EdithP
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
This was one lesson. The first ten minutes I had just for myself, skiing as I best learned how to date. The second part, we were learning new stuff. Meaning: how to get your skis on edge, how to get your ankles, lnees, hips in the process and to feel how the skis are turning differently when on edge. This is taking quite a while, I am slow with this as with everything else. But I started to feel I was getting somewhere.What is going on between the first and second videos in terms of your focus or change?
Absolutely true. It should. But I do not manage as yet. Hopefully I will get there with more practise. It is better on snow, but far from perfect.I actually think your stance should be somewhere in between the two for most low angle groomers.
Spot on again. My left leg is an issue. But , it used to be more, so the direction is forward. It is very much my focus, and occasionally I succeed. Not yet regularly, though. And thank you for finding a kind word too .Are you right handed? Most right handed skiers also favor their right leg and that is my guess from watching your beautiful turns.
My chief objective now is to learn to turn both skis on edge simultaneously and symmetrically. My instructors teaches me to do a skidded turn with continuation on edges and then perhaps we can progress to turning on edges all the way.What are your current technical focus points? How do they translate to real snow?
How it translates to real snow? I have recently had a real snow ski trip. It was a very good experience. Everything I have learned on the carpet just translated right away. The muscular memory of those hundreds of hours on the carpet just took over . I have one video on actual snow (it is hard to film on piste, unless someone is an accomplished skier who can also film while skiing) and to my eye it looked like much better than any I had from previous years. I may try to post it.