NZfarmgirl
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
A Question for you instructors @Jilly @Ursula @snoWYmonkey and any others who would like to comment.
In the video from 1.26 to 1.50 there is a guy skiing with what seems a lot of inside ski tip lead. What do you think of it?
2 weeks ago I had a private with a level 3 examiner here in NZ, NZSIA, PSIA, she instructs here and at Aspen, and I think she will be an examiner at my up coming level 1 course.
She really pinged me on tip leading, and we spent ages working on it as she said it was pulling my hip alignment off. She got me to pull my inside heel back and the start of the turn to stop the ski sneaking forward. I found this really hard at first as it is an old habit. I had to exaggerate it to make anything happen. I found it a little easier when I concentrated on more weight on the outside ski as well. But I feel that it is throwing off my upper body separation. However I hope this will sort it self out as I keep practising.
Relating to the above comments about body position on the video - another instructor I've had recently who is or was (not sure) on the Demo team here, made me work a lot on the equal flexion of ankles, knees & hips, I was not flexing my ankles enough, and a big one for me --Keeping my bellybutton over my toes.
In the video from 1.26 to 1.50 there is a guy skiing with what seems a lot of inside ski tip lead. What do you think of it?
2 weeks ago I had a private with a level 3 examiner here in NZ, NZSIA, PSIA, she instructs here and at Aspen, and I think she will be an examiner at my up coming level 1 course.
She really pinged me on tip leading, and we spent ages working on it as she said it was pulling my hip alignment off. She got me to pull my inside heel back and the start of the turn to stop the ski sneaking forward. I found this really hard at first as it is an old habit. I had to exaggerate it to make anything happen. I found it a little easier when I concentrated on more weight on the outside ski as well. But I feel that it is throwing off my upper body separation. However I hope this will sort it self out as I keep practising.
Relating to the above comments about body position on the video - another instructor I've had recently who is or was (not sure) on the Demo team here, made me work a lot on the equal flexion of ankles, knees & hips, I was not flexing my ankles enough, and a big one for me --Keeping my bellybutton over my toes.