I will fix the right boot alignment. I do not know by how much and which is the best way to do it temporarily until the fix is made permanent. Thank you for your help.
JR
leopold bloom wrote:Hello Bolter,
I took a look at your JR_new_green.flv video. You have made some great progress in your transition. You look much more committed to crossing your skis and developing early edge angles. Your body flows more smoothly into the next turn. I'm sure you can feel a significant difference.
One thing you might want to experiment with is the relationship between releasing your edges and letting go of your counter. To my eye, and I could be wrong, you are unwinding your counter before releasing your edges. If you hold onto your counter and release out of it you will have more energy to work with at the end of the turn which will make for a more effortless transition into the next turn.
Your pole action may be sabotaging your counter a bit. It looks like you are reaching forward with your outside hand to plant your pole. This will cause you to rotate out of your countered position before edge release. if you focus on planting the pole down the fall line rather than down the ski I think you will get a better result.
I also took a look at your JR_Today.flv video. Very smooth and rhythmical.
One thing you might want to experiment with in your short radius turns is hooking up the skis more at the end of the turn. In other words, turn across the fall line more by tipping to a higher angle. At the point where you are currently releasing, instead, flex the inside leg while maintaining pressure on the outside leg and let your hips drop into the inside of the turn more. You gain a lot more energy from this movement which will encourage a more vigorous flex-to-release movement.
- Leo
leopold bloom wrote:Hello Bolter,
I took a look at your JR_new_green.flv video. You have made some great progress in your transition. You look much more committed to crossing your skis and developing early edge angles. Your body flows more smoothly into the next turn. I'm sure you can feel a significant difference.
One thing you might want to experiment with is the relationship between releasing your edges and letting go of your counter. To my eye, and I could be wrong, you are unwinding your counter before releasing your edges. If you hold onto your counter and release out of it you will have more energy to work with at the end of the turn which will make for a more effortless transition into the next turn.
Your pole action may be sabotaging your counter a bit. It looks like you are reaching forward with your outside hand to plant your pole. This will cause you to rotate out of your countered position before edge release. if you focus on planting the pole down the fall line rather than down the ski I think you will get a better result.
I also took a look at your JR_Today.flv video. Very smooth and rhythmical.
One thing you might want to experiment with in your short radius turns is hooking up the skis more at the end of the turn. In other words, turn across the fall line more by tipping to a higher angle. At the point where you are currently releasing, instead, flex the inside leg while maintaining pressure on the outside leg and let your hips drop into the inside of the turn more. You gain a lot more energy from this movement which will encourage a more vigorous flex-to-release movement.
- Leo
leopold bloom wrote:Hello Bolter,
To my eye, there is still a little bit of edge riding in the transition. You need to throw your stance edge away a little earlier still. I would try flexing the stance leg suddenly such that your feet and your stance foot in particular is really light for a moment right at the start of your transition. In this state you will be able to tip more easily. Try focusing on leading the tipping with the old stance foot. You could look at your tracks and see what effect this has.
Your poling has improved and this is evidenced by the way you hold your counter better. Still, I would try holding the hands wider and opening the wrist to the bottom of the hill more. Right now it looks like your motion is a little trapped by the narrowness of your pole positions.
Looking forward to your next installment!
- Leo
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