In this video, the Warren Smith Ski Academy demonstrate how we can use the ankle joint to help flex and extend the lower leg when skiing to create actions and react better across all mountain conditions.
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Jim, perhaps you can clarify a point for me in the video covered at number 4, check your body. Is the lack of steering leverage a result of a blocked ankle joint? / Marshall
I believe you compare it to the measurement of doing it with your ski boots on. They should be similar, if they are widely different then your boots might be too stiff for your body weight, and or strength/ability.
There are some good thoughts in this video, but I must say that I disagree to many statements. I state that the movements of the ankle flexion and extension are secondary, the most important issue is the creation of an optimal pressure on the boot-tongues. It does not matter how much you flex your ankles, only this boot-tongue pressure matters really. Before you make a parallel ski-turn, you must make a body projection, so that the COM takes over the skis, this will create your boot-tongue pressures, by forcing your ankles to flex. There is nothing wrong with hard boots, with high flex index. If you have too flexible boots, the boots will counteract your turns. The boots will use energy to change the form of the boot, instead of just letting the force continue to the skis instead. Some ankle flex is built in all boots. An ankle flex does not mean that you have any boot-tongue pressures automatically. You must create your boot-tongue pressures by your ski-technique instead. These Dalbello boots we can see here look like way to soft in my eyes. The beginners in this video do not need softer boots, they need to learn body projection before starting any parallel turns!!
@@JanosKoranyi your explanation is somewhat complex, but essentially correct. As an instructor, our responsibility is to communicate this in a way the student can ‘grok’ it. In some ways, it’s a circle: flexion and COM feeding back into each other until the brain relaxes to accept the dynamic flow required to be an expert skier.
Your feet and ankles have next to nothing to do with turning. you do Not think about flexing your ankles. You do Not think about rolling your ankles over. You do Not think about Tipping your knees to the side! When you want your car to make a left turn, do you think about your springs or tie rods or steering rack? No! You think about what the car needs from you. You face the dash and rotate the steering wheel. The car can take it from there. What happens in your legs and feet is a byproduct of what you do with your upper body positioning, your weight and balance on one ski and the ski design. Your boots are designed to put your legs in an athletic position. All you have to do is stand there. During a turn you make minor adjustments to your knees and ankles to shift your weight forward more or less to make the tips of your skis bend for speed and direction control. If you concentrate on your feet and ankles, your upper body and weight will not be in the correct position for balancing before and during a turn. You will end up on your inside foot and going straight down the hill. Your skis will change direction because of their shape but they won't be able to bend a turn.
But in a car you cannot control the springs or rods or rack... So why would you think of them... It's very different. And im not sure it's the best example.
@@Inthesnowmag You can't control the lateral movement of your ankles during a turn without the lateral movement of your upper body, pelvis, and legs into the turn and Still be balanced on the outside ski. Just "Tipping" or rolling your ankles over will not allow you to balance on the outside ski. That move instantly throws you onto the inside ski. That's why PMTS skiers are all going straight down the hill with the skis Only pointing to the sides, not turning and slowing them down. Stand next to a solid fixed object that is around mid-thigh in height. Take your weight off the foot closest to it, lift that cheek and slide it over onto that object. Lifting your cheek forces your upper body to stay vertical while sliding your pelvis to the side creates the leg angle that rolls your ski over. Now you are in the correct body position to be balanced on the new turning ski. The only difference between a beginner making their first parallel turn and a world cup racer is, the degree of pelvis leaning into the turn to create a steeper leg angle.
