Friday, March 14, 2008

Super-Phantom 2: Guidance for Practice

I had a comment on my previous Super-Phantom posting asking for guidance/resources for practicing the Super-Phantom. Here are a few exercises for each component that I mentioned. The books Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1 and Harald Harb's Essentials of Skiing are good resources for more exercises or further details. As well, the PMTS forum (see link to right) has good threads on technique and practice.

Have fun!

transferring balance to the little-toe edge of the uphill ski
Sidestepping uphill (not sliding)
Traverses on little-toe edge of uphill ski
Traverse, stepping alternately from uphill to downhill ski
Traverse and sidestep uphill

sufficiently-forward balance to lighten the downhill ski tail
Shuffling feet fore/aft in straight run or traverse
Teetering uphill ski in traverse (holding ski off ground, pull foot back to touch tip to snow, push foot ahead to touch tail to snow)
Teetering downhill ski in traverse
Teetering inside foot in a turn
Traverse lifting only tail of uphill ski

flexing the downhill leg to keep the new free foot off the snow
Traverse lifting only tail of downhill ski
Turn completions ("J-turns") with tail of inside ski lifted (come to complete stop with tail still lifted)

tipping the free foot throughout the turn
Traverse tipping uphill ski toward little-toe edge (tip away from other foot)
Traverse, alternately tipping UH ski toward LTE, then flattening, then tip again to a higher angle
Start in fall line; tip one foot away from the other; hold for a second, then flatten, then tip again to a higher angle
On almost-flat hill, aim skis 45 deg. across hill. Start to slide; tilt downhill ski to flat, then back to big-toe edge; tilt to flat, then back to big-toe edge; tilt beyond flat onto LTE, then back to flat; tilt beyond flat onto LTE and then tip it farther.

sufficient counterbalancing to maintain balance on the stance ski throughout the turn
Touch stance hand to top buckle on stance boot throughout turn
Drag outside (stance-side) pole basket on snow through turn; don't let inside (free-side) pole touch snow
Lean head and shoulders over stance foot throughout turn
Crunch ribs to pelvis on stance side throughout turn
Any of above, keeping free ski off the snow through the turn

sufficient counteracting to finish the turn in balance, prepared for the new turn
Keep inside arm shoulder-high with hand above ski tips ("Strong Arm")
Reach inside arm across torso to touch inside hand to outside hip throughout turn
Hip-o-Meter, keep outside/stance hand pressing poles down and aft, inside/free hand above and forward of the poles
Face head and torso toward the lifted bases of the skis (outside the arc of the turn)

2 Comments:

At March 16, 2008 2:06 AM , Anonymous romerun said...

SWEET !!! Thank you. I'll put them on my warm up drills.

 
At March 25, 2008 2:35 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Diana - working on this exact area with my wife. Really useful to have thsi summary exercise program! All teh best; Gene

 

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