"Kneale Brownson" wrote in message
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"foot2foot" wrote in message
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There was a bit of talk about rotation and counter
rotation

Snip the exasperatingly long and dubious information

Hey Foot, there's a huge difference between being in an anticipated or
countered position and putting yourself in one.

Besides, only skidders routinely are employing the positioning you
describe anymore. Most modern skiers are more or less square with
their skis except in really short turns, when they wish to skid more
than carve.

For those of you who don't know by now, Kneale is
a highly ranked and experienced PSIA instructor. A
decent spokesman if nothing else.

Thanks for the input here, but Kneale, you (whom I'm
constantly pressing for relevant PSIA info and tips via
email, by so doing getting very good stuff) must admit,
that complicated terms aside, all people are doing
today is to rotate through the first half of the turn, and
counter rotate through the second. This is all that quiet
upper body is. It's being made more complicated than it
is.

Also, by not explaining the simple mechanics of this to
the student so they can make their own choices about
how much or how little to use, and when, are actually
doing a disservice to the student.

Instead, the tendency is to tell the student to look and
ski "like this" without ever saying why or what the
real mechanics behind it are.

And again, I'm just missing the distinction you make
between putting yourself in a countered position and
being in one. To me, it's just making something that's
simple unnecessarily complicated.

I guess if nothing else I'm right in that rotation has
become "anticipation" and counter rotation has
become "counter". Why does it have to be renamed?
Why not just call it what it was originally called? The
original terms are more intuitive and illustrative than
the new.

Also, you must admit, the history section of
the post was accurate.