So . . . @mike_m, starting "down low" as everyone likes to do, please square these two recent statements of yours for me:
1) Interesting that this seems to be a new idea for many folks. All the coaches I've worked with for the past several years (Jonathan Ballou, Reilly McGlashan, Tom Gelle, Josh Fogg, JF Beaulieu) advocate a dorsiflexed foot at all times during skiing. By spreading and lifting the toes, and trying to feel that pull/lift all the way back to the ball of the foot (i.e., not just in the toes), you create a functional tension that plants you in the strongest part of the foot (back of the arch, front of the heel) and activates the ligaments of the front of the shin to automatically pull you ahead. Try it.
2) Everything starts down low, in active, supple ankles.
Emphasis added by me.
Now - I understand that there will be at least some, albeit a much smaller, range of ankle motion possible while still being "dorsiflexed". But combining this constant dorsiflexion idea with the many statements I've read here regarding pulling up the toes and activating the anterior tibialis to produce a constant state of tension does NOT. IMO result in active, supple ankles.
Supple, BTW, is defined as "bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible".
????
1) Interesting that this seems to be a new idea for many folks. All the coaches I've worked with for the past several years (Jonathan Ballou, Reilly McGlashan, Tom Gelle, Josh Fogg, JF Beaulieu) advocate a dorsiflexed foot at all times during skiing. By spreading and lifting the toes, and trying to feel that pull/lift all the way back to the ball of the foot (i.e., not just in the toes), you create a functional tension that plants you in the strongest part of the foot (back of the arch, front of the heel) and activates the ligaments of the front of the shin to automatically pull you ahead. Try it.
2) Everything starts down low, in active, supple ankles.
Emphasis added by me.
Now - I understand that there will be at least some, albeit a much smaller, range of ankle motion possible while still being "dorsiflexed". But combining this constant dorsiflexion idea with the many statements I've read here regarding pulling up the toes and activating the anterior tibialis to produce a constant state of tension does NOT. IMO result in active, supple ankles.
Supple, BTW, is defined as "bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible".
????