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Tristan Richard Alexa Lottie Vivi Suzi day 5

Suzi Today’s goal was to work on areas involving sideways motion – starting from a snowplough and pivoting on the[…]

SuziJust needed a little bit of revision to return to yesterday’s level (different snow too). Just remember to extend the[…]

Richard Body Management / Hip AngulationRefer to “day 2” for more complete details.In the snowplough the outside hip can still[…]

Richard’s boots before re-aligning…

Tristan, Richard Alexa, Lottie, Vivi, Suzi

The girls have progressed with basic pivoting – so it was appropriate to introduce “timing” because most pivoting is accompanied[…]

Pivot (Hip Angulation)Today I had to explain how centrifugal force (being thrown out of a turn) is an illusion (and[…]

Hip Angulation (Pivot, Chair)Straight Leg (Dynamics)We started out by using hip angulation for controlling pivoted turns from stationary with a[…]

Straight Leg (Dynamics)When you extend the outside leg in the turn to generate dynamics it’s important to straighten it so[…]