Wow, balance and movement control is amazing to watch ... very humbling. Interesting to see the difference in body position between the carved and drifted turns. It seemed to me that with the carved turns the inside leg remained more flexed at the knee, presumably to make it easier to get to a higher edge angle... without falling to the inside. Most definitely a drill I'm going to use to work on my own skiing ... working it into different turn shapes and seeing if I can add carve or drift at will ... THAT'LL TAKE PRACTICE!
Excellent It took some effort to unlearn the old unweight and go to the outside ski as I learned in the 60's and 70's since initiating off the inside ski goes against self preservation instinct. Getting this down made a huge improvement in my skiing and really allows you to take advantage of ski design. You're right though boot fit is important. Ramp angle and canting make a huge difference.
I'm curious what the benefits of this exercise are. What are we trying to achieve/improve? Does this exercise target specific bad habits, or does it look to improve a specific part of the turn? Does anyone have thoughts/tips?
Main benefit is that you won't be pushing stace ski, after transition, but tiping your uper ski. Complex exercise.Without proper boot set up, hard to do it.
Thats what this video discusses... why and how we implement this movement into our skiing. You can check it out at www.projectedproductions.com on the all access pass
Not necessarily bad habits. When you already angulate enough (upper/lower body angle) in your skiing, it's easy to forget to incline into the turn. Since we learn that inclination is bad, and angulation is good. However, for high performance in medium/long turns you should have both. You should incline into the turn, and then just before the fall line crank in the angulation. This is what this drill is for: incline then angulate. This is what I was told by a level 4 instructor who had me do this drill.
I can see the similarity of this exercise to the crab step exercise presented by Paul in legacy part one. I'm looking forward to practicing the white pass😊
Well, kinda, Pauls crab walk is focused on the edge set at the end of the turn to get deflection where as the white pass is focused on the release and forward inward motion... kinda different objectives and different parts of the turn...
The WPD is one of only three or four one ski drills, the execution of which is to develop use of the inside ankle for modern advanced carved turns. Think of the inside ankle as “atrophied” even though is is weak and irresponsive due to lack of any use ever at all.
A level 4 made me do this exercice! I too, was wondering what are the benefits of this exercice. But effectively, it certainly stops the pushing on the front the boot of the downhill leg. Not very easy to do, but yes I will add this to my practicing. Thank you for the tip!
Thanks Reilly, I will practice this.
Wonderful!
Transitioning on the inside ski! Challenging for me, so a great exercise for me to practice! 👌
Wow, balance and movement control is amazing to watch ... very humbling. Interesting to see the difference in body position between the carved and drifted turns. It seemed to me that with the carved turns the inside leg remained more flexed at the knee, presumably to make it easier to get to a higher edge angle... without falling to the inside. Most definitely a drill I'm going to use to work on my own skiing ... working it into different turn shapes and seeing if I can add carve or drift at will ... THAT'LL TAKE PRACTICE!
Excellent It took some effort to unlearn the old unweight and go to the outside ski as I learned in the 60's and 70's since initiating off the inside ski goes against self preservation instinct. Getting this down made a huge improvement in my skiing and really allows you to take advantage of ski design. You're right though boot fit is important. Ramp angle and canting make a huge difference.
too good....so inspiring. thanks for sharing
I'm curious what the benefits of this exercise are. What are we trying to achieve/improve? Does this exercise target specific bad habits, or does it look to improve a specific part of the turn? Does anyone have thoughts/tips?
Main benefit is that you won't be pushing stace ski, after transition, but tiping your uper ski.
Complex exercise.Without proper boot set up, hard to do it.
I think this is to exercise simultanious edge change of inside ski with outside one.
Thats what this video discusses... why and how we implement this movement into our skiing. You can check it out at www.projectedproductions.com on the all access pass
Not necessarily bad habits. When you already angulate enough (upper/lower body angle) in your skiing, it's easy to forget to incline into the turn. Since we learn that inclination is bad, and angulation is good. However, for high performance in medium/long turns you should have both. You should incline into the turn, and then just before the fall line crank in the angulation. This is what this drill is for: incline then angulate.
This is what I was told by a level 4 instructor who had me do this drill.
Also, white pass turns just feel great and look cool 😊
Nice moves, I shall try this next time 😎
I can see the similarity of this exercise to the crab step exercise presented by Paul in legacy part one. I'm looking forward to practicing the white pass😊
Well, kinda, Pauls crab walk is focused on the edge set at the end of the turn to get deflection where as the white pass is focused on the release and forward inward motion... kinda different objectives and different parts of the turn...
The WPD is one of only three or four one ski drills, the execution of which is to develop use of the inside ankle for modern advanced carved turns. Think of the inside ankle as “atrophied” even though is is weak and irresponsive due to lack of any use ever at all.
Love it but you know what I am going to say don't you. Sunglasses with a helmet!
When in Rome, you know what I am saying
A level 4 made me do this exercice! I too, was wondering what are the benefits of this exercice. But effectively, it certainly stops the pushing on the front the boot of the downhill leg. Not very easy to do, but yes I will add this to my practicing. Thank you for the tip!
Goodness! That has nothing to do with it at all. Is that what your L4 actually told you?