PMTS expresses itself in its primary concern about Balance.
I feel I have a good sense of balance and alignment but on skis' balance doesn't seem/feel to always happen during the transfer.
What II feel I need to concentrate on is balance at the point immediately just before, during, and immediately just after the Transfer.
In particular I'd like to focus on what my feet ( read balls of feet , arch of foot and heel of foot ) are doing in respect to the continuum of tipping and their simultaneous role in fore/aft balance.
In Books 1 & 2 these concepts seem to be spread all over the place, and yes an index would be useful,...but as none exists ....we'll just have to bat on.....
Feel free to jump in and correct me. This is what I believe is happening to me and some of my current thoughts on what I need to do to improve.......
On groomed slopes, at the point of transfer,whilst having a narrow stance, I prefer to put my Free Foot ( FF) down and transfer balance to the up hill ski ( read new SF ) then relax both feet flat to the slope and let gravity pull me across the fall line.
Continous tipping of the FF is my goal at this point and so is working on my fore/aft balance ...ie weight more on the balls of the SF at the top of the turn then moving the weight more towards the heel of the foot as I approach the bottom of the turn.
All during the turn I am continuosly trying to drag/keep my FF close into the heel of my SF boot and back under the hips until the very bottom of the turn, at which point I'm working on the next turn......
All of the above is happening very quickly.
I want to get a stronger edge.
This is what I think I need to work on :
Quicker and more confident committment to the transfer...ie a la.... Nike's motto...Just do it!!!
Getting the FF up ( vertically higher) and out of the way so the new SF can passivley be drawn towards the slope and therefore on a greater edge.
Better pole planting to compensate for any loss of balance during the above.
Here's the cruncher.....better fore / aft timing........ie weight more on the balls of the SF at the top of the turn then moving the weight more towards the heel of the foot as I approach the bottom of the turn. I now understand this to meann moving the feet under the body/hips higher up in the turn and not so much at the point when the turn is about to finish.
What's can be improved with the above??
Suggestions?
Bluey
Last one down's a dirty snowball !!!