Make Short Turns Using Low-Effort, Simple Movements
Features - Technique
by Harald Harb
This lesson will help you learn to make short turns using low-effort, simple movements.
In ski turns, each of your feet plays a different role. One foot is the stance foot - you balance primarily on this foot, and it supports most of your weight. The other foot is the free foot - it supports very little weight, thus it is light on the snow and you are free to move it and tip it.
Effective short turns - those with balance on one stance ski and engagement of the stance ski early and throughout the arc of the turn - are the gateway to advanced skiing. Not only are they useful on narrow or crowded trails, short turns are the key to success in bumps, ungroomed, and steeps. Short turns are a matter of quickening the pace of your movements, while maintaining their accuracy. If you resort to twisting, steering, or pushing the tail of the stance ski, you might make one or two short turns but your skis won’t hold, you’ll pick up speed, and you’ll be in trouble. Instead, stick to the Primary Movements Teaching System? methods and gradually pick up the pace.
Preliminary
If you have trouble with this lesson, start with exercises GB-6 and GB-7 in Harb Ski Systems' Primary Movements Teaching System? Instructor Manual.
In Brief
Start on very gentle terrain, so you can work on the timing of your movements and turns without picking up too much speed. Aim both skis straight downhill with your feet about six to eight inches apart. As you start sliding, lighten one foot and quickly tip it toward the little-toe edge so that edge just brushes against the snow. Immediately, set that foot back onto the snow and balance on it. Simultaneously, lighten and tip the other foot in the opposite direction. As soon as it is tipped over, set it down, balance on it, and lighten the first foot. The stance ski remains passive through the turn. Avoid the urge to twist, edge, or push on the stance ski, since any of these actions will prevent engagement of the stance ski. Keeping the feet close together will facilitate the quick balance transfers that are required. When you can link at least ten turns with clean balance transfers, consistent speed, and consistent turn size, go to slightly steeper terrain. Use the same movements to link short turns on the steeper terrain. You’ll need to tip the free ski far toward the little-toe edge to maintain speed control on steeper terrain.
Details
The lightening and tipping of the new free foot is quick, aggressive, and complete. Your effort should be to lift the arch of the free foot completely off the snow. This will combine the lightening with the amount of tipping required.
The faster you tip the free foot, the faster the stance ski will turn, and the sooner you’ll need to transfer balance to go the opposite direction. Keep your feet close so you can transfer balance from foot to foot.
细节：
从一个缓坡或者中级的坡度上开始滑。
a 抬起山上（自由）脚的尾部大约1英寸左右。
b 向小脚趾边缘倾斜自由脚，倾斜整个雪板；保持雪板尾部被抬起（幻影移动）。
c 在向支撑脚倾斜、拖近自由脚的时候保持自由板的倾斜。
d 倾斜的时候，向支撑脚压自由脚的脚跟。
e 当雪板逐渐停止的时候，减少倾斜的次数（？？）
Improve Your Carving, Edge Grip, and Speed Control
Features - Technique
by Harald Harb
This lesson will improve the finish of your ski turns. Your feet will come closer together, the stance ski (the downhill ski) will carve and grip more, and you’ll be able to ski on steeper terrain or firmer snow without sliding sideways or picking up speed. Starting in a shallow to medium traverse allows you to practice the key movements of a strong turn finish, which you’ll then incorporate into linked turns.
Above: Overview of parallel, lifted Phantom Move
Above: Free foot actions in parallel, lifted Phantom Move
In ski turns, each of your feet plays a different role. One foot is the stance foot - you balance primarily on this foot, and it supports most of your weight. The other foot is the free foot - it supports very little weight, thus it is light on the snow and you are free to move it and tip it.
The lightening and tipping of the free foot, called the Phantom Move, will make the stance ski turn. The Phantom Move, when performed properly, is smooth, progressive, and barely detectable, hence its name. All the activity starts with the free foot (for this lesson, the uphill foot). The tipping of the free foot activates the kinetic chain, up through the pelvis and over to the stance leg, producing the turning action of the stance ski. Efficiency and balance are diminished if the actions start higher in the body. Sensations from the feet tell us how the skis are behaving and how to adjust the feet. Consequently, focusing on the feet yields precise control.
Preliminary
If you have trouble with this lesson, start with exercise 5.1 in Harald Harb's book, Anyone can be an Expert Skier.
In Brief
On an easy slope that’s well within your comfort range, stand with the skis pointed across the hill. Aim both skis slightly downhill, parallel, with the feet at or less than hip width apart, then start to slide across the hill in a traverse or forward sideslip (look uphill before sliding to avoid oncoming skiers). From this traverse, pick up the tail of the uphill foot (it becomes the free foot), tip it strongly toward its little-toe edge, and keep it drawn in close to the stance foot. Lift the free ski tail just an inch or so off of the snow; lifting it higher can be awkward. Both skis will arc uphill to a stop. Be passive with the stance ski.
Practice the parallel, lifted Phantom Move in both directions. Once you can perform it both ways, perform it again from a steeper initial traverse. When you’re comfortable with the new movements, link turns on easy terrain and use a parallel, lifted Phantom Move to finish each turn.
Details
Start Slide forward in a shallow or medium-steep traverse.
Fig. a. Raise the tail of the uphill, free foot (here, skier’s left) an inch or so from the snow.
Fig. b. Tip the free foot toward the little-toe edge, tipping the entire ski; keep the ski tail raised (Phantom Move).
Fig. c. Keep the tip of the free ski on the snow while tipping and drawing the free foot closer to the stance foot.
Fig. d. Press the heel of the free foot against the stance foot while tipping it.
Fig. e. Reduce the amount of tipping as the skis slowly come to a stop.
Summary
Note the lack of activity in the stance leg. There is no effort of the stance leg to engage the stance ski, tip it on edge, or twist it. Emphasize the movements of the free foot and ankle. Balance is easy to maintain because the stance side of the body is stable and the stance ski is connected to and engaged in the snow while moving. Now you are carving.
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