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Movement Analysis - Outcome-based observation

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The skills-based analysis may not be your thing. Some people don’t like asparagus, you don’t like that method. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Another option is to look at the outcome of the movements.

Skis
  • Are they tracking?
  • Do the tails follow the tips? Are the skis following a similar path, or diverging at the tip or tail?
  • Do the skis move forward and along their edges throughout the turn?
  • Where does the snow spray?
  • Are they tipping simultaneously (no A-frame)? Or sequentially?
  • Are the skis in contact with the snow? When and why are they not in contact?
  • Are they about hip width apart? Does the distance between skis change as the turn progresses?
  • At what point in the turn are skis tipping on edge? Do the skis tip onto an edge late in the turn (in or after the fall line)? Creating a fast and heavy edge set at the end of the turn?
  • Are they bending progressively throughout the turn, with the entire length engaged?
  • Are both skis edged or bent equally? Or one more than the other?
Boots

  • Are they tipping simultaneously?
  • Are they moving forward as well as laterally (do you see windshield wipers)?
  • Are the ankles flexed throughout the turn (or are they in the backseat)?
Legs

  • Is one leg long, one short?
  • Is the inside femur vertical at the start of the turn?
  • Is the inside femur moving first (rotating and tipping)?
  • Are the boots tipping simultaneously (no A-frame)?
  • Are the legs initiating the turns as opposed to the upper body?
Torso/poles

  • Does the torso move in the direction of travel?
  • Is the timing of the pole movement appropriate? Are the poles blocking?
  • Is there angulation or banking? Is the uphill hand lower or slightly higher?
  • Is the nose over the toes or are the knees flexed too much?
  • Is there upper body separation?
  • Is the upper body quiet throughout the turn (as opposed to popping-up)?


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