 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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Any activity where you are twisting your skis with your legs (not with the rest of your body) will help develop pivoting or rotational skills. Last weekend I was teaching a clinic on skills for steep terrain and we used some drills which were a bit like linked hockey stops, but without the sudden stop, as a way of developing range and rate of rotation. In the clip Marcel Hirscher was blending a controlled pivot to start some of his turns, and then skillfully dropping on to the skis edges so as not to lose time. Great to see, especially in slow motion when you can more easily appreciate what he's doing.
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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, I think the slow motion show unbelievable skill
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| Glen Charman wrote: |
| rob@rar, I think the slow motion show unbelievable skill |
Yes, me too. With the new regulations for GS skis I think we'll be seeing more of those pivoted entries to turns, on more gates and with bigger initial steering angles.
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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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Glen Charman, yes, that is one of Fastman's - his "Ski Coach" DVDs have any number of drills helping to build pivot skills.
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rob@rar, don't forget the drills which have the added advantage of toning the arms.  (Ow!)
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rob@rar, were you doing pivot slips, then?
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| skinanny wrote: |
| rob@rar, were you doing pivot slips, then? |
No, not on that occasion. Some similarities but the rotary movement was much quicker. It was in a sequence of drills and was used to get my students being confident at twisting their skis right across the fall line, at high speed. Pivot slips (often called braquage on this side over here) are good for rotation, but normally performed at a much lower rate of rotation.
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