Foot pull back

[pryan]

I would appreciate some help from the "Regulars" on foot pull back. This appears to be an important PMTS technique and I want to make sure that I understand it correctly. When you say foot pull back- I assume you mean fore-aft pull back and not lateral (side-to-side) pull back. Also, does the pull back happen in conjunction with freefoot LTE tipping--or only after that tipping has stopped?
Thanks for your help
patprof

[piggyslayer]

You are correct, pulling back refers to aft (even though pulling the free foot closer to the stance foot is also movement valid for many skiers- this is called "pulling in").
Works great if combined with tipping at the same time.
At the beginning, I found it hard to combine these two movements, but the combination is learnable.
Tipping should never stop!

The movement is very clearly visible on Harald?s DVD/tape which accompanies the second book.
Harald's recent post on fore-aft movement is great reading on this subject as well.

Also you may want to practice pulling both feet back at the same time;
pulling them early (during transition flexing) as well as in the upper C;
and keeping the free foot pulled back.

Robert

[Guest]

Thanks Piggyslayer.
Pat Ryan