Keeping my ankles flexed has made big improvements in my skiing. I've also heard mention of keeping your ankles "closed". At the December B/DB camp, instructor David Weis was saying something about a physical phenomenon which occurs when the ankles are closed, but unfortunately I missed part of the discussion. I *think* that David was saying that, when you close the ankles (by flexing to the max?), there are a couple of foot bones which actually make contact.
Whenever I flex my ankles to the max, I don't feel any "contact". I just feel a tightness in the lower part of my shin muscles.
Has anyone ever heard of this? I've googled the Internet for references to "closing the ankle" and "closed ankles" and only got a couple of hits. Neither mentioned anything about bones.
Snokarver, could you ask Dave about this?