Today’s session was difficult because nothing seemed to work for Alp. We worked on pivoting and dynamics in several different ways but to no avail. This eventually led to a pit stop for hot chocolate – where Alp even managed to sit at the wrong table – we weren’t having a lot of luck!
Eventually in desperation I asked Alp if he had ever been on skates in his life and the answer was “no”! On flat ground I had to teach Alp what skating really was – a propulsion of the body due to falling with gravity with one diverging ski acting as a support while the other is in the air pointed in the direction of the fall – ready to slide on landing.
Alp “got it” in about 5 minutes and could then manage step turns – this providing Alp with a new set of physical references – particularly with regard to moving his centre of mass. There is hope…
Here’s the misalignment of the soles of Alp’s ski boots – probably not helping at all.
Alp probably needs to learn how to use the muscles of the feet. Each foot is made up of 26 bones, 30 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. The feet can definitely be trained to function with a natural arch. (I’ll try to find the contacts for this…)
Today’s view…
