VicP » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:27 pm
What's funny is that I could not find the W(eighted) R(elease) anywhere in the Essentials book - might be there, but could not find it.
See ACBEAS 2, Chapter 8, pgs. 79-84.
VicP » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:27 pm
What's funny is that I could not find the W(eighted) R(elease) anywhere in the Essentials book - might be there, but could not find it.
RRT wrote:VicP » Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:27 pm
What's funny is that I could not find the W(eighted) R(elease) anywhere in the Essentials book - might be there, but could not find it.
See ACBEAS 2, Chapter 8, pgs. 79-84.
h.harb wrote:Todd is correct, I didn't intend to duplicate everything in my following books. Expert Skier 2, has extensive coverage of how to go about skiing on all four edges. You need that ability to be come versatile. Weighted Release isn't less important because it's not in Essentials. Essentials is about the 5 categories of movement, not about the different ways to release. ...
VicP wrote:Are there any particular applications where the weighted release is preferred or is it just part of the vocabulary?.
Max_501 wrote:VicP wrote:Are there any particular applications where the weighted release is preferred or is it just part of the vocabulary?.
When you should use weighted release
MonsterMan wrote:RTE holds for all cases.
Harald wrote:John, you are braking down movements, specifically transitions, clearly and precisely. The original Phantom move was designed for every skier to use and to realize what it feels like to ski properly, without a bunch of mambo, jumbo tech talk. RTE in this case, the Phantom Move is, flex, bend, relax or withdraw the pressured foot/ski by getting the weight off. We have skiers pick the ski from the snow, so they can realize when they have actually made the movement. So in this case, the first move was to release pressure, which is the R in RTE, which also causes the transfer, leading to releasing edging, as the CG moves over the skis and toward the falline. As you tip the new inside ski, you achieve the E.
Release means get the pressure off, so you can get the edge changed.
If you do a Super Phantom, the uphill edge of the old inside is weighted or pressured before the CG moves over the skis. This is still caused by and constitutes a release of pressure from the stance foot, so yes, R is still first. Now, with a two footed release you still reduce the pressure on the old stance foot first, which causes the release. In a Von Gruenigen, although you don't lift the old stance ski, you still have to reduce pressure to get the CG moving, so there is a release or reduction of pressure on the stance ski. This causes the transition and edges to release. If we look at releasing as: reducing or eliminating pressure then it will always be first. Even if you are up un-weighting or stepping, your movement begins with activity with the downhill or stance leg. Stepping or extending increases pressure first, and then transfer is achieved. The question becomes is extension the act of releasing. It doesn't matter, as the explanation becomes an exercise in academics and not reality, which is where I don't like to go with ski technique. I describe movements in the simplest terms possible for the situation needed. So is extending the leg, engaging or releasing, it depends on context. Again, I say, just do it, don't get over involved in breaking it down to where it becomes meaningless.
I gave a clinic to a group of full cert instructors and I asked what does releasing mean to you? I got blank stares. Teach the movements, not the terminology, you will always be understood.
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