Hi MJGC and welcome to the forum.
MJGC wrote:It's seems like there are slightly differing turning techniques HH talks through in Expert Skier 1 compared to Performance Ski vid. New to this so please forgive any missuse of terminology but hopefully you'll get my point. In Expert Skier 1 HH talks about RTE and lifting and tipping the old stance ski (phantom) with the focus on the little toe edge - all makes sense. In Performance Skier the process of lifting/tipping the old stance ski seems to go and instead both skis are used in more of classic carving motion.
Is there a different time to use these differing techniques or does this represent an evolution as one becomes more familiar/Expert in PMTS. thoughts welcome. Thanks
Several of these assumptions are incorrect.
First, every PMTS turn includes:
- Releasing, Transferring and Engaging movements (RTE)
- Lifting (or at least lightening) of the old stance ski; and
- Tipping the free ski toward its little toe edge (LTE)
There are no exceptions. These are among the Primary Movements which are used in every turn, regardless of type, terrain or snow conditions.
Second, there are no "differing techniques". Different turn types are generated by modifying the timing and/or intensity of the Primary Movements, not by adopting different ones. This is unlike traditional teaching systems (TTS), which teach beginning skiers inefficient movements that they'll have to unlearn later in order to progress (e.g., the wedge or snowplow, the Stem Christie, etc.). PMTS teaches efficient movements and only efficient movements. The PMTS student is never taught a movement s/he'll have to unlearn or forget later.
FYI, the reason you believe "the process of lifting/tipping the old stance ski seems to go [away]" is that the Expert Skier videos consist of drills to teach new movements, while the Performance Free Skiing video consists (largely) of free skiing. To learn new movements the body must exaggerate, so the drills and demos in the Expert Skiing videos are intentionally exaggerated for learning purposes. Harald actually has a saying... "Lifting is for learning, lightening is for experts". When free-skiing as in the PFS video, HH performs the Primary Movements so efficiently that untrained eyes may not perceive them. However, he is in fact lifting/lightening and tipping his free ski on every single turn. This is clearly visible to experienced PMTS observers.
We could go on, but wordy analysis is really not helpful for a PMTS student. If you want to ski using efficient movements, here's all you need to know, as posted by a certified PMTS coach (who can ski rings around me or nearly anyone else on this forum, other coaches excepted):
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3263#p33422