f you were moving along with the skier at the same speed, it would look as the skiers feet is making a reverse pedal motion on a bicycle.
seems to me like they're the same thing from a different perspective
me too. Turn off the audio of the Gellie and Martin videos, looks exactly the same to me.
The underlying goal is the same, keeping the feet under the hip. The difference is in its subtlety, the bicycle back pedal is foot centric, bottom up thinking. The hip drive is COM centric, moving the hip with a
Ooohh! That's for sure different.
Another way for anyone considering working on mogul skiing to study muscle activations required to achieve these motions and goals. What needs to be done to get the feet under hip or to get the hip forward? IMO, I think use core to flex, use hamstrings and glutes to extend. Think moving femurs, not torso, when extending and flexing, with hips as the hinge. Precise dryland drills and exercises will develop that mental attention to detail and the muscle memory, making any lesson or clinic more effective.
I wish dryland skiing clinics were available.