Ok, the Shiffrin thread has morphed into a zillion topics, so let's try to bring a theme to this thread: what do you use a White Pass turn drill to accomplish? What ski and body performance are you looking for?
@geepers posted this great video from the NZSIA with their thoughts about what a WP drill might accomplish. Looking at that video, it shows some very non-PSIA body performance: it seems to be encouraging inclination before angulation, how to bring angulation at a specific point in the turn, and how to use the upper body to initiate a turn. All great things for advanced skiing in my book, but not so much in what some (most?) examiners in PSIA-RM are looking for.
Like many drills, there are different ways to perform a drill that develop different skills. What do you use a WP turn for? And what do you look for as a result in ski and body performance?
@geepers posted this great video from the NZSIA with their thoughts about what a WP drill might accomplish. Looking at that video, it shows some very non-PSIA body performance: it seems to be encouraging inclination before angulation, how to bring angulation at a specific point in the turn, and how to use the upper body to initiate a turn. All great things for advanced skiing in my book, but not so much in what some (most?) examiners in PSIA-RM are looking for.
Like many drills, there are different ways to perform a drill that develop different skills. What do you use a WP turn for? And what do you look for as a result in ski and body performance?