razie wrote:Yeah, everything needs work - but there is nothing major to improve, at least not that I can easily see.
Highly unlikely.
razie wrote:Yeah, everything needs work - but there is nothing major to improve, at least not that I can easily see.
Max_501 wrote:razie wrote:Yeah, everything needs work - but there is nothing major to improve, at least not that I can easily see.
razie wrote:I don't teach WC turns. Those are messy, on the edge of control... Skis floated and jammed... If they were great turns, they wouldn't be winning jack! Did you read Harald's intro to the essentials?
Max_501 wrote:razie wrote:HeluvaSkier wrote:I don't teach WC turns. Those are messy, on the edge of control... Skis floated and jammed... If they were great turns, they wouldn't be winning jack! Did you read Harald's intro to the essentials?
You misunderstood Harald's intro if that is what you got out of it
HeluvaSkier wrote:If you want to gauge someone's technical understanding and therefore what that person is able to teach, all you have to do in nearly all cases is look at their skiing. You will quickly see the limitations of their understanding. Ask them to describe their skiing and what they are trying to correct and all questions are quickly answered.
You teach turns. Great skiing is reserved for great skiers.
HeluvaSkier wrote:They have no knowledge of the turning forces involved, the rebound energy involved, the range of motion required, how much pressure there really is on the skis, what to do with the pressure when it is released, or even how to release it in the first place. They cannot describe the movements, the results, the sensations, or how to get there.
...You can't talk to these people. They have no experiences on which to base any kind of understanding. Only the coach who seeks to further their understanding to the point of actually being able to demonstrate what they are trying to teach their athletes will ever be able to speak the same language as their athletes, and actually teach their athletes to ski like the best skiers in the world.
razie wrote:Shiffrin -most awesome skiing, eh - i cant see the video up here, some rights missing.
razie wrote:Seriously, there have been studies and this should work: get a decently smart person to read 1000 correct MAs on this forum. They will then learn to perform perfect MA of the highest level, without having put skis on ever. I bet you this works... Just to disprove what you said, ad literam.
razie wrote:Ok. I think we're reaching some form of an agreement, in the sense that I see your point but i still think i can do a decent job at my level.
razie wrote:Will i stop trying to improve myself? Nope.
razie wrote:Will i stop coaching my kids? Nope... I don't trust any other coach i can afford, to do a better job. If you have a better idea, let me know.
razie wrote:Do you make it harder for other coaches to seek help via MA requests etc? Yup.
razie wrote:Actually i was going to ask this on epic and it should go here as well. Can everyone commenting on technique post a video of their skiing, so we can see who's talking?
I think it's very reasnable and goes in fact along the lines of the original question of this thread.
They cannot describe the movements, the results, the sensations, or how to get there.
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