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PSIA ALPINE TECHNICAL MANUAL Index


Abduction, 18, 23, 61-68 Ability, 33-41 Absorption, 32 Acceleration, 43, 51, 54, 76 Adduction, 61-68 Advanced, 45, 71, 78, 82, 97, 124 Aft, 27-34 Alignment, 22-23, 56, 68, 79-80 American Teaching System, 8-13, 9, 35, 106


Anatomy, 59, 60 Angulation, 22, 23, 40, 55, 56, 63, 90


Anticipation, 19 Apex, 38, 41 Assess, 82, 83, 91, 99, 103 Auditory, 101 Axis, 16, 21


Balancing movements, 10, 67, 78 Ball-and-socket joint, 61 Banking, 24 Basic concepts, 7 Beginner/novice, 106, 107, 115 Bindings, 11, 107 Biomechanics, 12, 23, 59 Blending, 9, 37-48 Blocking pole plant, 47, 48 Body performance, 83, 87 Bones, 59, 60, 62, 64, 70 Boots, 71, 77, 78, 79 Braking wedge, 110, 112 Bumps, 30-32, 43-47, 115, 129, 130


Camber, 44, 71, 73, 74, 75 Carved turn, 73, 89, 101, 103, 124-128


Carving, 39, 42, 49, 71-76, 125-126


Cause and effect, 81, 90 Center of mass, 27, 28, 32, 46, 50, 55-58, 91


Centrifugal force, 54 Centripetal force, 54, 55-58 Check for understanding, 94-103 Complex, 10, 64, 67, 82, 92-94, 102


Connective tissue, 60, 62, 70 Contemporary skiing, 39, 71 Core concepts, 83, 97, 98 Counter, 18-20 Counter-rotation, 18-20 Demonstrate, 24, 96, 104-115 DIRT, 18, 89 Dorsiflexion, 63, 64, 69 Down unweighting, 31-32 Drill, 81-82, 91-92 Dynamic balance, 16 Dynamic turn, 33, 101 Edge angle, 38, 40-50 Edge control, 7, 10, 15, 22-27 Edging , 8, 9, 33, 42, 89 Edging movements, 10, 89 Equilibrium, 16, 33-34 Evaluation, 81-82, 89 Eversion, 64, 70 Exercise line, 81-82, 91


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Exercises, 101, 107, 115, 118 Extend, 27-29, 34, 39, 60-63, 67-70, 88, 109, 116-117, 122-123, 125, 129-130


Extension, 27-32, 39, 61, 63, 65, 67, 78, 88, 108, 119, 130-131


Fall Line, 38-41, 47, 75, 92, 108, 111, 114-120, 123, 126-127, 131


Falling leaf, 121 Feedback, 81-82, 91-95, 104-105 Finish, 20, 23, 29-30, 38-41, 46-47, 75-76, 88-90, 116-117, 123-124, 127, 129-130


Flex, 18, 23, 27, 30, 34, 38, 62-64, 68-69, 76-79, 119, 121-123


Flexion, 23, 27-32, 34, 50, 61, 63-67, 69, 78, 90, 108, 130-131


Focus, 45, 82-85, 91-94, 96, 102, 114, 117


Footbeds, 78-79 Foot-to-foot movements, 108-109 Force, 12, 16-18, 22-33, 39-40, 43-44, 49-60, 64-70, 76, 102, 123-124, 130-132,


Fore, 27-28, 32, 34, 59, 68, 69, 78, 84, 122, 124 Fore/aft movements, 27-28, 32, 24, 45, 68-69, 78, 84, 122-124


Freestyle, 5, 7-8, 35 Friction, 42-43, 49, 51-54, 110 Frontal plane, 60, 62 Fun, 41, 99, 104, 106 Fundamental movements, 98 Garlands, 116 Giant slalom, 38 Gliding joint, 61, 64 Gliding wedge, 109-111 Goals, 11, 48, 82-85, 89, 91-92, 94, 101, 103-106


Gravity, 33-34, 40 49-53, 57, 88, 108, 131


Guiding, 20, 43, 131 Halfpipe, 10-11, 54 Hardpack, 57, 89-90 Hinge joint, 60-61, 63 Hockey stop, 119-120 Hop turns, 46 Horizontal plane, 60-62 Ice, 44, 9, 53, 57, 90, 130-131 Inclination, 22-24, 26, 55, 58, 111 Inertia, 40, 51-54, 57 Initiation, 38-43, 75-76, 88-89, 114-117, 119-123, 125-127, 130-131


Inside half, 87 Instructor behavior, 97, 99, 103, 105


Intermediate, 71, 75-76, 101-102, 106, 114-115, 124


Inversion, 64-69 Joints, 17, 22-23, 27-28, 33, 59, 61-70, 79, 87-88, 104


Kinesthetic, 94, 99-100 INDEX 149


Lateral force, 47, 51, 53-54 lateral movement, 22-23, 26, 47, 50, 55-56, 60, 78, 115


Learning, 12-13, 49, 71, 80-82, 94, 97-106


Learning Partnership, 94, 97, 99, 105-106


Lesson plan, 89, 91, 99, 101, 103-104, 114


Levels, 10, 102, 104, 106 Leverage, 7 Line of action, 58, 127, 131 Linking, 41 Mass, 27-28, 31, 33, 39, 46, 50-51, 55-56, 58, 90


Mechanics, 8, 11-12, 16, 30, 35-46, 59, 85, 89, 96-97, 99-100


Mental, 98, 101 Moguls, 13, 41, 129-130 Momentum, 46-47, 50, 131 Movement analysis, 81-82, 96 Neutral, 33, 78 Newton’s Laws of Motion, 51 Observation, 81-83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 94


Off-piste, 43, 73, 75, 124 Outcomes, 5, 9, 10, 12, 15-16, 20, 24, 35, 37, 49, 70, 83, 97, 100, 102, 104-107, 114-115, 124


Parallel, 7, 34, 37, 39, 51-55, 87, 90, 92, 100, 108-118, 120-125, 130 Phases of a turn, 37-39, 90 Pivot, 41, 43, 45, 72, 74-75, 108, 119, 129-130


Pivot point, 21, 129 Pivot slips, 21, 45, 84, 92, 118-119


Pole plant, 19, 46-48, 129-130 Poles, 37, 40, 46, 108-109 Posture, 34, 62, 69 Powder, 11, 15, 39, 45, 54, 57, 71, 73-76, 80, 89-90, 130-132


Practice, 13, 17, 91-92, 103-105, 124


Prescription, 81-82, 91, 94-95 Pressure control, 8-10, 15, 16-17, 27, 32, 35, 37, 42-43, 45, 59, 63, 69, 85, 108, 113, 120, 126 Pressure-control movement, 9, 27, 59


Professional development, 10, 13 Progession, 7-9, 81, 92, 104, 120-121


Pronation, 64 Racing, 7, 11, 15, 38, 71, 73, 102 Railroad track, 83-84, 120 Real vs. Ideal, 89 References, 34, 83 Relationships, 33-34, 81, 87-88, 90-91, 113


Retraction, 32 Rocker, 44-45, 71, 74-75, 95 Rotary movement, 9


Rotational control, 10, 15-18, 21, 42-45, 60 62, 85, 117 Sagittal plane, 59 Shaping, 23, 38-41, 43, 65, 88-90, 115, 117, 123, 127, 130-131


Short turn, 18, 30, 45, 89, 118, 127


Sidecountry, 11, 71, 77 Sidecut, 38, 42, 71-72, 75, 123, 127


Sidestep, 108-109 Simple, 33, 91-93 Ski performance, 15-16, 20-21, 24-25, 37, 71, 81-83, 87, 90, 97, 104, 106


Skidded turn, 41, 43, 54, 101, 107, 129


Skidding, 25-26, 41-42, 45, 53, 85, 87, 102, 114-115, 117


Skier zones, 97, 106 Skiing concepts, 95 Skills, 8-9, 15-16, 34-35, 41-42, 44-45, 58, 63, 80, 108-109, 117-118, 120-123-124, 127


Slalom, 38, 44-45, 49 Sliding, 24, 50-51, 58, 109 Slipping, 24-25, 41, 85, 87, 109, 115, 119, 131


Smearing, 10, 71 Stance, 16, 27, 32-34, 40, 45, 50, 77-79, 87-88, 90-91, 107, 111, 113, 117, 131,


Stationary, 92-93, 101 Steering, 19-21, 43, 85, 111, 114-115, 117, 119, 127, 129, 131-132


Step turns, 123-124 Straight run, 24, 33, 45, 50, 55, 79, 107, 109-110, 119-120, 131


Student-centered teaching, 10 Supination, 64 Taper, 72-73, 75-76 Task, 45, 82-85, 89, 91-92, 94, 101, 105, 109


Teaching Cycle, 103, 105 Teaching Model, 97, 99, 103 Terrain parks, 10, 15, 71 Torsion, 76-77, 123 Transfer, 7, 29-30, 78, 108-109, 114-117, 123


Transition, 29-30, 41, 47, 111, 114, 117


Traverse, 73, 112-113, 120, 131 Unweight, 7, 32, 45 Up unweighting, 31 Upper body rotation, 18, 20, 47 Velocity, 50-51, 54 Vertical, 21-22, 53, 58, 107 Visual, 83, 89, 94, 100, 107 Waist, 28, 44, 71-73, 79 Wedge, 80, 90, 99, 109-110, 114-115


Wedge christie, 90, 114-116 Whole, 85, 92-93


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