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shoulder twist in skating? Swenson versus Alsgard versus
Back in a discussion about shoulder moves in skating, I pointed out that
both Swenson and Alsgard shift their shoulders from side to side in V1 offset, and someone responded that What you don't see Swenson doing at all is _twisting_ his body at all. Actually Carl Swenson twists his shoulders with _much_ vigor in his V1 offset skate technique -- at least in the video clip on JanneG's website: http://avari182.mt.luth.se/Technic/swenson1.mpg His repeated big shoulder twist moves fill the whole screen in the close-up section, and are obviously visible in most of the rest of that video. I pointed out that Alsgard obviously twists his shoulders in V1, but back then I just assumed that Swenson must be skating according to the American "new skate" doctrine of "quiet upper body" and "all motion directed forward". Finally I went and actually looked carefully . . . When the fastest American skater Carl Swenson gets into a real World Cup race, he throws out most of that modern theory, and instead just does what he feels really works. (much like Alsgard?) Other World Cup racers show the same pattern: shoulders quietly square with the direction of travel in V2 skate, but when they switch to V1 offset skate, their shoulders start twisting obviously toward the next skate-push leg. So much for simple theories. Ken |
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