by Guest » Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:18 am
Milesb,
I tried a lot of things. The reason I wanted to experiment with this was that last few times skiing, I've been deliberately trying to add some brushing to my short turns, at the end of the turn, to control speed. In doing that, I've noticed that I often end up a little bit in the back seat at the end of the turn. That "position" seems to be helpful in finishing the turn, but it's a problem when starting a new turn. So today I wanted to experiment with ways to keep the slight back seat position at the end of the turn, but in transition to move CM not only laterally, but also somewhat forwards.
First, I tried to very explicitly "push" the hip forwards, but this tended to interrupt the flow of turns, and to result in a stem. Then I tried concentrating on the flow in transition, and using the strong arm. That helped a bit. But what I found most helpful towards the end of the day, was to use weighted release, together with the strong arm, and in transition, *pulling my toes upwards to the top of the boot*. That seems to pull the body slightly forwards.
My assumption is that the weighted release makes the lateral move happening, and for some reason, pulling the toes upwards seems to add a forward move component, which both taken together moves the hips diagonally cross the skis.
I'm sorry I can't describe this any better than this - like I said in my earlier post, I'd preferred been skiing on hardpack or ice experimenting with this, but today the snow was soft.
Cheers,
Tommy