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Course inspections are vital to give you a preview as to what to expect on the way down and give you a chance to anticipate the course. You need to be looking for where you will build up speed, tight turns because of your speed, areas where it will be hard to grip, planning your racing line to take into account for tight turns that are coming up and where you can push and skate to get the most from your run.
Memorise those tricky gates where there may be more than one route into a set of poles.
Verticalies can be an opportunity to build up speed but exit strategies need to be considered for once you have built up your speed you need to maintain it as you go back into wider gates.
Hard to grip places. As well as gates the course will include a change in terrain. Poles set on these changes - such as slopes falling away - can make it more difficult to grip. So often a slightly different racing line is required to get past these tricky point without skidding and loosing speed.
Places where you can build up rhythm. Course setters, will often include rhythms for racers - picking these up in course inspections can give you an advantage so you can relax more whilst racing through the course.
Even once the race has started you can continue to prepare yourself by watching and listing to the rhythm of the course as skiers come down it. Look to see where they are having difficulty and modify the racing line in you mind.
Please see further section on Racing Line.