Long time skier, first time poster here… new to PMTS. Didn’t get enough snow time in 20-21, so until beach weather arrives, I’m still focused on skiing.
With the overwhelming amount of skiing theories and videos on YouTube, I only recognized PMTS as the way I want to ski after my season was already over this year.
Since then I’ve read ACBES 1 & 2, Essentials, and the Alignment Handbook to get a better understanding of alignment. (I live in CT and my wife does not ski, so I unfortunately don’t expect to be visiting Dumont anytime soon.)
My only formal ski instruction was a week at the Stratton Mountain Ski School in 1978, run by Emo Henrich. At the time, the prevailing mantra was “down and steer.” At the very least I was taught that up-unweighting, or extension = bad.
Anyway, I’ve analyzed and modified my alignment to the best of my ability, and have begun performing the dryland slantboard training drills, along with a lot of visualization exercises. I’m seriously looking forward to 21-22.
Here’s a question that I’ve pondered for some time, even before I learned about PMTS: Since the vast majority of recreational skiers never learn to tip their skis, what training has been used to teach racers to achieve high angles, CB, CA, and inside leg flexion? Even if the racer is not performing PMTS movements per se, there is still a huge skill gap between them and the average recreational skier.