I was in Geoff's group for the five days and appreciate his photographic memory. At night, I would write down the exercises that we did each day, but without as much clarity of detail as Geoff. Of course, each of us in this group would relate somewhat differently to each of the exercises we received from Jay or Harald because we were each being individually directed towards correcting less than efficient movement patterns.
I was struck with the consistent thrust of our coaches to explain why a certain movement pattern (such as flexing and tipping the inside ski) made sense. This was not about "posing", but as Jay emphasized repeatedly over the three days we were with him: "what is the performance of the ski and how is your balance affected by a given movement pattern?" That is a profoundly pragmatic statement, which leads each skier to have to discover their own answer. As Harald said in an earlier post, this is a dynamic process not a dogma.
I found myself over the five days having "aha" moments and other moments of utter confusion! The aha moments seemed to happen when I got pointers on PMTS exercises that I had been practicing already. The confusion took over when we went to skills that I hadn't practiced, such as when both Jay and Harald had us planting our pole slightly behind our stance foot (in the fall line) as part of a countering drill. I seem to have a forward pole plant near the tip of my stance ski set in concrete in my brain and forearms! In order to change that movement pattern I know what I have to do; do the drill at slow speed and do it successfully many times.
The quality of coaching I received from Jay and Harald was superb. By the last day I realized that they really couldn't "teach" me anything else until I got to work and integrated into my skiing much of what they had already given me. So I am off to my local ski hill in MN to get organized and practice, practice, practice. Thanks to everyone involved for a great week.