Nina O'brien: I should clarify the previous. It looked like you were skiing a bit too straight at the gates. Then you tried to build up compression (for rebound speed) as you turned. However, you then did not fully complete your turns in some cases through some misjudgement as you were trying for a too straight at the gate approach. This left you fully compressed and leaning back a bit. This left you with the incomplete turns. Skiing a slightly higher line should help remedy this situation. Another possibility is to start re-extending your leg so you keep turning pressure on. Part of the problem may be because you are leaning a bit backward when you shouldn't be. If you were neutrally positioned with your feet flat against the base of the skis (and your knees pressing the top of the ski boots forward), then you might be able to push forward with your knees more. However, if you are leaning back a bit, you probably won't be able to do this easily. However, you can extend your leg incrementally, if you have powerful legs. This generally allows you to pressure your forward ski edges for more turning ability. I am sorry to be so confusing. However, you probably made some judgement errors in order to get to this position. It is hard to describe all the possibilities. In Lara's case she is already mostly compressed, since she is in a gliding stance. Therefore she would not be trying to get rebound speed as much. Instead she would be trying to run with flat skis more. She can just pressure the forward edges of the skis more with her knees against the top of the boots. I hope this is clearer. I tried. However, you should keep in mind that a good part of this may have been caused by you trying to ski too straight at the gates. Then your normal judgement is off. If you are off balance by leaning in too much or leaning backward too much, these things complicate the problem.
Nina O'brien: You also seemed to be leaning back a bit. This keeps you from initiating your turns as quickly as you might otherwise. Also If you watch Lara Gut, she won the World Championship in GS this year by using more of a gliding stance. She then initiated turns by applying forward pressure to her boots (of both skis) to engage the front side cuts of each ski. I usually suggest people put about 70% weighting on the outside ski and 30% on the inside ski. With this carving scheme, you should not run out of compression because it is the forward pressure on the sidecuts that is supplying most of the turning / carving ability. Lara used a relatively wide stance -- wider than yours.
Katharina Huber. Okay some have griped that I gave slalom advice just before a GS event. Sorry if the timing was bad for you. I thought the slalom advice I gave was very good though. It was largely based on the current world champ's technique -- Katharina Liensberger. I also previously gave some SuperG and Downhill advice that Lara Gut used to win the GS event at the World Cup Championships. It was significantly her technique before I touched it; but I did think I improved it. In any case the slalom techniques I described the other day were a bit similar to it. They mostly apply well to GS. I watched your short GS run above. To me it looked like you were a bit in the back seat most of the way down. One usually brakes / skids more in that position. You were also a bit too upright. The wind resistance is higher in that position. Further leaning back a bit, you also had a bit too much weight on your heels. This makes you slow to initiate the next turn. It makes it hard to press your knees forward to engage the forward edges. You don't pressure your forward edges as soon as you would if you were not a bit in the back seat. I get the impression you are too use to doing partial skid turns. These slow you down. Some people talk about Alice Robinson's turns being strong. She really loads up the outside ski in the turn. Then she gets rebound speed out of the turn from mostly the tail of the ski. You should notice that I am not saying she skids or brakes in her turns. You were not loading up your skis much at all. Thus you were losing speed from the extra air resistance, the extra braking, and the lack of rebound speed. You should be carving when possible. This lets you accumulate rebound speed. If this seems to conflict with the slalom advice about getting your butt to low. Perhaps it does a little. However, if you look at Alice Robinson and others such as Mikaela, you should see that they generally lower their whole bodies to a lower position. Thus their butts do not relatively get too low. Another point is that you should have your weight pushing down through the midfoot of you boot. In this way you are most balanced. You can immediately apply pressure to you forward edges to initiate a turn. Being able to turn quickly is a plus. Further you probably want your skis a bit farther apart for GS, so that you get good balance (side to side and forward and backward). This may happen naturally if you try to get your whole body a bit lower. It also helps to keep you from leaning too far to the inside without a ski being their to support you. In prior notes, I have recommended a 70% outside ski and 30% inside ski weighting. This is by no means a a hard and fast rule. It will tend to make you ride a flatter ski. It will spread the weight between the two skis. This should generally also be slightly faster. With the lighter weighted ski inside, you can also push more with the outside ski without worrying about falling to the inside. This is also almost the Downhill and SuperG gliding position. You do want to be closer to gliding as much of the time as you can be. It is faster. Theoretically you should be carving on both the inside edge of the outside ski and the outside edge of the inside ski simultaneously. I heard some minor gripe from you that you did not necessarily want advice from me, even though you might like to date me (or so I thought). However, you slalom starts of late have been error filled (DNF's). Perhaps some of this is mental. However, I do have a high IQ. I have excellent analytical skills. I have reasonably good knowledge of ski racing. I have some engineering skills as a few of the guy racers were happy to point out. Some of the top racers have thought my advice was generally good. That said anyone can be wrong. Still this is a bit of a way to get to know you better. Plus I like people I know to do as well as they can. I hope I my criticism doesn't annoy you too much. David White.
Nina O'Brien: In other words you have stored up rebound speed for the time you would normally complete your turn; but the turn is not complete. Thus you do not want to unleash the rebound speed in the wrong direction -- UGH! Therefore you need some way to turn further before releasing the rebound speed. You may see where Lara Gut's strategy may be simpler and less error fraught in its design. Of course, just taking a slightly higher line will likely do the trick also. The leg extension was really a recovery method.
Nina O'brien: First sorry I didn't come to Lenzerheide. I meant to; but the EU is currently having worse Covid-19 problems. Switzerland has the highest danger level. Plus what I read said the Swiss would require a 10 day quarantine for anyone from the US who flew in. This was too much for me. They said it could possibly be shortened to 7 days; but that is still a lot for a perhaps 5-7 day visit and roughly 3-4 days of travel each way. I did finally get my passport. I looked at the above GS run. Your partner DNF'd. However, you looked to be relatively late a lot of times. You seemed in some cases to run out of compression room in your leg needed to continue the turn. If you want to take the race coaching I got for that situation, You can begin to extend your outside ski leg back upward to be able to continue the turn. Then you might be able to get to a position where you will not be so late so many times. You will also not tend to lose as much speed. Alternatively you can try to ski a higher line. That will allow you to be more completely turned without slowing too. You will have to try these things yourself to see which you prefer to do. You will no doubt find it helpful to be able to do either one if the situation requires it. Best Wishes. David White. I hope this helps.
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Nina O'brien: I should clarify the previous. It looked like you were skiing a bit too straight at the gates. Then you tried to build up compression (for rebound speed) as you turned. However, you then did not fully complete your turns in some cases through some misjudgement as you were trying for a too straight at the gate approach. This left you fully compressed and leaning back a bit. This left you with the incomplete turns. Skiing a slightly higher line should help remedy this situation. Another possibility is to start re-extending your leg so you keep turning pressure on. Part of the problem may be because you are leaning a bit backward when you shouldn't be. If you were neutrally positioned with your feet flat against the base of the skis (and your knees pressing the top of the ski boots forward), then you might be able to push forward with your knees more. However, if you are leaning back a bit, you probably won't be able to do this easily. However, you can extend your leg incrementally, if you have powerful legs. This generally allows you to pressure your forward ski edges for more turning ability. I am sorry to be so confusing. However, you probably made some judgement errors in order to get to this position. It is hard to describe all the possibilities. In Lara's case she is already mostly compressed, since she is in a gliding stance. Therefore she would not be trying to get rebound speed as much. Instead she would be trying to run with flat skis more. She can just pressure the forward edges of the skis more with her knees against the top of the boots. I hope this is clearer. I tried. However, you should keep in mind that a good part of this may have been caused by you trying to ski too straight at the gates. Then your normal judgement is off. If you are off balance by leaning in too much or leaning backward too much, these things complicate the problem.
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Nina O'brien: You also seemed to be leaning back a bit. This keeps you from initiating your turns as quickly as you might otherwise. Also If you watch Lara Gut, she won the World Championship in GS this year by using more of a gliding stance. She then initiated turns by applying forward pressure to her boots (of both skis) to engage the front side cuts of each ski. I usually suggest people put about 70% weighting on the outside ski and 30% on the inside ski. With this carving scheme, you should not run out of compression because it is the forward pressure on the sidecuts that is supplying most of the turning / carving ability. Lara used a relatively wide stance -- wider than yours.
Katharina Huber. Okay some have griped that I gave slalom advice just before a GS event. Sorry if the timing was bad for you. I thought the slalom advice I gave was very good though. It was largely based on the current world champ's technique -- Katharina Liensberger. I also previously gave some SuperG and Downhill advice that Lara Gut used to win the GS event at the World Cup Championships. It was significantly her technique before I touched it; but I did think I improved it. In any case the slalom techniques I described the other day were a bit similar to it. They mostly apply well to GS. I watched your short GS run above. To me it looked like you were a bit in the back seat most of the way down. One usually brakes / skids more in that position. You were also a bit too upright. The wind resistance is higher in that position. Further leaning back a bit, you also had a bit too much weight on your heels. This makes you slow to initiate the next turn. It makes it hard to press your knees forward to engage the forward edges. You don't pressure your forward edges as soon as you would if you were not a bit in the back seat. I get the impression you are too use to doing partial skid turns. These slow you down. Some people talk about Alice Robinson's turns being strong. She really loads up the outside ski in the turn. Then she gets rebound speed out of the turn from mostly the tail of the ski. You should notice that I am not saying she skids or brakes in her turns. You were not loading up your skis much at all. Thus you were losing speed from the extra air resistance, the extra braking, and the lack of rebound speed. You should be carving when possible. This lets you accumulate rebound speed. If this seems to conflict with the slalom advice about getting your butt to low. Perhaps it does a little. However, if you look at Alice Robinson and others such as Mikaela, you should see that they generally lower their whole bodies to a lower position. Thus their butts do not relatively get too low. Another point is that you should have your weight pushing down through the midfoot of you boot. In this way you are most balanced. You can immediately apply pressure to you forward edges to initiate a turn. Being able to turn quickly is a plus. Further you probably want your skis a bit farther apart for GS, so that you get good balance (side to side and forward and backward). This may happen naturally if you try to get your whole body a bit lower. It also helps to keep you from leaning too far to the inside without a ski being their to support you. In prior notes, I have recommended a 70% outside ski and 30% inside ski weighting. This is by no means a a hard and fast rule. It will tend to make you ride a flatter ski. It will spread the weight between the two skis. This should generally also be slightly faster. With the lighter weighted ski inside, you can also push more with the outside ski without worrying about falling to the inside. This is also almost the Downhill and SuperG gliding position. You do want to be closer to gliding as much of the time as you can be. It is faster. Theoretically you should be carving on both the inside edge of the outside ski and the outside edge of the inside ski simultaneously.
I heard some minor gripe from you that you did not necessarily want advice from me, even though you might like to date me (or so I thought). However, you slalom starts of late have been error filled (DNF's). Perhaps some of this is mental. However, I do have a high IQ. I have excellent analytical skills. I have reasonably good knowledge of ski racing. I have some engineering skills as a few of the guy racers were happy to point out. Some of the top racers have thought my advice was generally good. That said anyone can be wrong. Still this is a bit of a way to get to know you better. Plus I like people I know to do as well as they can. I hope I my criticism doesn't annoy you too much. David White.
Nina O'Brien: In other words you have stored up rebound speed for the time you would normally complete your turn; but the turn is not complete. Thus you do not want to unleash the rebound speed in the wrong direction -- UGH! Therefore you need some way to turn further before releasing the rebound speed. You may see where Lara Gut's strategy may be simpler and less error fraught in its design. Of course, just taking a slightly higher line will likely do the trick also. The leg extension was really a recovery method.
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Nina O'brien: First sorry I didn't come to Lenzerheide. I meant to; but the EU is currently having worse Covid-19 problems. Switzerland has the highest danger level. Plus what I read said the Swiss would require a 10 day quarantine for anyone from the US who flew in. This was too much for me. They said it could possibly be shortened to 7 days; but that is still a lot for a perhaps 5-7 day visit and roughly 3-4 days of travel each way. I did finally get my passport. I looked at the above GS run. Your partner DNF'd. However, you looked to be relatively late a lot of times. You seemed in some cases to run out of compression room in your leg needed to continue the turn. If you want to take the race coaching I got for that situation, You can begin to extend your outside ski leg back upward to be able to continue the turn. Then you might be able to get to a position where you will not be so late so many times. You will also not tend to lose as much speed. Alternatively you can try to ski a higher line. That will allow you to be more completely turned without slowing too. You will have to try these things yourself to see which you prefer to do. You will no doubt find it helpful to be able to do either one if the situation requires it. Best Wishes. David White. I hope this helps.
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