h.harb wrote:And for Pete's sake, correct yourself as you come to a stop for your last turn. This is often the most frustrating to watch, skiers are working on a specific movement while connecting turns, but when they come into the last turn of a series, and come to a stop, they just let go or quit. That is your most important turn, don't give up on the last turn, that's where you can check yourself to see if you have done it right.
h.harb wrote:You can also look at Helluva skier's early pictures, avatars and see the change he made in this regard. Huge! Most coaches don't address this issue, either they don't see it, know what it can do or don't know how to go about fixing it.
Helluva skier did it through books, videos and the forum. It's possible.
Postby Harald » Tue Oct 31, 2006 6:36 pm
Rick, thank you for adding your personal comments about your learning and progress. I think it is always helpful to all skiers, if someone steps up and tells their story. Your sense of body and movement are becoming highly developed with the help of the Carvers. I?m glad my comments about the leg pull back were helpful. Have you read the posts on hip flexibility?
The post there and the exercise evaluation offers a view into personal hip usage and can add awareness of hip relationships, in creating both types of hip counters. They can either be achieved or restricted based on flexibility or activity.
Today, I had Chris, our Alignment Center manager, perform the simple evaluation (demonstrated on the thread) and he began to realize the differences in his hip placements. He has had difficulty with asymmetry in his hip counter acting and hip counter balance. The movements of the test demonstrated a range of motion that he had not yet realized was missing in his left turns.
Chris is an expert skier and carves clean arcs, but at times misses consistency in transitions on steep terrain. We are hoping his hip flexibility increase, will help his confidence and security on steep bump runs. This area of development is important to almost the whole skiing population. Counter balancing movements begin at the hips, not at the shoulders. As we become more in tune with hip movements and flexibility, shoulder movements
h.harb wrote:I've probably said this 1000 times, if I've said it once. There are many ways to achieve the combination of hip, pelvis, torso and upper body tilt to CB, as there are ways to tip your skis. Some people don't feel their feet yet in skiing, so you have to tell them to move their knees to the side.
Harald,
I have done a search on Hip Flexiblity that you are referring to here and can not find it. Can you give me the link to the post you are referring to here.
Harald if i understand correctly it is a mix of the three elements Shoulders/arms and pelvis. If your arms and shoulders are at the right place without being aware of the pelvis you are not sking at your best and a piece of the puzzle is missing.
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