by Icanski » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:59 pm
Hi Harald,
I got the third DVD, and it is superb like the others. Excellent! I can't wait to get out on Monday and try it all out.
I find the new exercise quite intriguing, where you pull the DH foot back and the UH foot forward to find the point where the hips are ahead of the heels and you see what sort of pressure it puts on the tips. You lift the UH ski. I know in this exercise the emphasis is on finding the place and feel for the forward position, my question comes for when it's all back together in the full turns.
When one achieves that position of the hips ahead of the feet, and the ability to pressure the tips, is there still a point in the turn where there is some heel pressure? I remember one of the earlier books mentioning this, so that near the end of the turn there is some pressure to support the tail. Is this still happening? With pressure on the tips, what is the balance that keeps the tails from washing out or losing some grip? I know that the exercise is working on a particular movement, but when it's all put together how do we make sure that the entire edge has grip?
I think I understand this concept, but it's the kind of thing someone will ask me, and I'd like to make sure I thoroughly understand it myself so I can give them an answer that makes sense.
I was also happy to see the phantom move section in there, too. I think it is very clear, and some of the most common mistakes you point out are what I've seen in a few people who've had their first PMTS lesson with me, but haven't read the Essentials and are going by what they've figured out from book 1 & 2 and trying things themselves. I will use that exercise to help establish that for them.
What is the area where some of the scenes are shot that has so much bare rock around it; wide slopes and a small peak pointing up?
Great job, with all three! I'll be poring over these for many months to come. Superb!
thanks,
Icanski