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what was 'the New Skate' ?
Looks to me like Marsh Jones has nailed the two reasons why pushing higher
turnover cadence too soon and too much causes trouble. Shows the big problem with using the written New Skate ideas only as a "checklist" of right skating moves. It needs to be used together with a sound sense of the _progression_ of learning. Some skiers are not ready for key points of the New Skate. Others are ready to refine their technique beyond it, once they've got the New Skate ideas as a sound base. The other problem is that the list I summarized from Vordenberg's earlier writings is not _complete_. Because they were just two magazine articles with a particular focus (provocative attack on an older style) for a particular audience (experienced adult racers). So they didn't include things like basic single-ski balance and pushing out toward the side, because you can't say everything in two short articles. Vordenberg never intended them as a survey of his complete technique. We're still waiting for the _book_ of the New Skate. Maybe Nathan Schultz is busy writing it now -- or better yet, I hope he's already working on the Next Skate. For now I think the closest thing is Endestad and Teaford's 1987 book -- but supplemented with new focus on strong ankle flex and moving the hips forward at the start of each stroke that includes poling. Ken __________________________________________ Marsh Jones wrote: We've several brand new skiers on our high school team this year, and the two biggest 'sins' I see are never transferring weight onto one ski (wide stance, inside edges) and 'bucket butting' from not using the torso to initiate poling. There's a lot more to it than that, but the combination of never getting on one ski and arm-poling seems to raise the cadence without raising speed. If I analyze it correctly, the failure to commit to a ski means you get a very short poor push off the power ski, and lots of friction due to a small running surface on the glide ski; coupled with a very short, choppy pole and an almost terminal inability to catch up to the skis since your weight is so far back and down. That means you never do get your arms out in a powerful initiate position, which re-inforces the whole cycle. |
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what was 'the New Skate' ?
--- Ken Roberts wrote: Shows the big problem with using the written New Skate ideas only as a "checklist" of right skating moves. It needs to be used together with a sound sense of the _progression_ of learning. Some skiers are not ready for key points of the New Skate. Others are ready to refine their technique beyond it, once they've got the New Skate ideas as a sound base. The concept of learning progressions is the key. Most young skiers have upperbodies that are wiggling around like a string of cooked spagetti. They need to quiet down their upper bodies so that they get good glide and weight transfer. THEN they can add in twist and motion on the platform of a quiet and stable upper body. All these principles must be flexible based on the situation. For high school students who are not transferring their weight I recommend going back to nose-knees-toes for the V2. By turning totally toward their ski they tend to step more onto the ski. Once they have a good, total transfer they can straighten out their upper bodies. Rob Bradlee |
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