Ski TechniqueSKIING BEST S2 EP14
Together with Valerio Malfatto we analyze Paola's skiing and try to give her a tip for Sciare Meglio. The balance during the edge change returns to be the focus in this lesson. Valerio assigns two objectives and two exercises for his student, we see in the video what they are.
Tuesday 5 March 2019 3 minutes reading time
ANALYSIS - PAOLETTA Lowering the right hip, in the right-hand bend, does not allow it to take a good balance on the new external ski, ie the left ski compromising the good development of the action. In the long curves the knees could look more towards the exit direction giving more dynamism to the ski slope. 1Unlock the pelvis in the entrance of the curve to the right. OBJECTIVE 2Enter a corner by aiming with determination the two knees down towards the curved closing zone to have better effectiveness on the corners and better direction of the action. EXERCISE 1Ge from the final phase of the curve to the left, still in full load on the external ski, think that the right hip, now compressed and under load, must free itself and get up, keep higher than the left, which in turn will take the load entering the curve, while the right will remain higher. Unable to find a good balance on the new outer ski, the left, if the right hip remains low. EXERCISE 2Curve left: knees that point to the left and down, with strong muscular tension at the level of feet and ankles! Bend to the right: knees pointing right and down! GUIDING AND SENSING IDEASes to perceive the right hip in the phase in which it is compressed, ie in the left-hand bend, and to feel it free and up and remain free and high throughout the curve to the right; second perception, the knees must show them in the entrance of the curve to the right and send them down towards the descent and towards the curved exit area, both of them and not only the external knee.
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