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Balance & ski's
 Poster: A snowHead
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I've had my current boots for about the last 8 weeks skiing & my ski's for the last 3. It's occurred to me on numerous occasions that I don't seem to have progressed much lately |& that I don't seem too well balanced Puzzled
Begun to wonder if perhaps I would benefit from having my balance looked at & perhaps have some boots properly fitted, the ones I have are reasonably comfortable but were never properly fitted or set up Sad
Been looking at various videos & articles on balanced skiing today & have now begun to wonder if my bindings are correctly located on my skis ???
My daughter is a really good skier (unlike me!), her ski's are 2cm longer than mine but I have just measured & her bindings are some 6cm in front of my centers, does that sound right? Confused
Or am I confusing myself ?????????????????
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm not a gear expert so I can't say if your bindings are mounted rightly or wrongly. But I can tell you it depends on the skis.

I have two pairs. One pair is a women specific skis and the mounting points are a little more forward than the other unisex ones.

Though when the unisex ski first came in (naked, without binding), I saw there're TWO marking on the skis for mounting points. Sure enough, when I took it to the shop for moumting, they asked me which one I prefer! Puzzled Shocked It turned out twin tips can have bindings mounted either "center" or "traditional". I had it mounted 'traditional' since I'm not planning on skiing backward very often...
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provenjohn, are you a bloke? Makes a difference, apparently.

There are lots of good drills to help balance - especially the large variety of one-legged exercises.

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I don't seem to have progressed much lately

have you had some decent lessons? I find I don't progress without. Indeed, I regress! Embarassed
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pam w wrote:
provenjohn, are you a bloke? Makes a difference, apparently.

There are lots of good drills to help balance - especially the large variety of one-legged exercises.

Quote:

I don't seem to have progressed much lately

have you had some decent lessons? I find I don't progress without. Indeed, I regress! Embarassed


Just checked! Yep I'm a bloke Toofy Grin
No not had any recent lessons, thought i had got as far as I was likely to get to be honest.
Perhaps I have confused things by saying balance? It's more that I seem to have to put a lot of effort into turning & seem to be always having to push weight forward.
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provenjohn, If you feel you are not progressing then it might be time for a lesson. Instructor will access both your stance and balance and look at your gear. Where the bindings mounted depends on a particular ski as all skis would have a mounting point recommended by a manufacturer for a ski's intended use.
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Click your boot in the ski and check that the centre mark on the side of your boot is above the mark on the ski/bindings as a quick first check

Don't judge across skis as the different cambers and rockers can mean the effective centres centres vary a lot

Boots could also have packed down and if a comfit fit from slush and rubble will now be sloping around giving no control

Time for a proper boot fit?
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