[John V]

Originally Posted by JST

Classroom instruction is better than nothing, of course, but until you've actually felt a car break loose at the limit and learned how to recover it, it's all just words.

JV has a good point about skidpads, which are really good labs for teaching this basic skill. Of course, snow covered parking lots work pretty well, too.

The old snow-covered school parking lot was how I learned. That playtime definitely has saved my ass several times over the course of my life.