Just a quick report:
cold and drizzle meant use the ski coat not the jacket. Made getting the protective gear on more challenging.
Personal - got to explore what has been an issue for me on the hill - why turning right is easy and turning left is not as easy. Learned a new way to simply skate - start on LTE of outside leg and roll in to BTE as you push off. Very interesting sensation and much longer push per stroke.
Of note: PSIA former demo team member in attendence and a PSIA III cert. (see - we all love each other)
Report, everyone got a lot better. Focus points were focus on LTE for initiation and BTE will take care of itself. Not just the SP way, but we did weighted release type drills as well. Drills for using either inside or outside foot to support turn.
We learned what the "hipometer" was. This was an adjunct to a discussion on counter, vs counter balance, vs square, vs over square. This helped me the most as I was doing counter balance my weak turn direction vs counter in my strong direction. Going ahead and letting counter happen on my weak direction improved things a lot.
Lots of people fell. Everyone got back up. I'm glad I had my wrist and knee guards on. They performed well!
Harald expanded his discussion on stance with on slope illustrations.
Fun time for all. I can't wait to see how this affects my skiing.