Hopefully, skiing gates will take you to the next level of control. Before the gate. If you ski directly towards the next gate, then you must quickly make a panic turn to get around the gate. The general rule of thumb is to make your turn above the gate so that you have finished your turn as you pass the gate. If you turn before the gate, your turns will be rounder and you will carry more speed down the hill.
Skiers tend to freeze and cease being dynamic in a course.
Try to concentrate on constant compression and extension of the body all the way through the turn. Instead of holding this low telemark, try to stay dynamic and immediately start your slow extension into the next turn. It's surprising, but you'll actually edge better if you do this. But in telemark racing, those gatekeepers also check that each racer performs a perfect telemark turn. The inside ski is trailing the lead ski such that the trailing boot is at least one boot length behind the lead foot.