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V2 tip: a complete push sets up other foot just right
I feel my V2 coming around nicely finally. Only took a couple years!
I recently made another discovery. Let's see if anyone likes it or if it can help anyone... One of my weak-links in V2, especially in rollerskiing was losing my balance to the OUTSIDE on the new ski. I'd push off from one side and go too far to the other side. At the same time, I'd heard that John Bauer and others strongly suggest that the glide ski be placed down under the hip and not close to the pushing ski. Then I also noted Pete Vordenberg's encouragement of complete push-off. But these were all subliminal factors. My main concern was losing balance to the outside. I was also looking to get more speed from my push by working on keeping myself and my weight over the pushing leg during the whole push, but that's a different issue. Pete also commented about skiers falling off the push ski too soon. I was trying to fix that and get the kind of speed that inliners get. Anyway, I started testing a very complete push-off. And suddenly I found that I was putting the new ski down straight under me rather than up against the push-ski. And I was no longer losing my balance to the outside! It seemed like a very nice improvement. I think the problem was that I was falling off the push-ski before I was done pushing and as I kept pushing over to the glide ski I pushed myself too far. Bummer! But now fixed! I also seemed to have improved in another area. Now, all these improvements came when I was finally able to do some rollering on long uphills. Not coincidence. Hills are good! Like last winter when I had a break-thru in my steep uphill V1, I started letting my torso and head hang down between my skis and poles in uphill V2. Somehow this resulted in an easy way to get quite a bit more forward tilt of my whole body. At the same time I worked on kicking forward still (with heel, pushing to side in the end)---so that I wasn't toeing to the rear. Anyway, things seem much nicer, faster, easier, more balanced. Cool! --JP outyourbackdoor.com |
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