Many of us may know that hip dumps are bad. Instructors will ask us not to do it. Well, what does it take, actually, not to do it? Here’s one take.
What a hip dump is has been discussed in another thread, “What is a hip dump”,
https://www.pugski.com/threads/what-is-a-hip-dump.8353/
Here are a few insightful replies.
I think that those who hip dump unintentionally, as Kate Howe is describing may simply either have weak glutes or are not used to firing the right ones. I think I have been rotating my pelvis and hip dumping on my left turns. And, as she describes, it’s a compensation in the effort to not lift the opposing pelvis, an attempt to keep the pelvis level, starting at about 3:45 of the video. Well, then, why might one lift the pelvis? I discovered one reason, not firing appropriate glutes.
It so happens that I injured my left hip and have been working to rehabilitate it. My retired-pro-ballerina trainer had me do a passé on Friday. It was solid, on my right leg. On my left, I lifted my right pelvis and started shearing/rotating. What did it take to stop it? I couldn’t figure it out. This morning I did. Activate a part of my left glute that was not firing. It was automatic on the right, but I had to think really hard to do it on my left. Check out this video
This dancer/coach explains, towards the end, not lifting the hip. That’s what I’m talking about. So, folks that are not used to activating the proper glutes (and core), will hip dump, almost always. Those with weak glutes will hip dump if the forces are too high.
Give it a try. In front of a mirror, what’s your hip doing in a passè. What do you think of this as a root cause? What other root causes might there be?
What a hip dump is has been discussed in another thread, “What is a hip dump”,
https://www.pugski.com/threads/what-is-a-hip-dump.8353/
Here are a few insightful replies.
There are many views on what hip dump is.
My definition is that hip dump is when the hip is moved or rotated without the movement having any functional advantage.
IMO the most common way of dumping the hip is counter that happens around the subtalar joint instead of the hip joint. It counters the body but de-edges the ski.
Karlo, I posted this video by kate Howe in the Carving Ma thread. Kate describes what hip dump is beginning a 5:00 in. Her solution begins at approximately 7:15 in. Pretty much in line with what @Jamt states above
Hip dump is a move often prompted by a desire to get the hip low to the snow, mimicking racers at the gate in GS.
I think that those who hip dump unintentionally, as Kate Howe is describing may simply either have weak glutes or are not used to firing the right ones. I think I have been rotating my pelvis and hip dumping on my left turns. And, as she describes, it’s a compensation in the effort to not lift the opposing pelvis, an attempt to keep the pelvis level, starting at about 3:45 of the video. Well, then, why might one lift the pelvis? I discovered one reason, not firing appropriate glutes.
It so happens that I injured my left hip and have been working to rehabilitate it. My retired-pro-ballerina trainer had me do a passé on Friday. It was solid, on my right leg. On my left, I lifted my right pelvis and started shearing/rotating. What did it take to stop it? I couldn’t figure it out. This morning I did. Activate a part of my left glute that was not firing. It was automatic on the right, but I had to think really hard to do it on my left. Check out this video
This dancer/coach explains, towards the end, not lifting the hip. That’s what I’m talking about. So, folks that are not used to activating the proper glutes (and core), will hip dump, almost always. Those with weak glutes will hip dump if the forces are too high.
Give it a try. In front of a mirror, what’s your hip doing in a passè. What do you think of this as a root cause? What other root causes might there be?