That's where you come in. Cam will chronicle his adventures, his training, and his racing here on Hard Snow Life, and we (the larger ski racing audience) are going to use our combined knowledge and insight to give him tips (or to experiment on him) and help coach him out of his jam.
So here's the first installment: Giant Slalom. Post your thoughts on what he should focus on down in the comments.
Coming up: Slalom and conditioning.
(WikiCoaching is your chance to weigh in on what our subject needs to address in his/her skiing. Post your suggestions and observations in the comments. The goal is to come up with some stuff for Cam to work on going forward.)
Or you can watch the videos right there on the YouTubes.
It seems Cam has a slightly lateral transition. This could be fixed by thinking about stepping onto the uphill ski, rolling the ankle and lengthening the leg to initiate the turn. Think about starting from the snow and coming up -- the ankle, then the knee, then the hip.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure how to make your skiing better but the biggest thing that pops out to me is that when you look at transition your femur of your new outski doesn't powerfully move forward into the new turn it sometimes moves but does so up the hill and not down the hill towards the next gate. I think that doing the one ski drill would help you really fully commit to driving that femur forward. While you don't really "lose" your outside ski you seem to sink inside at the apex which i think is a result of not driving your femur forward at the transition/top of the turn.
ReplyDeletewhat do you think cam?
This is the dumbest thing i have ever seen. This is why so many kids fail to make it. Cameron you don't need people telling you what to do. Hopefully you can look at your own skiing, own training programs, own lifting schedule and make it happen. You don't need some "coach" telling you what you have to do. You know you the best. Figure it out on your own, and when you start to do that your skiing will escalate.
ReplyDelete^that is the dumbest comment I've ever seen. Particularly re the physical training aspect. To think simply doing what you feel is best for conditioning is going to get you into the best shape is absurd. Entire careers are dedicated to studying the effects periodization and different techniques to becoming fit, simply going out and trying really hard isn't enough. Cam is going out "on his own" without a program striving to get better at skiing, surely he is not a victim of being "over coached" and simply nodding yes to his leader. Surely Cam is mature enough to acknowledge the support he receives from wiki coaching and can apply certain aspects to his program himself without being brainwashed or something.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous # 2 as I will call you. I most certainly do not agree with your feelings about coaching. If we did not need coaches then why are so many coaches across the globe employed to do that very job. Honestly, if they were superfluous we would have done away with them years ago. I don't see it as wrong that a guy without a coach is asking for some coaching. As a ski racer myself I know that you cannot simply walk outside and become a better skier. Though a certain amount of self-coaching does happen that is on top of coaching from another person. Especially in regards to physical training one cannot solely coach oneself. You need a coach. Whether you are on the USST, or your home club you need a coach.
ReplyDeleteWhen I watch your skiing I feel like a lot of the energy you build out of each turn is released to much against gravity or across the hill. You could try waiting a bit longer to start the turn let your skis go away from the gate a bit longer. This is so that your energy moves down the hill more once you engage the ski. It may sound weird saying to run it even deeper or wait longer to snap off your turn than you already do but when your going that fast just a slight mis calculation in line will put you too early or too late. Play around with this idea! Your skiing is already at a high caliber level but small things at your level make the biggest differences.
ReplyDeleteCam, the thing I noticed first, and perhaps I am wrong, is that the apex of your turn is either slightly higher or slightly lower than the gate. The fix for that is to think about moving onto your new ski earlier, almost uncomfortably early. I agree with what the comment above me said that a lot of energy seems to be lost going across the hill. But starting your turn later is not a way to fix that. Starting your turn earlier, so that the apex is right at the gate will make you much faster, you wont be losing speed to come up or across the hill. Do not confuse earlier with higher.
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