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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
Is it to the sideways or somewhat backwards? I mean now advanced skating
techniques not just beginner styles. |
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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
It should be FORWARD!
That is, you are pushing to the side, but sliding the foot forward at the finish to keep the ski moving along with you and to never kick off a "dead" (i.e. stopped) ski. The mental image to use is this: Imagine yourself on the center of a clockface heading towards twelve o'clock. Kick towards 10 and 2 o'clock. If you kick backwards you will move, but slowly, and you will bog down on steep V1. Also, you will use way more effort as you "muscle" your way up the hill. The stronger you are the more likely you are to ski this way (in my observations doing clinics). The weakest little girls have the best technique because they have no choice :. You should be able to V1 up steep hills WITHOUT poles if you have the correct body position, timing, and kick. Rob Bradlee --- John Smith wrote: Is it to the sideways or somewhat backwards? I mean now advanced skating techniques not just beginner styles. ===== Rob Bradlee Java, C++, Perl, XML, OOAD, Linux, and Unix Training |
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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
On 09 Aug 2004 15:48:07 -0400, wrote:
What is the best way for a 50 year klutz to learn this? I know my skating is inefficient, but cannot figure out why. The lessons I have had have not been very helpful. Who is a good teacher for 50 year old klutz's at Weston? I believe you ski there... Yeah, you need a lesson. In the absense of snow, some good videos. The one that Jenex distributes is good. See the bottom of this page. http://www.jenex.com/msrp.html JT |
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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
I totally agree with Rob. When teachning my friends to ski-skate I
tell them the same thing - push *forward*. "John Smith" wrote in message ... Is it to the sideways or somewhat backwards? I mean now advanced skating techniques not just beginner styles. |
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Which direction should you push your leg when doing skating technique?
For learning to kick sideways and not back slideboard
is very good. Learning to kick sideways on skis or rollerskis requires much more concentration. 30 min. workouts on a slideboard right before skiing or roller skiing help to get the proper motion when body is not tired and, since there is not much else, you can concentrate on direction of the push only. |
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