Skiing at Mammoth in April 2012. I'm loading this for Paul. He was mostly working on getting more forward. ( Art )
geoffda wrote:1. Work on releasing. …... Paul is lacking a true release, and his number one priority has to be to develop one. ….
geoffda wrote:…. More tipping. ...
geoffda wrote:…. Ixne on the foot steering. Paul has a tendency to twist his feet to try to "juice" the turn to finish. ...
geoffda wrote: …For now, I think his fore-aft is sufficient....
polecat wrote:geoffda wrote: …For now, I think his fore-aft is sufficient....
Here I must disagree.
Besides looking like I’m sitting on a toilet, I can definitely feel that I’m standing on my heels.
I have a really, really, really hard time pulling my feet back and getting any kind of pressure at all on the tips.
Neither tipping nor flexing work worth a damn when standing on your heels. When I try to release I feel like my legs are locked underneath me. I’m always fighting for it.
The other thing I see in the vids is that I’m still leaning a lot with minimal CB and near zero CA.
I get the sense that those three things together, sitting back with little CB or CA are why my legs feel locked and why It’s such a fight to tip without losing my balance or flex by simply relaxing.
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geoffda wrote:....Releasing shouldn't be a struggle and getting forward enough to do it shouldn't be hard. Try standing up a bit and see if that helps. ….
geoffda wrote:.... See if you can do a static two-footed release in balance, with just enough flexion to tip. If you struggle with that ….
geoffda wrote:.... that would point to the need for some boot work...
polecat wrote:geoffda wrote:.... that would point to the need for some boot work...
It’s been a few years, but Diana set up my boots. I’m confident it’s me, not the boots.
That's a good thing, it means I should be able to improve through hard work.
geoffda wrote:…Did she ski with you? Have you changed skis since? …
geoffda wrote:.... The reason I'm harping on this is that it shouldn't be hard to be able to release in blance and stay there. ….
geoffda wrote:…. From a relaxed, upright stance all you should have to do is relax the stance foot and invert it (barely any flexion required). Dorsi-flex a little to stay on the front of the cuff as the skis start to slide and they should seek the fall line. Finish with a Phantom Move, paying attention to holding the free foot back. If that is hard for you to do in balance, that is a big red flag….
geoffda wrote: … One thing to try before the full two-footed release would be to just release to a side-slip and then engage again. Can you do that in balance from both sides? ….
geoffda wrote: … If so, practice that a bunch, then play with dorsi-flexion/plantar-flexion to explore how that affects the direction your skis want to slide. Dorsi-flexion should make the tips seek the fall line, while plantar-flexion should make the tails seek the fall line . Play with a "falling leaf" pattern where you let the tips slide towards the fall line, then reverse and let the tails seek the fall line. Don't steer while doing this; just ride the ski. That should help your balance. After you can do that, then try adding the Phantom Move finish. It may be that you just need to develop more balance awareness. Doing those drills should help…..
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