SallyCat
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I could use some help understanding how to get out of the back seat and ski with proper form (I know, just one tiny question, right!?)
This Youtube video makes perfect sense to me in terms of pelvic tilt, but I have no idea how to make that happen when I'm skiing. It feels awkward and unnatural, and I can't really tell if/when I'm in a productive stance. I feel like I have a sense of where my weight should be on my feet, but that my upper body messes things up and pulls me backward.
I don't have any physical or visual cues to help me feel/see what I should be doing with my hips/core in the moment. I've asked instructors during lessons, but the answers seemed ambiguous. I never really understand what it is that puts me in the correct ("yes, that's good") vs. incorrect stance ("more forward balance"), and of course what I do standing next to an instructor falls apart in practice.
I'm really just looking for some tangible cue that I can use to get myself (particularly my hips and torso) into the right position.
I had a great day Wednesday really focusing on my feet and feeling the energy of the skis pop and shoot me into the next turn. It was awesome, but it only happened on really easy stretches, and I think I got away with crouching rather than being properly centered. Anything steep or choppy and the backward sloppiness ensued. Then the next day I messed with my boots to deal with some movement, ended up with heel lifts, and it was backseat-driver all over again, horribly so. The lifts are gone, boot fit is still in progress, but I still really don't feel like I have a solid understanding of what my posture should be.
(I'm sure there's information on this in the forum, but I may not be using the correct search terms, so I'd be grateful for any relevant links).
Thank you Divas, for any guidance!
This Youtube video makes perfect sense to me in terms of pelvic tilt, but I have no idea how to make that happen when I'm skiing. It feels awkward and unnatural, and I can't really tell if/when I'm in a productive stance. I feel like I have a sense of where my weight should be on my feet, but that my upper body messes things up and pulls me backward.
I don't have any physical or visual cues to help me feel/see what I should be doing with my hips/core in the moment. I've asked instructors during lessons, but the answers seemed ambiguous. I never really understand what it is that puts me in the correct ("yes, that's good") vs. incorrect stance ("more forward balance"), and of course what I do standing next to an instructor falls apart in practice.
I'm really just looking for some tangible cue that I can use to get myself (particularly my hips and torso) into the right position.
I had a great day Wednesday really focusing on my feet and feeling the energy of the skis pop and shoot me into the next turn. It was awesome, but it only happened on really easy stretches, and I think I got away with crouching rather than being properly centered. Anything steep or choppy and the backward sloppiness ensued. Then the next day I messed with my boots to deal with some movement, ended up with heel lifts, and it was backseat-driver all over again, horribly so. The lifts are gone, boot fit is still in progress, but I still really don't feel like I have a solid understanding of what my posture should be.
(I'm sure there's information on this in the forum, but I may not be using the correct search terms, so I'd be grateful for any relevant links).
Thank you Divas, for any guidance!