thompson

I will probably get roasted for this, but the way I tell someone to pull me that has never driven the course before seems to get the skier a good pull. Like others have said, the person needs to be comfortable driving through the boat guides first. Once they have that down, I have them come in on the right side of the course, once they get to the boat guides for ball1, give a little correction towards 2, once you get the boat guides for 2--a little correction towards 3, and so on, steering towards the buoy the skier is going to. I am not encouraging drivers to pull this way, this is only meant to get a brand new driver giving a serviceable pull. Chasing the idea of keeping the boat in the "center of the course" will lead to the driver being behind what the skier is doing, and taking away the skier's tight line. As they progress, and can hear and feel the skier, they can learn to anticipate the skier and keep the boat down the center. Better to have a new driver that is giving a user-friendly pull, than one that feels like a wet noodle