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Tania J.

Progression 13.08.2024

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Johar C.

PSA Level 1, CSIA Level 3, PSIC Level 3 Children's Specialist 1, Freestyle Specialist 1

Notes:

🦵 Leg Independence

Great job on having leg independence when turning. This is one of the fundamentals to carving and great balance & adaptability. From this starting point, let's refine your usage of each leg.

📐 Upper Body Tilt

When turning, avoid tilting your upper body too far to the inside, this contributes to reducing your balance and ability to adapt to bumps or ice patches. Instead, think about shifting your hips side to side in order to account for the centrifugal force. This will give you more freedom to choose how you distribute your weight across the two skis.

⚖️ Weight Distribution

Keep a lot more of your weight on the outside ski. Avoid overcommitting to the inside ski, just keep enough weight on it for its edge to still be effective. By doing this, you will always have 2 useful edges to adjust for bumps or ice instead of just the inner ski. This will dramatically improve your balance and adaptability.

⏰ Pole Timing

Plant your pole before your skis start increasing in edge angle. Currently, it’s an aid to help you time the start of your turns. Later on, you will find it very useful on more technical terrain.

🏠 Visualize & Simulate

Try at home: put your arm against a wall and simulate the transition of leg independence and weight shifting throughout the imaginary turn, from start to finish.

❄️ Isolate the Motion

On snow: on a wide green run, get the hang of your weight distribution and pole timing by focusing on just the start of the turn. Go straight, turn right/left, stop & reset.

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