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Making The Switch PSIA NW 10 2011

The document discusses the progression of snow riding skills from basic to advanced. It explains how advanced riding involves deliberately going out of balance in a controlled way through techniques like linking turns by shifting weight from one foot to the other. It provides details on the mechanics and techniques involved in advanced snow riding abilities.

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Making The Switch PSIA NW 10 2011

The document discusses the progression of snow riding skills from basic to advanced. It explains how advanced riding involves deliberately going out of balance in a controlled way through techniques like linking turns by shifting weight from one foot to the other. It provides details on the mechanics and techniques involved in advanced snow riding abilities.

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Making the Switch

The Essential Skill of Advanced Snow Riding

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Skiings Progression
Walking, sliding Late 1800s
Schusses and traverses, linked by turns

1930s
Turns, linked by traverses

1960s
Linked turns, with no traverses
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Today
Shaping phases linked with transitions

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Shape and Switch

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How People Learn to Ride


Walking, sliding Straight runs Traverses Straight runs and traverses with turns Turns connected by traverses Linked turns Shaping and switching
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Riding Sports
Skiing, alpine and tele Snowboarding Surfing Skateboarding Etc.

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What They Have in Common


Standing and balancing on a moving platform, whose motion is always changing

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Mechanically Speaking
Theyre all inverted pendulums

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The Fundamental Skill of Riding


Balancing on something thats moving, while that movement changes

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What is Balance?

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Center of Mass
The same as center of gravity

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What is Balance?
You dont fall over The force of the snow pushing on you passes through your center of mass If it doesnt, you topple

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Fundamental Skill of Riding


Feeling the force from the snow acting on you: its size and its direction Arranging your body so that force goes through your center of mass Anticipating how that force will change, especially its direction

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The Key Skill of Advanced Riding

Entering a turn in a narrow stance Linking turns Knowing when and how to topple

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What Makes You Turn?

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Balancing in a Turn
Center of mass has to be closer to the center of the turn than your base of support

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Starting a Turn in a Narrow Stance


Like walking Like turning on a bicycle

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Linking Turns
The riders CM and point of support must switch sides with each other

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Progression of Lateral Balance Skills

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The Key Skill in Advanced Riding


Linking turns through deliberate toppling Falling into the turn

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The Estimation Problem

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The Estimation Problem


Before you begin the transition, you must estimate
Where exactly it will end How much lateral (centrifugal) force you will experience How fast to topple

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How to Do It

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How To Do It
Make your feet slow down Remove the support of the downhill foot (alpine and tele skiing, only) Make your feet turn more sharply Make your upper body go straighter

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Make the Feet Slow Down

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Make the Feet Slow Down


Pre-turn Edgeset Downhill stem Small bumps and moguls Cross over?

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Remove Support of the Downhill Foot

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Make the Feet Turn More Sharply

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Make the Feet Turn More Sharply


Angulation Tip pressure Terrain Turning out of the fall line Cross-under?

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Make the Upper Body Go Straighter

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Make the Upper Body Go Straighter


Disengage the upper body from the feet Relax knee and hip extensors Contract hip flexors Cross-under?

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Pole Plant

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Pole Plant
Provides lateral support during transition Enables skier to commit sufficiently

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Project Your Body Down the Hill


Is this possible?

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Summary
Snow riding involves balancing on a moving platform Advance snow riding involves knowing when and how to go out of balance in a controlled way Many techniques, and most are common to all snow riding sports
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Questions?

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