 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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Buddy I won't wade into the technique, sure someone will be along to do that in detail soon.
Just be prepared, sometimes people get a tidal wave of advice and it's hard to know where to begin, what is important and what is just irrelevant. That's why an instructor will work on one thing at a time over a longer period.
By the end of this thread try to isolate 2 or 3 things you feel will benefit you most (can I suggest the kick can be left until a little later) and concentrate your responses and questions on those points until you understand what you are doing wrong, what you should be feeling and the benifit it should bring you when you nail it.
either way have fun, taking an interest in technique is the best step you can make to improving quickly, just dont over complicate things.
Oh and don't be afraid to drag this thread up again once you have tried the stuff (unless some snowheads have used it for a pointless argument, in which case make a new one)
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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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Don't worry about your arm position, there are more important things to focus on. For me the main problem is in most of those runs you push your skis sideways to create the turn (although the later tuns are better than your earlier runs). That pivot entry to the turn can easily become a habit which is hard to break. It might be caused by the fact that you are static (no extension/flexion movement) and often sitting back on your heels, or worse. Creating a more positive extension movement at the start of your turns will help to eliminate the pivot and will probably improve your fore/aft balance. Keep working on the pole plant and use this to help trigger the extension movement at the start of your turns.
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Thanks, I was getting instructed on technique, and to take away a number of drills to work on for each - we did progress through without getting really good at each drill, so we did have more things that we could work on after - I've got a lot to work on, I know that 
I can get down a mountain safely and enjoy it right now, but, I want to get better so I can ski more of the mountain.
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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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Little Martin, I'd like to see you a little more forward; get off your heels and then the heel-pushing Rob mentions above will be correctable as well.
There are informal free coaching sessions on at Heme at the moment; 7am on Tuesday morning; 19.30-21.30 Tuesday Evening; 19.30 to 21.30 Wednesday Evening.
I coach/host the Tuesday Evening; Dan Gillespie usually looks after Wednesday evening; Tuesday Morning is shared out between a number of the other coaches.
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thanks, I'll see if I can work out what I'm doing when entering the turn, by the end I was leaning forwards more into the boot which is one of things that was worked on.
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