Max_501 wrote:In PMTS we strive for movement specificity, therefore suggesting movements that are bio-mechanically impossible is not part of the normal program. Would HH tell you to push the hips forward instead of pull the feet back? No, because one is impossible.
I'm confused:
"If you are not moving your inisde half of the body, hip, shoulder, arm and hand forward during the arc, you are rotating. Rotating steals pressure and edge hold." - HH
"Counter acting is reversing the forces that act on your body in an arc. In this case it's counter acting with your hips. To counteract you have to physically make an effort to move your outside hip back." - HH
Moving the inside hip forward versus pushing the inside hip forward / pulling the outside hip backward -
I realise cues have to be precisely stated, but "pushing" and "moving" has to be a matter of semantics, no? I'm not a native English speaker, so maybe these active verbs inspire different actions, in which case, point taken.
Here is one of my favourite descriptions of CA in one of his blogposts, I find it interesting how everything on the inside of the body BUT the inside leg is supposed to move forward during the turn:
"Here you see Hirscher moving the inside half into a stronger relationship to his skis as the arc develops. his inside hand keeps pace with his downward movement on the slope and his arcing skis. Since the inside hand is connected to his arm, shoulder and torso, (the inside half) this always leads where his ski tips are headed. This is a counter acting movement and it strengthens the skeletal alignment as forces build; therefore Hirscher can hold more forces than other skiers."
The more pullback - the more ski performance - the shorter the arch - the quicker the turn - the more CA necessary to maintain edge hold and manage outside pressure building throughout the turn. Seems like pullback / CA work synergistically so that lacking in either would result in a loss of turn quality greater than the sum of each part.