Hahaa.... he actually did not switch to Rossi, this is just a coincidence. Chris does not own any SG skis and he borrowed mine for a fore runner run on the Masters SG Nationals last year. He was complaining that the course was too straight and the skis over-turning. But, we have been testing Rossi so he might be switching, just don't tell anyone yet :)
TIPS TO ACHIEVE GREAT EDGE ANGLES: 1. Get the inside knee OUT of the way 2. Inside ski should have little weight on it not no weight, it's very important in the first phase of a turn. Search up a video on the white pass turn. 3. Keep shoulders level, don't aim to drag your hands on the snow. Drills: White pass turn TIP: 1. To increase edge angles thus shortening turn radius; you must work to better incorporate the inside ski into your skiing (For expert skiers) As an national team coach, I often don't see this mentioned enough, to achieve great edge angles, you have to slightly WIDEN YOUR STANCE SO YOUR SKIS ARE FURTHER APART. The widen stance should be kept on the apex of the turn, stance width should increase gradually as you are leaning in. This is what must be done to increase edge angle beyond what your currently able to if you feel like you are at the limit but still unable to achieve the edge angle you want. An important thing to note is that this is for achieving very very deep edge angles, doing this when not at extreme angles can make you get an A frame so be wary that this should only be done when pushing to your absolute max. 1.2. PUSH THE OUTSIDE SKI AS FAR FORWARD AS POSSIBLE. Many people who carve keep their outside ski too far behind the inside ski. This is normal and it will happen but trying to push the outside ski forward while in a turn helps with getting used to putting more pressure into your outside ski and really helps with the power you put into your skis. Moral of the story, your inside knee is an obstacle in your road to becoming a champion. Remember that counter hip rotation is an absolute must so pushing the outside ski forward should be done by leg extension and not the hips. Same with the inside ski. 2. Everyone always focuses on the outside ski, but the inside ski plays an important part in the first (initial) phase of a turn, it can help with speed of transition, balance and power of a turn. When we begin a turn lots of weight should be on the inside ski, the white pass turn drill helps to understand this. You should put low weight, not no weight on your inside ski. Flex the inside ski, you should bend your knee and bring it up towards your chest. You should feel small amounts of snow flying into your outside leg from your inside ski. Make sure you feel the pressure on your small toe on your inside ski when turning. 3. Another tip is NEVER TOUCH THE SNOW WITH YOUR HAND, if you put too much pressure, it can make your body twist, additionally touching snow with your hand, while making you feel like your achieving higher angles can also indicate that you are actually leaning your shoulders together with your legs. You should always try to keep your shoulders parallel when going into a turn. When I do lessons many people I teach feel as if their technique has improved when touching the snow but in reality this habit makes you lean your upper body into the turn which in reality what you should be trying to do is keeping your upper body as far as possible towards the outside ski. Of course extremely high edge angles will make you be able to do this but this shouldn't be a focus. Counter hip rotation is absolutely essential. 3.1 Instead of dragging your hand on the snow; it's ok to keep it almost on the snow but don't put any weight on it. Something you can do to have a good understanding of your body positioning while your skiing and help with control and balance is to put weight onto your poles, barely any pros have their poles dangling behind them and that's because they are pushing their poles into the snow. 4. Don't stand up; you don't have the time to, you will lose so much power. In the middle of your transition you should be flexed. The hand drag drill is absolutely great to improve confidence to increase edge angles but once you feel you are at your limit of edge angles these tips should help achieve better skiing. A great drill is the white pass turn to improve how you incorporate your inside ski into your skiing. Heres a video to improve upper body stability; th-cam.com/video/S0lIB2M5tmQ/w-d-xo.html.
Wow, thank you for such long comment. Its an honor to have a experienced coach viewing my content. The white pass turn is a standard for my students. It is really good. It is my cross over transition drill. I agree that the hand drag drill can be dangerous as people tend to lean into the turn too much but every drill has its time and place. Thanks for the video link. Tom G has some awesome content out there. Cheers, Tom
nonsensse beyond nonsensse its all hip ankles rotation oudword from edged skis to flat skis durning lateral transition pointing ski downhill direct line , setting eges to recoil hips ski tips .upper body center off the skis to neutral stance , to begin new turn , any time yours inside ski is ahead outside ski to begin new turn you are history
@@albertmaziarz6739 th-cam.com/video/5Gx4Gd5SOgU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Rxag2vL8-S2JVGXq this video from trigger boy is an example of exactly all I said and perfect skiing.
@ th-cam.com/video/b-0vm3N-GoM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eS4wGVkLPLT_ISko this is Marcel hirischer skiing, you can actually see his outside foot lift up slightly when initiating the turn. This is an extreme version and I think it’s more of a misunderstanding we’re saying a similar thing. Also in this video you can see how putting your hand down can make you lose your balance slightly as it happens to him a few times.
@ For a split second his weight is on the inside ski before he extends the outside leg and the outside ski bites. Also I am a trainer for the Italian national female team, we always say including when I was younger learning to ski race myself that we must dive like a dolphin into the new turn, at the start of the dive you transition your weight from the outside ski to the inside ski. When you turn it should be about weight, not about rotating your upper body, the ski with more weight on it ends up being your outside ski. That’s why you put weight on the inside ski; to make it the outside ski. This transition of weight is more obvious in short parallel turns.
Thanks! If you watch my video on how to improve your carving using my knees (th-cam.com/video/epfjQWldfoM/w-d-xo.html) you can find the side slipping drill. That is the best drill for activating your knees. Another drill that I was taught years ago back in the 70s is the Dwarf Drill where you grab your ski poles half way down and make really tight pivoted short turns in a straight line down in the fall line on an easy groomer squatted down as deep as you can. This activates your knees. After that it feels strange standing up tall again. Hope these drills help. Happy Holidays, T
any time inside hip is lower then outside hip , he is dumping upper body uphill inside ski uphill , skiing uphill setting edges uphill rebounding uphill his movment uphill , gravity oudsite force ski down hill not him , any time you set edges on diagonal not polnting downhill you are 4 secondst back in first run ,
Another great breakdown. Thanks. 👍💪🙏
Thanks, Happy Holidays, Tom
@Triggerboy62 👍 Happy Holidays!
Great video!
Thanks! Happy Holidays, T
excellent and always appreciated!
Thank you! Cheers!
LOL Wow, a carving racing ski video with a mellow piano jazz sound track. That's different!
Yes, we are different. We are jazz! We are musicians and music lovers. Thanks for the appreciation. Happy Holidays, Tom
Oh, Chris switched to Rossi? Is there any difference with Atomic?
Hahaa.... he actually did not switch to Rossi, this is just a coincidence. Chris does not own any SG skis and he borrowed mine for a fore runner run on the Masters SG Nationals last year. He was complaining that the course was too straight and the skis over-turning. But, we have been testing Rossi so he might be switching, just don't tell anyone yet :)
@@Triggerboy62 I'll do my best to keep the secret:)
on scale 1 to 10 skis zero racer 10,
TIPS TO ACHIEVE GREAT EDGE ANGLES:
1. Get the inside knee OUT of the way
2. Inside ski should have little weight on it not no weight, it's very important in the first phase of a turn. Search up a video on the white pass turn.
3. Keep shoulders level, don't aim to drag your hands on the snow.
Drills: White pass turn
TIP: 1. To increase edge angles thus shortening turn radius; you must work to better incorporate the inside ski into your skiing (For expert skiers) As an national team coach, I often don't see this mentioned enough, to achieve great edge angles, you have to slightly WIDEN YOUR STANCE SO YOUR SKIS ARE FURTHER APART. The widen stance should be kept on the apex of the turn, stance width should increase gradually as you are leaning in. This is what must be done to increase edge angle beyond what your currently able to if you feel like you are at the limit but still unable to achieve the edge angle you want. An important thing to note is that this is for achieving very very deep edge angles, doing this when not at extreme angles can make you get an A frame so be wary that this should only be done when pushing to your absolute max.
1.2. PUSH THE OUTSIDE SKI AS FAR FORWARD AS POSSIBLE. Many people who carve keep their outside ski too far behind the inside ski. This is normal and it will happen but trying to push the outside ski forward while in a turn helps with getting used to putting more pressure into your outside ski and really helps with the power you put into your skis. Moral of the story, your inside knee is an obstacle in your road to becoming a champion. Remember that counter hip rotation is an absolute must so pushing the outside ski forward should be done by leg extension and not the hips. Same with the inside ski.
2. Everyone always focuses on the outside ski, but the inside ski plays an important part in the first (initial) phase of a turn, it can help with speed of transition, balance and power of a turn. When we begin a turn lots of weight should be on the inside ski, the white pass turn drill helps to understand this. You should put low weight, not no weight on your inside ski. Flex the inside ski, you should bend your knee and bring it up towards your chest. You should feel small amounts of snow flying into your outside leg from your inside ski. Make sure you feel the pressure on your small toe on your inside ski when turning.
3. Another tip is NEVER TOUCH THE SNOW WITH YOUR HAND, if you put too much pressure, it can make your body twist, additionally touching snow with your hand, while making you feel like your achieving higher angles can also indicate that you are actually leaning your shoulders together with your legs. You should always try to keep your shoulders parallel when going into a turn. When I do lessons many people I teach feel as if their technique has improved when touching the snow but in reality this habit makes you lean your upper body into the turn which in reality what you should be trying to do is keeping your upper body as far as possible towards the outside ski. Of course extremely high edge angles will make you be able to do this but this shouldn't be a focus. Counter hip rotation is absolutely essential.
3.1 Instead of dragging your hand on the snow; it's ok to keep it almost on the snow but don't put any weight on it. Something you can do to have a good understanding of your body positioning while your skiing and help with control and balance is to put weight onto your poles, barely any pros have their poles dangling behind them and that's because they are pushing their poles into the snow.
4. Don't stand up; you don't have the time to, you will lose so much power. In the middle of your transition you should be flexed.
The hand drag drill is absolutely great to improve confidence to increase edge angles but once you feel you are at your limit of edge angles these tips should help achieve better skiing.
A great drill is the white pass turn to improve how you incorporate your inside ski into your skiing.
Heres a video to improve upper body stability; th-cam.com/video/S0lIB2M5tmQ/w-d-xo.html.
Wow, thank you for such long comment. Its an honor to have a experienced coach viewing my content. The white pass turn is a standard for my students. It is really good. It is my cross over transition drill. I agree that the hand drag drill can be dangerous as people tend to lean into the turn too much but every drill has its time and place. Thanks for the video link. Tom G has some awesome content out there. Cheers, Tom
nonsensse beyond nonsensse its all hip ankles rotation oudword from edged skis to flat skis durning lateral transition pointing ski downhill direct line , setting eges to recoil hips ski tips .upper body center off the skis to neutral stance , to begin new turn , any time yours inside ski is ahead outside ski to begin new turn you are history
@@albertmaziarz6739 th-cam.com/video/5Gx4Gd5SOgU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Rxag2vL8-S2JVGXq this video from trigger boy is an example of exactly all I said and perfect skiing.
@ th-cam.com/video/b-0vm3N-GoM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eS4wGVkLPLT_ISko this is Marcel hirischer skiing, you can actually see his outside foot lift up slightly when initiating the turn. This is an extreme version and I think it’s more of a misunderstanding we’re saying a similar thing. Also in this video you can see how putting your hand down can make you lose your balance slightly as it happens to him a few times.
@ For a split second his weight is on the inside ski before he extends the outside leg and the outside ski bites. Also I am a trainer for the Italian national female team, we always say including when I was younger learning to ski race myself that we must dive like a dolphin into the new turn, at the start of the dive you transition your weight from the outside ski to the inside ski. When you turn it should be about weight, not about rotating your upper body, the ski with more weight on it ends up being your outside ski. That’s why you put weight on the inside ski; to make it the outside ski. This transition of weight is more obvious in short parallel turns.
As with the above comment, you are BANG on, in my humble opinion (!) ESPECially, with your simple rhetoric/language! ⛷️💣💥/🥰😎🤘
Wow, thanks for such great feedback and thanks for watching. Happy Holidays, T
Nice video! Could you recommend any drills for the knee actions in medium/short radius turns?
Thanks! If you watch my video on how to improve your carving using my knees (th-cam.com/video/epfjQWldfoM/w-d-xo.html) you can find the side slipping drill. That is the best drill for activating your knees. Another drill that I was taught years ago back in the 70s is the Dwarf Drill where you grab your ski poles half way down and make really tight pivoted short turns in a straight line down in the fall line on an easy groomer squatted down as deep as you can. This activates your knees. After that it feels strange standing up tall again. Hope these drills help. Happy Holidays, T
inside knee back outside knee forward flexing hips down not knees
very nice @1:25 :)
Yeah, thats an epic clip. Thanks for watching and Happy Holidays, Tom
any time inside hip is lower then outside hip , he is dumping upper body uphill inside ski uphill , skiing uphill setting edges uphill rebounding uphill his movment uphill , gravity oudsite force ski down hill not him , any time you set edges on diagonal not polnting downhill you are 4 secondst back in first run ,