift and stability. Trying using 10-12mph for children, 15-20mph for medium sized adults, and 20-25 for larger adults. As long as the skier holds the correct form, you can add a little more speed.

Once you have established the fact that you own the correct standing position, have the driver slow down and see if you can get comfortably back into the sitting position. If you can go fluidly from sitting to standing and then back to the sitting position, then you are ready to move on to the five foot rope. The same rules apply to getting to behind the boat without ever taking a fall.

The key to learning without falling is to have the boat driver shut down the skier (decelerate completely) whenever he or she tries to pull in with the arms, bend over, or stand up before the boat has pulled them up. Although this can be aggravating for an over anxious skier, it will keep them from ever taking a fall while mastering the form of every champion on the water.