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"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT":
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSW's)
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)
CSW # 7:
"Wind-up the upper body to initiate turns."
In an earlier time when skis were harder to turn than they are now, extra turning force
was applied to get them to pivot around. For instance, we can move the body at the
end of a turn in a direction opposite to the next turn so that we could twist
around farther and get more turning effect in the coming turn (called
counter-rotation). A variation is to move the
body in the same direction as the next turn and then block the upper body with
muscle tension while continuing to twist the lower body, called "split-rotation".) The trouble
is that these powerful moves are difficult to finesse once put in motion, and so
turns are hard to alter as we go around. Modern skis turn so easily that
we can turn the legs in the pelvis sockets to create the turn and fine-tune it as
we go. Still, the wind-up can be useful to make a turn more quickly, as
in moguls with a blocking pole plant around which we can spin in a tighter arc.
main CSW contents
prior CSW #6: "Up-unweight
to initiate turns"
next CSW #8: "Skiing moguls ruins your knees, or back"
"SKIING
IS A SLIDING SPORT"--a skiing web manual:
Skiing Web Manual
Contents
Why Read This Skiing Web Manual That First
Lesson A
Little Skiing History Motion in Skiing
CONVENTIONAL SKIING WISDOMS
Skier Excuses Fear
in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing
Equipment and Technique
Skiing Equipment
How Skis
Work
How
to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing
Turn Simplified Tactics for Terrains and Snow
Textures
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri
Children
and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender & Skiing
Culture & Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Survival
Slope Safety Skiing
Environment Glossary Acknowledgements
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Copyright © 2010 William R Jones.
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