l*******o
发帖数: 669 | 1 I attended Jay Peterson’s ski camp on Mt Hood from 6/21 to 6/24. It was a
fantastic camp and I learned a lot from Jay. A few things are truly eye-
opening. What I think was my best area (flexion/extension) is actually my
worst, and what I think was my worst area (fore-aft balance) is actually
not that bad. Also I realize I did some of the release moves (two-footed
release and weighted release) completely wrong. Now I have a much better
understanding of various aspects of PMTS. I feel that given some time after
the head knowledge I acquired during the camp is transferred to my actual
skiing, that will be the break-through I have been waiting for the last a
couple of years.
Day 1 (theme: flexion/extension)
Jay showed up at Wy’east lodge at around 6:45am along with Andrei, another
camp attendee. I was a bit surprised there were just three of us and felt
fortunate that I would get a lot of Jay’s attention during the camp. We
started skiing shortly after 7:00am.
We did a warm-up run off the Magic Mile lift and Jay watched us. On the next
lift ride up, Jay said that both Andrei and I had some common mistakes and
that he would address them today. That set up the theme of the day, which
was flexion/extension.
Drill #1: Traverse on uphill ski with downhill ski lifted. Flex the uphill
leg a little bit. Tip the downhill ski to its LTE (little toe edge), which
will cause the skis to turn. This is the PMTS phantom turn, which I can do
easily. The emphasis is that do not extend or lengthen the uphill leg, which
is the new stance leg, during at least first 1/3 of the turn.
Drill #2: Traverse on downhill ski with uphill ski lifted. Flex the downhill
ski to match with the uphill ski so that both skis are on snow. Hold it.
Both skis should be flat on snow with no edges engaged (regardless of the
steepness of the slope). Do not simply put the uphill ski down on the snow
because that would be the extension of uphill ski. Flex downhill ski and tip
to its LTE.
Drill #3: Same as #2, but add awareness of stance width during transition (
when both skis are flat and down on snow). Make sure during flexion, pull in
the inside ski (which is the old uphill ski before transition and old
downhill ski after the transition), especially its heel. Mantra: flex to
close.
Drill #4: Same as #3, but add fore-aft balance move by pulling foot back to
close the ankle, not by leaning forward to press the tongue of the boots.
Need to feel the pressure at the back of the heels, as if the heels want to
come out of the back of the boots. Pull back the un-weighted inside ski.
That is, pull back the uphill ski when flexing the downhill ski to match it,
and pull back the (old) downhill ski when flexing to tip. Mantra: flex in
and back.
The drills showed a number of my problems. Jay repeatedly pointed them out
during skiing and during the video analysis after skiing.
Problem #1: Flexion timing off. I flex the stance leg way too early,
sometimes as early as when the skis are at fall line. Flexion should happen
when it’s time to release and should be fast. Right after flexion, the edge
of the stance ski is released and both skis should be flat on snow. But I
tend to do slow, continuous flexion during which time I do the weight
transfer. When the weight transfer is done, I am in too low a position in
which my thighs are more or less horizontal. This greatly increases my
transition time so that I am not able to do very tight turns without some
pivoting. This also puts me in back seat.
Problem #2: Extension during the top 1/3 of the turn. This is directly
related to #1. Because I am in too low a position at turn transition, it’s
hard to keep it that low, so the tendency is to “stand up”. Also, because
my transition takes so long, I lose most of the downward momentum built from
the previous turn, so gravity won’t pull my upper body into the next turn.
I have to somehow “stand up” to project my upper body into the next turn.
We stopped skiing shortly after 12:00pm and went to have lunch together.
During lunch, Jay showed us the video of our drills and told us what we did
right, what we did wrong and how to fix them. It’s amazing how generous Jay
is with his time. With just two students, the video analysis took two whole
hours. On day 3, the video analysis took four hours!
After lunch, I went to Jay’s house to do boot alignment. Earlier Jay
noticed that my left boot/leg was not perfectly aligned when I was skiing.
After some measurement, it turned out that my feet had no problem but my
left tibia had a bit more curve near the top. So I don’t need a footbed but
I do need to tip my leg boot 2 degree out. I also need to tip my right boot
1/2 degree in. Jay put temporary shims under my boots for the remaining
three days and watched the video he took to make sure my alignment was good. | q*c
发帖数: 17993 | 2 赞报告
worst,
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of
【在 l*******o 的大作中提到】
: I attended Jay Peterson’s ski camp on Mt Hood from 6/21 to 6/24. It was a
: fantastic camp and I learned a lot from Jay. A few things are truly eye-
: opening. What I think was my best area (flexion/extension) is actually my
: worst, and what I think was my worst area (fore-aft balance) is actually
: not that bad. Also I realize I did some of the release moves (two-footed
: release and weighted release) completely wrong. Now I have a much better
: understanding of various aspects of PMTS. I feel that given some time after
: the head knowledge I acquired during the camp is transferred to my actual
: skiing, that will be the break-through I have been waiting for the last a
: couple of years.
| y*****y
发帖数: 3433 | 3 感谢老大分享。
看来要想有进步确实得花钱花时间花精力去琢磨。 | B*N
发帖数: 147 | 4 only 2 ppl? that's almost a private lesson! great deal. very tempted. | l*******o
发帖数: 669 | 5 Yes, only 2 students this time. We got lucky.
【在 B*N 的大作中提到】
: only 2 ppl? that's almost a private lesson! great deal. very tempted.
| B*N
发帖数: 147 | 6 hope he get more pupils next year. it would be worth the money just to see
this awesome skiing in person:
https://skiersynergy.com/index.php/videos/free-skiing/mediaitem/7076-short-
turn-series-jay-peterson
【在 l*******o 的大作中提到】
: Yes, only 2 students this time. We got lucky.
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