JimG.
New member
Do you keep your body centered while skiing? You know, all your body parts within a zone from the toe to heel piece of your binding.
How are you centered? Are you bent up like a pretzel trying to keep all those body parts in that zone, or are you relaxed and standing tall?
Seems like basic stuff...but it's tough to teach someone to STAY centered. Students get caught up in the toe-heel piece zone and forget they can move laterally using their hips, so they aren't fluid and get thrown off center easily. Yeah, you see it alot...an intermediate preparing to push off in fine athletic form only to be a mass of arms and legs searching for a clue 3 turns later.
Any ideas about how to improve at staying centered?
How are you centered? Are you bent up like a pretzel trying to keep all those body parts in that zone, or are you relaxed and standing tall?
Seems like basic stuff...but it's tough to teach someone to STAY centered. Students get caught up in the toe-heel piece zone and forget they can move laterally using their hips, so they aren't fluid and get thrown off center easily. Yeah, you see it alot...an intermediate preparing to push off in fine athletic form only to be a mass of arms and legs searching for a clue 3 turns later.
Any ideas about how to improve at staying centered?