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Technique and Mechanics Workshop

Technique and Mechanics Workshop. Phil McNichol Ron LeMaster. Format. Participants will divide into groups Different topics will be addressed by each group Questions are suggested for individual topics Each group will present its findings to the rest of the participants. Format (cont.).

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Technique and Mechanics Workshop

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  1. Technique and Mechanics Workshop Phil McNichol Ron LeMaster

  2. Format • Participants will divide into groups • Different topics will be addressed by each group • Questions are suggested for individual topics • Each group will present its findings to the rest of the participants

  3. Format (cont.) • Discussion questions are provided that apply to all topics • Images of world-class athletes are provided to assist discussions • Some reference terminology is provided to assist discussions

  4. Discussion Questions for All Topics • What do you see in an athlete’s skiing that tells you what is happening? For example, how do you know what the fore/aft pressure distribution is? • What is special about a particular picture that would make you conclude something you see in it might not apply to other situations?

  5. Discussion Questions for All Topics (cont.) • Is there something special about the athlete’s morphology that causes something to be accentuated? • How would you approach developing a specific technical characteristic in an athlete?

  6. Reference Terminology:Turn Phases • Initiation • Control • Completion

  7. Reference Terminology:Turn Phases (cont.) • Transition • Begins with the beginning of the release from one turn (in the completion phase) • Ends with the engagement of the skis in the control phase of the next turn • The period where the completion of one turn merges with the initiation of the next. • What, in mechanical terms, defines the transition?

  8. Overall Force and Pressure • Map the profile of total force or pressure on the athlete through the phases of the turns. • How does this vary with • Pitch? • Turn radius? • Turn shape?

  9. Fore/Aft Balance and Pressure • Map the athletes’ fore-aft balance through the phases of the turns. • How does the pressure on the skis vary with the athlete’s fore-aft balance? Are there times where the pressure is low when the balance is extreme to the front or rear?

  10. Edge Angle • How does the athlete lateral balance relate to the edge angle? • How does the athlete adjust edge angle through the control phase?

  11. Rotary • Map the amount of initial pivot going into the turn versus • Pitch • Turn radius

  12. Vertical Motion • Map the athlete’s overall flexion and extension through the phases of the turns.

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