Poster: A snowHead
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Just got an e mail saying they have announced the dates for their "ski Technique Lab Tour" this year. Last year it sold out reasonably quickly I think. Might be of interest to get your ski-related biomechanics tested and get some exercises? £10 for a 2 hour evening session, various venues around the UK (yes, including the North!)
Never been, might go this year, heard some good feedback previously.
Tickets and info via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/warren-smith-ski-academy-17635690693.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Your link has a rogue . at the end that breaks it...
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/warren-smith-ski-academy-17635690693
We discussed these last year, so you might find the previous thread interesting...
http://www.snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=2940174
For me, it was basically an evening around the 3 tests (that are on the webpage you posted), two of which were measured, with stretches suggested to improve your measurements, moderately interesting but not startling - if you've read WS's column in the Telegraph S+S magazine you've probably seen most of it before. For 8 quid (last year) with Ellis Brigham throwing in some free beers it wasn't a bad way to spend an evening- especially for me considering the EB store is a couple of minutes from my office. I'm not sure I'd have bothered with travelling any kind of distance to get to it though.
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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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Does anyone know how many of the Warren Smith coaches have Sports Biomechanics qualifications (i.e. BSc, MSC)? Is it a prerequisite for a job in his ski academy?
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@Andybag, no I don't think it is a prerequisite for joining the coaching team.
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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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Yikes ………….. I got a Physics Degree, plus a post grad research in Biomechanics (Leeds) with the world leading knee/ACL prosthetic replacement provider and think there's a significant amount of BS involved ….
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Hmmm, I think, as I understand it, I get 27 ish cm on the ankle drop and ~90 degrees on the foot rotation.
Don’t really understand the leg slidey in thing but I think I can do it no probs, no shakiness.
Is this a good thing?
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@Tubaski, thanks. Darn that punctuation, trying to include a link within a sentence ending with a full stop
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@under a new name,
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Hmmm, I think, as I understand it, I get 27 ish cm on the ankle drop and ~90 degrees on the foot rotation.
Don’t really understand the leg slidey in thing but I think I can do it no probs, no shakiness.
Is this a good thing?
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I believe there are more sophisticated and progressive ski conditioning exercises / stretches out there.
'Total Skiing' by Chris Fellows is my recommendation.
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@T_Hee, thank you but I don’t feel any need to augment my ski conditioning
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