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Luke Leonie Day 5

Ski Therapy! Stand up – relax Push the outside foot forward – while puling the inside foot backward. Luke can[…]

Short TurnsWorking on short turns exposed Leonie’s hip rotation – which was addressed by standing on the uphill hip prior[…]

LeonieImproved stance (thanks to adductor use)Accurate timing (no stem)Upper body looks a bit stiff – appears to equate with staring[…]

Working on using the upper body in dynamics (From the feet upwards) (Stacking up the body appropriately for dynamic skating)[…]

Pivot initiate turn from uphill edge of uphill ski stand on the outside edge of the foot engage the adductor[…]

Last day and the weather started out well at 9am. We headed straight down to Plagne Bellecote, up the Colosses[…]

Today we started off with parallel skiing exercises at high altitude. Straight snowplough with both leg’s adductor muscles loose –[…]

Levi is making a great attempt to coordinate a lot of new movements – dynamics, pivot, getting forward, hip angulation,[…]

First time up a (big) chairlift – no problems. Two long runs today and no falls (except Fred, once, when[…]

First blue run – using “dynamics” which they both picked up very quickly. Once on the snow we started with[…]