 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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That is the most exciting idea in stick chasing I've seen - the follow cam would be spectacular at WC.
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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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I took a look just out of interest. The perspective on the skiers from someone clearly just in front of them was very interesting. What immediately jumped out and the reason for me posting was how still their upper body was in relation to what their legs were doing. One of the first sequences looking back at the guy in white showed his body hardly even moving from the centre of the screen. It really clearly demonstrated that upper lower body separation that I am still trying to achieve.
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I've done that a few times with Emma Carrick Anderson, with Emma running 1st, then a decent Eurotest candidate 2nd and me running 3rd. Immediate feedback on every gate as the gap between the skiers either stays the same or grows. Bit scary the first couple of times, but great fun.
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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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| Megamum wrote: |
| It really clearly demonstrated that upper lower body separation that I am still trying to achieve. |
It's a key skill to develop, and there are lots of drills that you can do to focus on keeping upper body stable. We ran through a sequence of separation drills today at our intro to gates clinic at Hemel - lots of fun but by the end of the day a couple of snowHeads looked like those marathon tennis players at the end of their match 
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Yum Olsson. There needs to be a drooling smiley.  Close?
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All our Irish race squad have been watching this for the last two weeks, Great video
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| CSki wrote: |
| Yum Olsson. There needs to be a drooling smiley. Close? |
Close? Nope, but it does look like you're trying to lick him.
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CSki, I'm shocked! Put those thoughts away from your mind.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rob@rar, I was surprised at how 'complete' the movement was. Errr.....that might not make sense - the movement appeared to be a complete commitment from the hips down and it seemed to flow across completly under the torse with the appropriate knee extending at the outside edge and then the knees contracting to carry the legs under the body where I guess the change of edge was occurring. It def. seemed to be a side to side action of the hips that completely involved the hips. I now know that its not what I'm doing, but having sussed what it should look like is half the battle to getting it right I think. It seems to be more a hip wiggle than anything else. Please correct me if I've not seen it right.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Megamum, that;s about right, although the hips are pretty stable and the legs are working hard underneath them. Lots of lateral movement to create big edge angles.
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Megamum, as I understand it, there are two methods to get the weight from one side to the other, cross under or cross over. Yummy Jon is demostrating cross under, where the movement comes from beneath. It's quicker as the forces built up in a SL/GS turn are less. It would be difficult to do this in a longer radius turn, hence more of a cross over movement that you're probably used to.
rob@rar, feel free to slaughter that explanation and send me to to Yummy Jon for extra lessons. 
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You know it makes sense.
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It would be difficult to do this in a longer radius turn, hence more of a cross over movement that you're probably used to.
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Useful info, so its a technique that is perfect for some situations, but others might need a different approach.
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FAQ
Candidates chasing openers, what do you think? 
