 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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Key to this is to keep moving during the turn, rather than setting up a static position at the beginning of the turn and holding it (so-called park and ride) as your travel around the curve. Unfortunately the article focuses on one single image of the skier during the turn and analyses it - might have ben better to take three or four images during the turn to look at the movements the skier is making from one part of the turn to the other.
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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, wouldn't it be a very advanced intermediate that could roll the pressure down the ski through a turn.
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| jbob wrote: |
| @rob@rar, wouldn't it be a very advanced intermediate that could roll the pressure down the ski through a turn. |
Not sure. What if from a fairly early stage in their skiing career you helped them to develop good movement to set up the turn, and keep moving (laterally and fore to keep up with their skis) as they flow in to the next turn? They might not be at an advanced level in their skiing, but you've helped them to develop a good foundation for advanced skiing later on in their skiing career. You can start to develop that from the snowplough stage, emphasising that movement is important and developing an effective extension in the setup phase of the turn and explaining that movement can be varied in terms of the direction you move, the range of movement and the rate of movement. It's one of the things I was teaching yesterday, with strong recreational skiers using a snowplough turn as a way of understanding aspects of their performance skiing that could be changed.
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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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@rob@rar, I'd always tried to maintain the 'ideal' static posture and positions throughout. The instructor made us do alot of agility drills and flat 360s on a green, focussing on fore-aft balance; which might have something to do with "roll the pressure down the ski" @jbob points out. I think generally being more relaxed (for me) on the skis helped a great deal to 'keep up with the skis'. A slo-mo vid would be handy to show the changes throughout the turn.
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@ALQ, the trouble with a static stance is that the forces which are generated through the turn constantly ebb and flow. If we are trying to always be in balance, we need to work with these forces. If the forces are constantly changing as we move through the turn from start to finish and we are to stay in dynamic balance a static position is not ideal. Long-winded way of saying "keep moving".
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