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Out of interest what did the coaches who noticed this suggest as a way around it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kitenski, we didn't spend a lot of time on it, focusing more on technique. I hope that as my technique improves my willingness to go quickly improves with it, hand in hand.
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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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rob@rar, If it's unconscious, and you're not scared (as such) and you're not backing off because you feel out of control - I would have to concur with some others that you maybe want to seek out environments where you can safely go faster. I.e. not on a gate infested icy patch of the Tignes Glacier, but somewhere where you can simply let the skis run and do big swooping turns - whilst concentrating on not losing speed. Big easy blues for example.
Or, another though that may have been mentioned. Find someone a little faster than you with similar or lesser technical skills and just try and follow them. Concentrate on getting your turns to mimic theirs rather than on what you're doing. That might help take your unconscious mind of it's slowing down desire...?
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David Murdoch, that's a really good idea - I go much quicker when I've got to chase Mr Docsquid or an instructor than when I'm left to pick my own speed. It brings out the competitor in me!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| David Murdoch wrote: |
| Or, another though that may have been mentioned. Find someone a little faster than you with similar or lesser technical skills and just try and follow them. Concentrate on getting your turns to mimic theirs rather than on what you're doing. That might help take your unconscious mind of it's slowing down desire...? |
That worked really well for me as a drill outside of the gates. I was paired with the quickest skier in the group, and he set the pace, line and turn shape. I then had to ski as closely as possible behind him, not much more than one turn's length apart. According to the trainer it was the best skiing I did all week. So perhaps the answer to my problem is to hire Georgie and always ski behind him 
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docsquid, rob@rar, it is amazing what you can do when you 1. trust the person in front not to do anything too silly and 2. just follow blindly.
Some (too many) years ago I had one amazing (in my top 10) run down the Pleney B (a morzine motorway blue) blindly following a friend who was a pisteur (ski patrol). It was after hours - so no tourists - they'd just pisted it for the next day - and he went like a bat out of h3ll. Bearing in mind that he used to test race skis for Dynastar...and we were both on 203SL skis it was all really rather entertaining. And waayyyy too short.
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| David Murdoch wrote: |
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There's a lot to be said for that. I ski better when my brain isn't involved.
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rob@rar, That rings true even from my perspective, I think I ski quicker, better and even more fluidly (well as fluid as I get!!) when my children are on the same slope - I think because I am watching what they're doing and I'm not concentrating on me and my fears. Maybe when you are following someone because you are watching them you are not concentrating so much on you and maybe this helps.
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When running gates I find myself holding back slightly, because I'm worried by the embarassment that I would cause myself if I (DNF) failed to finish, I am usually much happier to let go when I can see the finish, sometimes picking up the odd award because the better skiers have blown out. Don't know if that helps, perhaps you might recognise something similar?
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My GF skis really slow and its been a 10 year (failed) project to speed her up a bit.
Not in the racing vein above but a couple of things have helped: building confidence in stopping by practicing emergency stops from higher and higher speeds has helped, also it helps to keep up if you eliminate all the dead time, be ready to go first, have all your zips done up etc. you wont ski faster but your mates will be hanging around a lot less.
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