Hi all
I would like to focus on this post and some of @LiquidFeet 's and others suggestions in @alexz 's thread, without hijacking it. Focused threads are best.
I need to improve everything in my carving, but particularly edge angles and separation/angulation. This last season, I started working on a number of related drills: Javelin turns, just lifting up my inside ski, and also tipping the inside ski forward, with the tail raised and the tip slightly touching the snow, flat. I also worked on RR track turns where the inside ski is retracted to avoid a lot of lead.
All of this under the guidance of my Instructor (@Mark Downing ) at Mt Rose. Anyways, I wonder how you feel about the difference of all these drills in terms of what they achieve, what they focus on, etc. The one thing I think they have in common is a focus on balancing on the outside ski. And they all help me enormously. I did observe much shorter turn radius with all of them.
Please please please, no religious wars here, let's focus on the drills. Thank you!
I would like to focus on this post and some of @LiquidFeet 's and others suggestions in @alexz 's thread, without hijacking it. Focused threads are best.
I know I promote the "Get over it" drill but this will definitely address what ails you.
This is not an easy drill for many because it makes you proactively reposition your mass over the uphill edge of the new outside ski and then patiently and smoothly roll the ankles to the new edge early on, all at a relatively high rate of speed.
I need to improve everything in my carving, but particularly edge angles and separation/angulation. This last season, I started working on a number of related drills: Javelin turns, just lifting up my inside ski, and also tipping the inside ski forward, with the tail raised and the tip slightly touching the snow, flat. I also worked on RR track turns where the inside ski is retracted to avoid a lot of lead.
All of this under the guidance of my Instructor (@Mark Downing ) at Mt Rose. Anyways, I wonder how you feel about the difference of all these drills in terms of what they achieve, what they focus on, etc. The one thing I think they have in common is a focus on balancing on the outside ski. And they all help me enormously. I did observe much shorter turn radius with all of them.
Please please please, no religious wars here, let's focus on the drills. Thank you!