Ancient wrote:From Picasa I cannot insert images but clicking on the above link you should probably be able to view the picture.
Is there any improvement in Tommi's skiing?
Max_501 wrote:Ancient wrote:From Picasa I cannot insert images but clicking on the above link you should probably be able to view the picture.
Is there any improvement in Tommi's skiing?
To insert the image in your posts you can right click on the image in Picassa and select "copy image URL" and then paste that into the PMTS forum editing box with the "Img" button -
Is he balanced over the inside or outside ski? What would happen if he lifted his inside ski off the snow?
Ancient wrote:It seems to me that your question could apply also to the above picture that was posted on HH's blog.
Ancient wrote:In Tommi's picture you can see the outside ski deformed: does that mean that the pressure is on the outside ski?
Ancient wrote: I take good note of your suggestion and I keep on studying PMTS essentials.
go_large_or_go_home wrote:Ancient wrote: I take good note of your suggestion and I keep on studying PMTS essentials.
Please take note of your own advice....
Why are you still trying to defend and argue against some of the best advice from some of the best ski coaches in the business?? Would it make any difference if it was HH who was giving you the advice? The message would still be the same, i guarantee it...
Tommi has great potential, but is being held back by your resistance. You can't use PMTS as a sticking plaster. I appreciate how hard it is to make ski coaching fun and interesting to young kids - i have 2 of my own that i am trying to 're-teach' their movement patterns...it can be done, but YOU have to be committed...part of that means acceptance that everything you thought you knew or understood about skiing movement patterns is wrong...don't handicap his skiing in this way if you really want him to excceed...
HH's blog is a goldmine! Work your way through it - it's ALL pertinent to Tommi's skiing and your understanding...
http://harbskisysems.blogspot.co.uk
Ancient wrote:Tommi has his coaches teaching him leaving very little time to try other specific drills, although I try to give him other inputs deriving from my knowledge of PMTS technique but evidently, as you are saying, both my knowledge and my tips are not sufficient to make him progress consistently, but I don't give up and I will continue to follow PMTS indication to try to coach my kids.
Max_501 wrote:Ancient wrote:Tommi has his coaches teaching him leaving very little time to try other specific drills, although I try to give him other inputs deriving from my knowledge of PMTS technique but evidently, as you are saying, both my knowledge and my tips are not sufficient to make him progress consistently, but I don't give up and I will continue to follow PMTS indication to try to coach my kids.
Some of us have had a similar experience with our junior racers. As I watched my kids technique go in a direction that was opposite of what I saw the top WC racers doing I decided to step in for their technique instruction. I had the kids watch the PMTS videos with me so they had a visual model and then I spent at least an hour after their race training days working on narrowing the stance and flexing (both of which were directly opposite of what they were being coached). At home we'd often watch WC footage of winning races and I pointed out how the top WC racers used the same movements we were learning from the PMTS videos. At one point one of the kids told a coach he was wrong about a wide stance (which was pretty funny), and I got called to the mat for that. Nothing I could say was going to convince this coach that teaching the kids a wide stance was counter productive so I shut my mouth and then when we were in the car I told my kids to ignore everything the coaches said that was opposite of what HH wanted them to do. So when a coach said to extend between turns (often shouted as "stand up") or they heard "wider, wider, wider", they'd politely say "I'm trying my best" and leave it at that. Coaching for course tactics still came from the race coaches while I provided technique feedback via text messages they'd read on the lift (suck up the inside leg, more CB, tip earlier, and so on). They got faster and faster with this model.
Ancient wrote:Coming back to Tommi's picture, since not every turn is perfect, I see some similarities with the below photo:
https://picasaweb.google.com/1035879170 ... 4509404818
Am I completely wrong?
Max_501 wrote:Keep in mind that success with PMTS starts at the feet. If we compare the relative positions of the feet and legs there are big differences.
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