Main issues I can see are: Skiing in the back seat Bending at the waist A framing Banking his turns (probably an attempt to fake hip angulation) Feet are way to close together (could easily be 2-3 times further apart) Upper lower body separation, Body is frequently not pointing down the fall line but instead in the direction of the turn. If you freeze frame as he passes the camera you can see how out of position and in the back see he is. There is almost zero angle flexion or shin pressure. The main drills I would recommend would be: window frame turns to fix the issue with the body following the turn Pivot slips To help sure up the upper lower body separation issue Holding the poles parallel tot he ground while skiing to fix the banking. No pole Railroad track turns with hand in between knees with an emphasis on dropping the inside knee to fix the a frame White pass turns into ultimately doing 1 ski carved turns. You can’t ski in the back seat on one ski…

This skier looks like they are working on carving in great conditions. The first observation I made was the skis coming together in the shaping phase and then widening back out in the transition, showing an A Frame shape in the lower legs. The skier is not managing the inside ski enough to create corresponding edges throughout the turn and a progressive edge ski / snow engagement. So one prescription would be to back things up and tip the feet or tip the ankles to create railroad track turns at a much slower speed and get the feeling of the feet moving first.

Build change from the feet up. I'd just ask him to feel his big toe on his outside ski and little toe on his inside ski, switching at transition. All the rest will follow. He'll feel both skis engage, adjust his body weight accordingly, get better balance, and use more of both skis throughout each turn.

@JB91710

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, Nope, NOPE! You have absolutely no idea how to teach so cut it out. 0:55 He is "Allowing" the ski to make the turns by repositioning his upper body, from the hips up, back into the fall line, as he changes his weight from his downhill to his uphill foot. His body heading down the hill and in the direction of the new turn is creating the leg angle change because the ski are still crossing the hill as he does that. He is doing that in every turn he allows his skis to make. However, his weight change discipline is lacking which makes his skis separate.

@jamesdunn2214

2 жыл бұрын

@@JB91710 The pot calls the kettle black. As always you demonstrate your ignorance.

pretty A-framed in the legs - not symmetrical with legs which means he should work on activating the inside half more . he is overangulatiing the outside ankle and knee compared to the inside activation.

When you say; "instead of moving inside of the turn and let the gravity take car of the shift. " it can also be expressed as 'dropping the hip more into the mountain'. I also note that his left hand is higher then his right - thus less angulation; which could be more on both sides. My Rossi Hero's want to turn themselves when I let them carve their way down the mountain, so I 'go along for the ride' focused more on loading them up: I don't turn the skis, they turn themselves!

For those who are saying he has a poor stance, I don't buy it. If he was too flexed he'd be washing out at the backs of his skis each time which he is not. As he passes the camera he doesn't seem too flexed. His stance is quite good frankly with arms in the perfect position. His turns are flowing and rhythmical. There is good separation happening as well. Furthermore, he is carving but maybe not perfectly. If it was perfect, he'd get more pop out of each turn and thereby increase is speed. The only big issue is his A frame legs. Needs to focus on pushing out his inside knee on each turn. This will also put more weight on outside ski and allow for better carving and speed. I don't know what level 3 is but he's advanced not expert.

I would be interested in seeing his short turns. If I had to guess, they’re not carved.

I am seeing quite a bit of rotation bringing his outside arm through the turn while allowing the inside hand to drop a bit. I feel if he were to tuck his inside ski a bit underneath him that might quiet what is going on with his upper body and get both skis working more through the turn while improving his balance without a great deal of talk about it. Just my opinion.

Looking at this again, pressure is successfully directed to the outside ski, but only by flexing the new inside leg once in transition. That long leg is static and, once extended, stays very long all the way into transition. Edge angle is dynamic, growing and diminishing throughout the turn. However, it is achieved with flexing of inside leg to topple, and extending it again to rise. As a result, edge angle is achieved more with inclination rather than angulation (see levelness, or unlevelness, of shoulders relative to slope). More pressure can be directed to the outside ski and more edge angle can be developed with use of angulation. Legs are rotating under a stable upper body. Skier is balanced over the ski. However, I don't get the sense that the skier is directing pressure along the length of the ski, because, though I am not sure, I think the snow spray does not start from fore and move to aft. I think it is just always dead-center, which does indicate a degree of control in itself. Pressure from ski/snow interaction seems well controlled. Skis are kept in contact with snow throughout the rolls using flexion and extension of legs. Skier adjusts direction pelvis and shoulders face for changes in fall line. A-framing is present, I think to maintain balance and to help direct pressure to the outside ski. However, with A-framing, I would expect to see mismatched edge angles. But, I don't see that. I don't understand what the A-framing is doing for the skier. And, I don't see a detriment.

@tainicon4639

6 ай бұрын

Look closer in the slow mo, the skis are indeed mismatched.

@karlo407

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I slowed it down and zoomed in. At 0:28, I see one right footer where the skis diverge. It’s not clear to me that the A-frame resulted in higher outside ski edge angle. But, let’s say it does. I don’t understand why that would result in divergence, rather than convergence. Unless more pressure is on the inside ski than the outside? But, I don’t see that

@tainicon4639

6 ай бұрын

@@karlo407 I think it because they are skidding the turns. The inside edge looks like it’s being smeared inward to change direction instead of carved (which if matched should happen at a similar rate to the outside ski).

@karlo407

6 ай бұрын

@@tainicon4639 oh, yeah. Looking at it on a larger monitor, I see that the inside ski pivots out suddenly, not as part of a smooth arc. Thanks.

the skier i see is changing weight by pushing on the outside ski instead of moving inside of the turn and let the gravity take car of the shift. The result would be better link turn and fluidity and early edging on top of the curve. Excuse my english

@pierrebourassa3584

5 жыл бұрын

he has good angulation and separation but could improve that by keeping the joints flexing,less static. That will create progressive edge angle on the snow and will help manage pressure control for the release into the next turn

@JB91710

3 жыл бұрын

That is very observant of you. He lacks discipline in the weight change and he is thinking about turning his inside ski too much. He is over leaning his weighted/outside knee into the turn too much which causes his skis to separate making the weight change more difficult.

That is a l3?

@coloradosnowsportacademy715

5 жыл бұрын

At the time of filming this person was an Alpine L2

The comments seem very complicated and are only looking at the symptoms, not the route of problem....1st: fix his stance & balance. He's too flexed in the ankle joint (freeze the fame at the end of each turn and you'll see that his hips are positioned too forward over the feet). The poor stance = less ability to steer at the end of the turn (see static or lack of dynamic steering at end of turns) = the skis don't cross back under the body = not initiate the turns properly (the the skier has to actively add other elements to initiative the turn, which you all have pointed out variants of the symptoms). These are typical Level 2 turns. Definitely not Level 3 turns.

stop over thinking things and just go ski.

This is a classic example of how PSIA has added superfluous movement to demos. This skier turns in good balance but then when already positioned to transfer weight to the new turning ski with a dynamic ground force reaction that establishes linear accelerations and counterbary (this is a real word that describes quantized inertia in accelerating reference frames, dynamic counterbary), but no! Instead this skier unnecessarily extends to create the non existent PSIA style "cross over" a slow, stale, ineffective, poorly timed form of weight transfer and edge change to transition between turns clinging weakly to gravity and never gaining H3O2 hydrophobic exclusion zone levitation. (only till after the fall line do turning forces pile up late forcing the skier to balance/ rotate instead of split rotation= secret daddy= dynamic counterbary). this is not the skiers fault. An educational system created this monstrosity of poor science and kinesiology. the result of this inherent instability is converging turn iniation, ab stem, stepping/ lifting edge change, scissoring (another PSIA experiment in testing for gullibility and stupidity in my level III/ "Full Certification" exam #3932) I advise a return to the root of professional ski instruction. 1955 Willie Scheffler's book "The New Way to Ski" ( also :Ski the "New" Austrian method) is the model our technique is built on in 1960 when PNSA formed PNSIA at Big Mountain Mt where Austrian Toni Matt was the ski school director, a student of Hans Schneider and technique hasn't changed much in spite of all the innovative technology at our feet. This model has been corrupted by PSIA converting it into the feckless thing that hamstrings progression of upper level skills, guaranteeing life long confusion and frustration among skiers and instructors alike and an impossible goal of achieving level III skiing certification utilizing PSIA's conflicted, inaccurate information..

@MrDogonjon

5 жыл бұрын

His rear end is getting burned by Unruh radiation. He must advance his reference frame to align with the Rindler horizon.

@barrygoldkind99

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrDogonjon HA HA HA. Loved it.

@jamesdunn2214

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That's a lot of verbiage. I couldn't get through the whole "thing".

Where was the analysis? He knows how to allow the skis to turn by positioning his upper body, from the hips up, back into the fall line or into the new turn as he changes his weight from his downhill to his uphill ski but then he destroys everything he started to do by thinking of over turning is unweighted inside ski which causes it to separate from his downhill ski and he is trying to edge the skis with his knees instead of his hip. HH "Tipping" BS! You balance from arch to arch and just go for a balanced ride on that outside ski until you want to start the next turn. One ski at a time.

Ok. So that is surely not it!