l*******o
发帖数: 669 | 1 Day 4 (theme: fore-aft balance)
Since I thought my fore-aft balance was my worst part of skiing, I asked Jay
to focus on it on the last day of the camp. I knew I needed to pull back my
feet at turn transition to get me forward, but I always had problem
incorporating this moving in my skiing. I also asked Jay if we should do
some tipping drills, but Jay said my tipping was good (relatively speaking
of course). So fore-aft balance became the theme of the day.
Drill #1: Feel the forward position. Stand still, both feet step back little
by little while keeping the upper body in place, until the legs completely
lock up, then flex both legs until they can wiggle. This is the most forward
position.
Drill #2: Traverse, both feet slide back little by little, until reaching
most forward position.
Drill #3: Traverse, pull both feet back to reach the most forward position
and hold them back. Do not extend while pulling feet back. Mainly use lower
leg muscle to pullback and hold back.
Drill #4: Same as #3, pullback during release and hold back, then loosen
both legs (i.e., stop holding back) and re-engage. Repeat. This is a garland
exercise.
Drill #5: Same as #4, but instead of doing garland, do the complete turn.
Drill #6: Inside foot pullback and make the inside ski behind the stance ski
. Inside leg must really flex to do it.
As the videos showed later, my fore-aft balance isn’t too bad at all. One
thing Jay mentioned is that do not use shin pressure as the indicator of
forward position. When you are forward, there is pressure on you shin, but
the reverse is not necessarily true. You are forward if your hip is ahead of
your heel and you should feel your heel want to come out of the back of the
boots.
We then worked on weighted release. Jay asked us why weighted release is
important. My answer was that in one-footed release, we shift all weight
from stance ski to free ski and release. In weighted release we keep all
weight on stance ski and release. So they are on two ends of the spectrum.
If we master both, we can release with any weight distribution between two
skis. Jay agreed.
Drill #7: Banana turn. Jay said this drill is not that important. It
basically serves the purpose of connecting two weighted releases without
putting the other ski down.
Drill #8: Slow traverse on downhill stance ski on its BTE. Release by
flexing and relaxing it. Balance on the flat stance ski and ride it until it
reaches fall line. Do not lean the upper body to flatten the ski. I had
trouble with this drill and was always leaning. The problem with leaning is
that it’s very hard to control the ski when it’s getting steep. I fell
once here because the downhill edge of the ski got caught.
Drill #9: One footed sideslip on downhill ski. Same as one of the yesterday
’s drills.
I was really having trouble with weighted release. My legs were stiff and I
had to lean my upper body to effect a release. So Jay had me do the drill
that combined what’s covered during first 3 days while Andrei kept on
working on weighted release.
Drill #10: CA/CB/boot touch. Touch the back side of boot. During transition,
do not extend or raise upper body. Keep the upper body at the same level as
it is in the turn.
Additional problems revealed:
Problem #1: Lean upper body to release the BTE of the stance leg during
weighted release.
Problem #2: There is leg extension during feet pullback. | B*N
发帖数: 147 | 2 Geoffda once said "relaxing is so freaking hard" - very true indeed.
Thanks for sharing such detailed information. Most drills are not new but
the way they are applied to fix deficiencies is very enlightening. | l*******o
发帖数: 669 | 3 Sounds like you know PMTS skiing well. Are you in WA/OR? If so, we could ski
together sometimes.
【在 B*N 的大作中提到】
: Geoffda once said "relaxing is so freaking hard" - very true indeed.
: Thanks for sharing such detailed information. Most drills are not new but
: the way they are applied to fix deficiencies is very enlightening.
| W******t
发帖数: 398 | | B*N
发帖数: 147 | 5 not well but been reading the books and the pmts forum for a couple years.
it's a pity I am far away.
ski
【在 l*******o 的大作中提到】
: Sounds like you know PMTS skiing well. Are you in WA/OR? If so, we could ski
: together sometimes.
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