by h.harb » Sun Nov 10, 2013 4:07 pm
Amazing results yesterday with a skier who was a big outside hip lifter and swinger (to the outside) to initiate the turn. These combined movements created a big top of turn skid (windshield wiper) which makes the skis finish across the falline. Remember the hips are hugely powerful mass, they can easily erase tipping, if used incorrectly. That's why it is absurd that TTS doesn't have CA in their systems. Skiing square is a load of Cr-----p.
Two things did it. Of course we came upon this after many tries with well established hip corrective movements, that didn't work as well. One solution was improved hand and arm positioning. this sounds so simple and easy, but it's not. I had to correct after every turn series. Pole drag finally made a huge difference. It's amazing how effective pole drag is for so many skiing mistakes. For example it helps CB, CA, Extension, flexing, and even fore/aft. If PSIA "only taught pole drag", nothing else, after level 5 in their system, they would be so far ahead of teh game, they would also have return clients. Don't tell them.
The other thing that helped hand and pole position was, if you create in your mind, two imaginary parallel lines running down the falline three feet apart. Start by making short turns, while keeping each hand and arm outside those two imaginary lines, works great. This combined with the stick between the hands, is hugely powerful. PMTS never stops inventing, better ways to learn skiing.