Following on from yesterday we went initially to a green slope and continued to develop the skating that Alp had connected with – reducing the number of skates in a turn gradually until there was only the initial push off left. Then Alp was given a repeat explanation of “Dynamics” and this time he understood it – due to relating it to the skate action and movement of his centre of mass. With the correct timing in place he was soon skiing parallel with clean dynamics and we repeated this over and over to train it into his system. He knows he’s not “balancing” he’s in disequilibrium – a special disequilibrium called “skiing” where accelerations are organised. Life itself is a state of disequilibrium on the “edge of chaos” – but a hot chocolate helps. Alp is now really skiing.
Today’s views…
