Just in case you didn’t get enough of the blizzard… Great effort by Sam to adapt to the particular demands[…]
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Category: Intermediate Skier
Sam, Lemmy day 4
Perpendicularity with skis/slope (pressure on ski fronts) during accelerations Using both adductors and pronating/everting both feet (preventing skis from flattening)[…]
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Sam, Lemmy day 3
More work was done on developing dynamics including coming forward to be perpendicular to the skis when they were heading[…]
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Filmed before working on dynamics… Filmed after basic dynamics was learned… SkatingSkiing is just disguised skating. The main difference is[…]
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Sam, Lemmy day 2
Braking Snowplough Deflecting Snowplough Turns Dynamics Snowplough Turns Sideslip (joystick Control) Foot Forward TechniqueThis gives security through the start of[…]
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Sam, Lemmy
Rough start to the week for Sam and Lemmy – seems that everything was stacked up against them from the[…]
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Greta, Isabel, Bea, Eva day 5
Isabel demonstrates perfectly a “compression turn” in preparation for attacking some steep BIG bumps later on. I never explained all[…]
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Greta, Isabel, Bea, Eva day 4
Unfortunately Isabel had a fever today so missed skiing. Hope she is feeling better by tomorrow. Teaching was well received[…]
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Jo, Tom, William, Georgina day 3
William leading the group – skiing with his feet together (according to William!) – and everyone following his tracks –[…]
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Greta, Isabel, Bea, Eva day 3
Today was a first attempt at penetrating the inherent adolescent wall of resistance to learning anything “different” that might require[…]
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