Skijim13 wrote: Just watched training videos put out by the Burke Academy which is a top training school for skiers and even they would improve with some guidance from Harald's PMTS skills. The up movement is taught so much by the PSIA that even our racers have it built into their skiing.
I've been through all of the USSA technical information including Skills Quest, turn descriptions etc. It is really a weak effort. The Burke video stuff is better, but it has many aspects of skiing and learning missing for an instructional or coaching piece. There are no movements discussed, the word is used frequently, but no description or how to create movements is offered. There are numerous important Essentials missing in the videos. The skier is not Schiffrin. The skier is often out of balance and on the inside losing balance by the time the turn is finishing. If these are the standards, why should we be impressed? Give a PMTS coach a week with a racer like this and they'll do these turns better and easily. However, after watching so many racers from different programs, she looks like a reasonable free skier, nothing out of the ordinary.
