by ToddW » Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:44 pm
Louis,
You have to read Harald’s descriptions very literally. Press the legs towards each other means press one entire leg towards the other to disallow them from drifting apart. Think pulling / pressing feet together with the consequence of the entire legs coming together. Thinking feet first is more likely to activate the correct muscles.
With your legs next to each other, it’s perfectly possible to tip the inside foot and achieve a O-frame between two side by side legs.
Yes, the o-frame is a small gap in one region between the legs, but the instructions weren’t to place the legs together but to press (and keep on pressing) the legs together ... an ongoing action not a final state.
Practice this standing in boots on a slight incline at home. If you can’t do it, you’re probably using the wrong muscles or recruiting extra unnecessary muscles in your tipping. Except when deliberately exaggerating for drills, the o-frame won’t get too large because the stance leg will naturally tip to follow the inside leg’s tipping.
Continue pressing the legs together throughout the turn and in the subsequent release. If the skis insist on coming apart,press together harder and lighten your inside foot (difficulty doing that would likely indicate a need for the essential called counterbalance.)
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