Premise:
You haven't free skied down the mountain with the client but you have viewed them doing 3 different drills at a high level (let's leave hucking a 50 ft cliff off the drill list).
Which three drills would you want to see and how much of a predictor to their overall skiing ability...
dolphinturns
indicators of ski competency
javelin turns
linked pivot slips
nastar run
one footed skiing
outside ski turn
railroad tracks
short radius turns down a steep icy groomer
ski a moderate bump run with variety of turn
ski competency
ski drills
ski skills
Recently I've stumbled upon the phrase "lateral weight shift." The phrase describes transitions where the skier remains centered over the ski (fore-aft-wise) as the body moves laterally over the skis, or the skis move laterally under the body, weight shifting from old outside ski to new outside...
bob barnes
dolphinturns
foreagonal
get "weight" over the shovels at turn start
lateral weight shift
move forward over the shovel
pressuring the tips as the skis enter the turn
pressuring the tips at initiation
psia man
psiaman
pull the feet back at turn start
rocking fore-aft
voreinwärts
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