by h.harb » Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:34 am
The big difference between what you are doing and PMTS is the way you get out of the turn. Notice in your video (this goes for everyone wanting to make a difference in their skiing) you extent off the outside ski, which causes you to develop a wedge stance at release. In PMTS we don't move away from the stance ski, we actually move toward the stance ski by flexing the stance leg. This lowers your CG toward the stance boot. Now as you begin flexing your stance leg to release, if you lift that stance ski slightly to transfer your balance to the other ski, the new stance ski. You now have a PMTS release.
As Monsterman said, you have to become familiar with your little toe edge first, Because you want to transfer to it. You have to feel confident that you can balance with and over the new stance ski. This is the Super Phantom Move. Follow the steps in the Essentials books and videos, for little toe edge balance development, to get the hang of this transition. Start with the slow two footed release, to develop some confidence for moving toward the releasing ski while it releases and moves downhill.
Remember when you release the stance ski, it begins to go downhill, you have to learn to move with it and then transfer to the other ski, at or before the falline. So you have to also be comfortable with big to edge releasing movements. Garlands, again as in the Essentials videos, are critical for this development.
Most skiers don't have any sense of the little toe edge or moving with a releasing big toe edge ski. They never practice using it, Because no one tells them or teaches this. It doesn't take long to learn this new skill, but these movements are Essential for proper skier development.