Cheers,
I have finally gained enough courage to post a video of my skiing.
I very much appreciate this forum and the time that
anybody spends responding to the MA questions.
Thank you in advance.
My question is, what two movements should I focus on in order
to improve this skiing.
For anybody who feels like reading:
My skiing history:
I began skiing in 2011.
Luckily I have only taken 1 PSIA lesson in 2012.
I discovered PMTS in the Spring of 2014.
I had my alignment done by Diana in Nov. 2014 but
was not check on the snow.
I started using video last season (2015-2016) heavily.
I am 5 ft 11 and 177 lbs (180 cm and 80 kg).
In the previous two season I had 30+ days
of snow time for at least 2 hours per day.
Conditions:
Heavy, wet granular snow (Windham Mountain, NY).
It was a warm day with temperatures between 35 and 40 F.
My focus on these turns:
Counter-acting and flexing to release; I was trying
to exaggerate flexing.
Self MA:
Right turn:
I am square throughout the turn to the right.
At the end of the turn I am not counter-acting,
so it is difficult to release and to allow the hips be pulled by gravity
to move across my skis and start the next turn. As a result,
I need to push off on the uphill ski to get the next turn to the left
started.
Left turn:
I see more counter-acting and more counter balancing on my turns to
the left. The release is better on this side.
I'm doing a better job of holding the counter when releasing the left turn,
so I'm more balanced and transfer to the little toe edge is easier; I stem less often
on this side.
For this run, I believe I should have been tipping
stronger and should have used some heal lift to be more forward
at the start of the turns.
Need to focus on counter-balancing with my hips and torso
and both sides; raise inside hip and lower outside hip by flexing
the outside leg slightly. Need to focus on counter-acting.
Need to focus on tipping more and more
throughout the turn until the release.