Jeet wrote:I think working on any Primary or Essential Movement whilst you just free ski will be the long road to improvement and it may never happen. Sometimes drilling is the only way. Do the drills as Harald has instructed in the video for a day or two and I bet your next MA video will be a great improvement.
mardale wrote:Although you are flexing just before the release, you are extending to release again. You're close, but you have to figure out the right timing for flex/extend.
Do a lot of power releases. In fact just ski like that for a while - that drill will teach you the timing of flexion. Lookup the drill on youtube.
Also, touch your boots in transition. That's also good for timing the flex/extend.
mardale wrote:I see you flexing from the apex to the pole plant and extending from the pole plant through transition... so again, pushing off to release.
You have to flex through the edge change instead.
Do the drills. You're close.
mardale wrote:I see you flexing from the apex to the pole plant and extending from the pole plant through transition... so again, pushing off to release.
You have to flex through the edge change instead.
Do the drills. You're close.
noobSkier wrote:Thanks for the advice mardale. I couldn't see what you were talking about until I played it slow motion. Good eye. Should there be ANY flexing from the apex to the pole plant?
noobSkier wrote:Thanks for the advice mardale. I couldn't see what you were talking about until I played it slow motion. Good eye. Should there be ANY flexing from the apex to the pole plant?
noobSkier wrote:Should there be ANY flexing from the apex to the pole plant?
Max_501 wrote:Does this skier flex? If so, when does the flexion happen? When should it happen? What movement is missing?
Max_501 wrote:I was referring to flexing and extending. If you are already flexed at the apex and through the bottom of the arc it is difficult to flex even more to release. Watch HH's example of this type of turn in the Essentials Flexing DVD and notice the timing and amount of flexing AND how he allows his outside leg to get longer after the flex to release movement. Does your outside lengthen as the turn is developing?
Max_501 wrote:Outside leg extension is the missing movement I'm referring to above. Without that there isn't anything to flex.
Max_501 wrote:...this skier is working so hard to avoid extension at the release that he has lost the natural leg extension needed earlier in the arc, so it is more than a simple timing issue.
Max_501 wrote:Refresher...Max_501 wrote:Does this skier flex? If so, when does the flexion happen? When should it happen? What movement is missing?Max_501 wrote:I was referring to flexing and extending. If you are already flexed at the apex and through the bottom of the arc it is difficult to flex even more to release. Watch HH's example of this type of turn in the Essentials Flexing DVD and notice the timing and amount of flexing AND how he allows his outside leg to get longer after the flex to release movement. Does your outside lengthen as the turn is developing?Max_501 wrote:Outside leg extension is the missing movement I'm referring to above. Without that there isn't anything to flex.Max_501 wrote:...this skier is working so hard to avoid extension at the release that he has lost the natural leg extension needed earlier in the arc, so it is more than a simple timing issue.
There is a very good reason why Chapter 3 of Essentials of Skiing has the title: Flexing and Extending.
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