Ski TechniqueSKIING BEST S2 EP07
We try to give Luca the right advice to invite him to Sciare Meglio, even if he already has a very good ability to manage the edge change. Its goal will be to improve the entry into the corners and avoid settlements.
Monday 21 January 2019 2 minutes reading time
ANALISILuca has a fair confidence with the transition from one inclination to another. He will have to make his action even more brilliant and reactive. In long curves it is slightly passive and tends to stand back with your shoulders especially in the curved entrance. You also notice a little 'backsliding and sitting in failure on the end of the curve.OBIETTIVIFar run the shoulder new-external (so the shoulder that changes the edges with the outside) forward and down so that it remains always present on the outer foot and help us to be solid, without retreats and without sagging. EXERCISE the beginning of the right bend, "push" the left shoulder "down" to lose altitude simultaneously with the new edge grip giving strength and thrust forward and down to the whole part of the body outside the curve. GUIDING AND SENSING awareness of the path of the new-outer shoulder that in the curve must go down to look for the slope: low and forward-down in search of maximum speed and acceleration taking advantage of maximum slope.
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