Max_501 wrote:If the outside leg is weighted and the inside leg is light (lifted) then the contraction of the outside oblique should lift the inside hip as the distance between the outside rib cage and pelvis decreases. Because the outside leg is weighted it should not be possible for the outside hip to lift.
DougD wrote:True... unless one were to actively extend the stance leg, which might overwhelm the contracting obliques and raise the outside hip. One more reason to avoid active stance leg extension at any point in the turn. It tends to undo CB even if the skier has begun the turn correctly.
DougD wrote:McKinney's skis were waaaay up on edge - outside ski bending, inside ski light, inside shin brushing the snow - yet her pelvis was dead level
Not that I know of.Max_501 wrote:DougD wrote:True... unless one were to actively extend the stance leg, which might overwhelm the contracting obliques and raise the outside hip. One more reason to avoid active stance leg extension at any point in the turn. It tends to undo CB even if the skier has begun the turn correctly.
Is there a biomechanical reason that extending the outside leg would block CB?
cheesehead wrote:What do you think about this approach, experts?
Max_501 wrote:cheesehead wrote:What do you think about this approach, experts?
... this mental image.... Remember that we can't rely on feelings, we need video or a coach watching us for feedback.
jbotti wrote:It seems that for many it is easy to make things more complicated than they need to be.
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