h.harb wrote:Two things must happen; you need incredible concentration for holding your feet together and you have to lead every tipping movement off the big toe edge, with the tipping movement toward the little toe edge for the new inside foot.
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I know you have all heard this before, but if you don't ski it, the way I am showing it, you aren't tipping enough. In the new DVD, you will see an exercise on the flat cat track where I exaggerate my inside foot tipping. I had John following me on some of these runs. His comments, " I don't tip that far, I've never tipped that far, I am going to tip that far".
h.harb wrote:How far off or out are the Epic guys, Lemaster and BB on this one?
ibMED wrote:I like this thread as it is a reaffirmation of the PMTS basic feet position concepts I first learned in Expert Skier 2, book and DVD. This season, I have not revisited the basics of keeping feet together and edges at the same angle. With Essentials of Skiing came the more advanced concepts such as vertical separation of the feet and power releases, so my focus has been in that direction. I'm asking myself would I be a better skier if I concentrated more on basics. It's a heck of question to ask at the very end of the season. Note to self, spend next December doing the foot drills of ES 2.
Harald, thanks for recycling through this basic.
Well, I'm sure as heck not one of them.h.harb wrote:Remember it's not just clamping your feet together, use a sponge or ball and hold it between your feet while skiing TFR, I don't know three guys on the planet that can do it. I am sure there are some here though, and bring video.
polecat wrote:If you try it, expect to drop it at first, a lot.
After a bit of practice you'll drop it a lot less. But you'll still drop it.
Everybody who sees you with it in the lift line will ask "what's with the sponge?"
If you try free skiing with it it will take you a long time to get down the hill.
If you free ski with it you won't always notice when you drop it.
If you free ski with it and don't notice when you drop it, it's a long walk back to get it.
If you free ski with it on black diamond runs and drop it, it's a really long walk back to get it.
When getting on a lift there's no graceful way to hold a sponge. More likely than not you'll just stuff it in your jacket.
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You're sure right about it being more than keeping you feet together. Without the tipping, timing and balance it won't work.
If you just clamp your feet together you won't go anywhere but straight down.
If you don't pull your feet back you either won't turn or your turns will be really big.
If you stem, even a tiny bit, even if you can't tell you're stemming at all, you'll drop it.
If you try it, expect to drop it at first, a lot.
After a bit of practice you'll drop it a lot less. But you'll still drop it.
Everybody who sees you with it in the lift line will ask "what's with the sponge?"
If you try free skiing with it it will take you a long time to get down the hill.
If you free ski with it you won't always notice when you drop it.
If you free ski with it and don't notice when you drop it, it's a long walk back to get it.
If you free ski with it on black diamond runs and drop it, it's a really long walk back to get it.
When getting on a lift there's no graceful way to hold a sponge. More likely than not you'll just stuff it in your jacket.
If it's not very cold or the snow is even slightly slushy the sponge will get very wet (duh, it's a sponge).
If you get to the bottom of the hill and stuff a wet sponge in your jacket to get on a lift you'll regret it.
polecat
ToddW wrote:...Run a piece of string through the center of the sponge and ....
h.harb wrote:.... I used Velcro for those getting started, less walking back uphill....
h.harb wrote:.... You will suffer with this exercise, but will you gain something, you will never know until you get it done.
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