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Getting rid of tip drag (skating)
While I'm old, fat, slow and have a bad knee, I've got good skate
technique, instructor level. Lately, tho, I've noticed that my tips sometimes drag (bounce) once or twice after coming across after push off. It seems after pushing off, my foot relaxes, the front of the boot naturally drops a little and thus the ski tip is prone to touch down. I notice this most with V-1, but it happens with other techniques as well. Looking at video of Holmenkollen climbs in the 30K pursuit, I noticed that Dario Cologna does the same thing, while most everyone else gets enough lift to clear completely almost every time. I'm trying to figure out where the correction is, i.e., what they're doing differently. My sense watching the video is that there's some active lifting of the whole foot going on, enough to clear (vs. just lifting the toes, which forces one's weight back). Any thoughts from our resident pros? Gene |
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Getting rid of tip drag (skating)
On Mar 6, 10:35*am, wrote:
While I'm old, fat, slow and have a bad knee, I've got good skate technique, instructor level. Lately, tho, I've noticed that my tips sometimes drag (bounce) once or twice after coming across after push off. It seems after pushing off, my foot relaxes, the front of the boot naturally drops a little and thus the ski tip is prone to touch down. I notice this most with V-1, but it happens with other techniques as well. Looking at video of Holmenkollen climbs in the 30K pursuit, I noticed that Dario Cologna does the same thing, while most everyone else gets enough lift to clear completely almost every time. I'm trying to figure out where the correction is, i.e., what they're doing differently. My sense watching the video is that there's some active lifting of the whole foot going on, enough to clear (vs. just lifting the toes, which forces one's weight back). *Any thoughts from our resident pros? Gene From an older guy not a pro -- this sounds like it might be related to 'foot slap', which is caused by problem/weakness in the ankle and muscles that lift the toes. Is this more pronounced on one foot than the other. Do you notice that foot making more noise as you walk. May be related -- or not. Neill |
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Getting rid of tip drag (skating)
Thanks, tho I don't think so to both replies. It can happen at any
speed and is not foot particular. While compensation over the decades to a ruptured ACL/torn cartilege as a teen, back when docs didn't know what purpose an ACL served, has led to an anatomical problem where one lower leg points out (and can't be straightened) and pelvis/hip heights are substantially different, looking at WC video shows that even the best have to, or learned to, deal with this issue. My question is, how? Gene On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:36:20 -0800 (PST) peterloom wrote: On Mar 6, 10:35*am, wrote: While I'm old, fat, slow and have a bad knee, I've got good skate technique, instructor level. Lately, tho, I've noticed that my tips sometimes drag (bounce) once or twice after coming across after push off. It seems after pushing off, my foot relaxes, the front of the boot naturally drops a little and thus the ski tip is prone to touch down. I notice this most with V-1, but it happens with other techniques as well. Looking at video of Holmenkollen climbs in the 30K pursuit, I noticed that Dario Cologna does the same thing, while most everyone else gets enough lift to clear completely almost every time. I'm trying to figure out where the correction is, i.e., what they're doing differently. My sense watching the video is that there's some active lifting of the whole foot going on, enough to clear (vs. just lifting the toes, which forces one's weight back). *Any thoughts from our resident pros? Gene From an older guy not a pro -- this sounds like it might be related to 'foot slap', which is caused by problem/weakness in the ankle and muscles that lift the toes. Is this more pronounced on one foot than the other. Do you notice that foot making more noise as you walk. May be related -- or not. Neill |
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