 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, you don't look worried in that video!  Hope your hand's OK - sounds painful.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yes, first half(ish), looking good.
Smooth controlled turns, unhurried. Nicely linked.
On the steeper part later, you are panicking and throwing the skis round so less smooth. What looks like patchy snow is forcing you into Picking you place to turn rather than sticking to your rythm, so it looks less smooth. Hard work skidding to control speed because some of the turns are not finished.(Speed control by coming further across the hill, not just scraping on alternate skis)
Weight looks well balanced. Arm position and pole planting. Well Done.
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Awful skiing, fantastic music.
No, hang on, the other way round.
I wouldn't let that little bit of stemming bother you as much as it does. Nice stable way of starting a turn when you're not sure you want to commit 100% to skis perfectly parallel. Can't see anything much wrong with that, personally. Nice round turns nearly all of the time. Thumbs up.
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lampbus, thank you  . the snow on that last part had, indeed, got the stage where the mounds were big enough that you needed to ski around them rather than over them. I agree completely with your comments - I knew the technique wasn't as good there, but there is no learning done unless I acknowledge that the warts as well as the good bits. I thought that it looked as though I started to push the tails out too much and I think I probably needed to get the fronts of the skis to engage first again - weight should have perhaps been further forward - I bet my body wasn't perpendicular to the hill. I thought I seemed a little better over the last 8 or so turns I seemed to get into a slightly better rhythm and that seemed to help.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| ...Watch that small stem come and go. I think I've worked out when it appears - it's when I'm 'thinking'.... |
Orrr, it could be when you initiate your turns with your shoulders??
You're a bit small in the vid, so I might be seeing things.
You've made really good progress, but so has FC so you're gonna have to work your booty harder 
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| Megamum wrote: |
| ... I think I probably needed to get the fronts of the skis to engage first again - weight should have perhaps been further forward - I bet my body wasn't perpendicular to the hill... |
The clip of you skiing towards the camera is telling. Take a look at the slo-mo if you can and what do you see?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| ...I'll just have to try and be more disciplined when I am there - it's got to be doable hasn't it?... |
Absa-bloody-lutely doable!!
Quality time on snow is what you need (and practice) to set good technique (if that's what you're after)....starting with your posture 
The good thing about FC's vids is that he/we can see and check his improvement over time; i think that could be good for you too this summer.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Much smoother Megamum.
Well done 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ALQ,
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Dunno why instructors don;t sort this out
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At least two instructors who work at Hemel do sort this out.
Or at least they try to... 
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Pedantica, Then I think those two instructors are too kind n gentle with their clients 
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Megamum, Knees ahead of toes to maintain pressure on the front of boots and therefore front of skis.
At your level, as much as you can...really get knees, hips, arms forward til you feel the front of the skis really dig into the snow on every turn (find the feeling of grippy turns).
Presently, your knees are directly above your ankles...check your vid of you heading towards the camera or any one of FC's old vids
No offence, but you're still at black pants!!!
..white pants after good short radius turns
..red pants after carving turns
..orange pants after zip-lining moguls
..bright pink pants after powder
..yellow pants after instructors ask you for advice on skiing and pulling Italian hotties.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Wed 5-03-14 0:50; edited 1 time in total
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Megamum, If anything I've said is confusing you, plz IGNORE me and seek professional help ... at your nearest snowdome 
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ALQ, That's OK, that makes sense and is indeed what I am aiming at. My professional snowdome help has managed to get me to feel that and I love the feeling of the fronts of the skis engaging in the snow and of me steering around the turns. I can, and have made it happen and it is what I am looking for on every turn. In fact in the first video although I am in the distance I do actually have it happening on every turn on one of the runs - I could also feel separation occurring and the skis doing the side to side thing as the body stayed central. It was only a simple green/blue type run, but it really felt good. I guess, at least, you didn't didn't say that my knees were mostly behind! the ankles!!
NB. I'll put the white pants on the top of the heap - I don't think it will be long before I get there. I'm pleased with the progress I have made particularly with confidence (a key issue for me) and with technique. Whilst some folks say that tech. leads to confidence, I know me and it def. works the other way around! I skied with SH friends in Austria and they said that the couldn't believe the positive change in my confidence.
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At least two instructors who work at Hemel do sort this out
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and one who works in Les Deux Alpes tries very hard! Charlotte kept on at me about ankles and came up with some good drills. She also thought my boots were probably too stiff - Megamum, can you stand in your ski boots with your knees over your bindings?
Also, your basic ankle flex (ie with bare feet) might be a problem. My natural flex isn't great, so I have some stretches I do each day when cleaning my teeth.
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pam w, yes, I don't seem to have any problems when the skis aren't moving. If you have a good exercise to pass on I'd be interested
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Megamum, a good one, which I found quite difficult and need to persist with, is doing gentle round turns - easy run - and making little "pulses" forward with the knees, all the way round. Kind of bounces. Harder than it sounds, to make it effective and get a feel for the difference on the front of the skis!
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pam w, sorry, I said 'exercise' which is 'ski speak' I actually meant a stretch for cleaning the teeth as you had mentioned.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Too right. Reminds me, my 7 year old goggles need the lens replacing. Getting difficult to see through the fog and scuffs.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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As noted above, very nice, flowing skiing. I see every turn being very consistent, which means they've become a strong habit. The next evolution for you is about making it yet easier, using less effort to start the turn, allowing the skis to do the work, and always be turning. rob@rar has given you a number of ideas that have helped you, and that's great. I'm going to divert a bit from one of them, though. I'd like to have you consider playing with your first movement being the downhill/new inside foot/ski. So, as you begin your turn downhill, flatten the downhill/new inside ski first. You might even thing of flattening the tip of the downhill ski first. Flatten it by pressing it into the hill and having your downhill/new inside leg be perpendicular to the hill at that moment.
What might the result of this movement be? I expect it to get rid of that slight stem (which sometimes becomes a step), allow the turn to start more slowly and without the pivot movement to force the skis into gravity, and create more flow.
Play with it and see?
I also would like to see you continue turning until you're ready to start the new turn. Be turning uphill or be turning downhill around the point of transition. Avoid going "straight" or "across". Continue the previous turn up the hill to slow your speed or begin the new turn into gravity to increase your speed. Always be turning.
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| ssh wrote: |
| ...I expect it to get rid of that slight stem (which sometimes becomes a step)... |
That certainly helped with my stem (together with getting more forward).
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Thanks, ALQ. I have begun avoiding a focus on body parts ("getting forward") and shifted to more of a "do this to the skis" description. For example, suggesting pressing the tips flat first will likely lead to a move of pressure forward on the ski, but will avoid some of the strange contortions that often occur as skiers attempt to "get forward."
That said, if you're pressuring the tips, keep doing what you're doing! Early edge engagement and hook-up is a great focus for solid skiing.
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ssh ... and that's why you're an instructor
I just shout "get forward!!"
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Megamum, you're looking for the right feeling! My suggestion is that flattening that new inside/downhill ski will allow you to slice with that new outside/uphill ski even earlier in the turn. In fact, I would suggest that it will allow the pressure to move to that new outside/uphill ski with less deliberate effort on your part. In general, I recommend moving into the new turn (this means moving downhill) rather than moving "onto" that new outside/uphill ski. The latter requires a movement away from the smooth movement into the next turn and down the hill.
In other words, why should you move uphill in order to go downhill?
That said, this is simply a movement for you to use at play! Play with the different ways of moving, and see if you can feel what happens when you flatten that downhill ski first. You may be surprised!
ALQ,
However, one might answer, "How?" And then you're in trouble, since there are a bunch of ways to "get forward," many of which won't actually pressure the tips of the skis! For example, I often see skiers who are, "getting forward" by thrusting out their hands and bending at the waist while sticking out their bum and standing on their heels! No pressure on the tips with that movement, but by God they think they're "forward!"
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ssh, Then I shout (with more bass), "Git yo ar*e forward NOW!!!!!"
You should try it...then post the vid
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ALQ, ha! Before or after the ambulance ride? 
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FAQ
I'll just continue to immobilise it and wait for it to get better. If I have cracked bones (and the pain suggests I might have done) 4-6 careful weeks should fix things. If it's only tendons and ligaments that have taken a beating it might OK sooner than that, I've still got practically full 
.......... I tell you what......You've made better progress with the dread stem than I have 
