ibMED wrote:Big E, This is not Epic, guessing is not allowed. You know or you don't know.
Geoff,
I'm still confused.
Stick it. - Let's assume I'm traversing with my left foot as stance ski, right is free foot. I want to turn left. I flex and put my right ski on the LTE edge with enought weight to side load it. At this point, some weight is on both skis. SHould be a big O position between the knees. Got that part, I think.
Match it - I think you are telling me that I put all my weight on the right LTE, pick up my left foot/ski and match the angle of the tipped LTE of the Right ski. Is this correct. I would refer to this position as the classic super phantom turn Harald has show. O position has decreased. I don't think this is a weighted release position, as weighted releases are done directly off the stance foot.
Manage it - I think this refers to tipping the left foot which is now the free foot. This will cause the right foot/ski to tip to BTE. I presume that managing it refers to the correct movements of the new free foot which is where all the action is.
Do I have it right? If so, I did this on snow yesterday and it takes a while. I did it at speed, I'll try it on flats tomorrow. I also spent a lot of time w/o poles doing drills from your day one. Progress is happening. Long way to go.
Thanks for all you have done in explaining a camp.
You are close...
Stick it-Start with flat skis on flat terrain. If you want to turn left, pole yourself along, flex and tip your left ski onto LTE and put some weight on it so the edge sticks in the snow. Yes, you want a big O-frame and weight will be distributed on across both skis. Depending on how you do the drill, you may have most of your weight on the ski when you tip it (which would be similar to a weighted release) or you may do this more like a TFR where you lighten before tipping. Play with it both ways.
Match it-Simply tip the other foot to eliminate the O-frame and match angles. Don't lift, just tip. All you care about is getting matching angles.
Manage it-Transfer your balance back to the new stance ski (if you started by putting your weight on the ski you tipped first), otherwise just make sure your balance is where you want it.
You may not have to do anything with balance at this point (depending on how you entered the turn), but if you needed to make adjustments, now would be the time. Regardless, the idea is to get grip first, then sort your balance out. Once you are in balance, you can stand on the stance ski.
The best way to do this drill is super slow on gentle terrain and to tip back to neutral (skis flat) before starting the next turn. If the terrain is gentle enough, don't even finish turns. As soon as you are on your new edges, tip back to flat and start in the other direction. This drill is about transition.
Again, the idea is sequence. Tip to LTE and get it gripping first first (stick), then to BTE (match), then make any necessary balance adjustments and stand on the stance ski (manage). Grip is the most important thing. Get grip before you try to do aything else. Gripping edges provide the platform for balance, so if you don't have grip, then there is no point in trying to manage balance since you don't have a platform to stand on.