DYNAMIC SKIDDED TURN ■ Student objective: To be able to con-
sistently link turns from heel edge to toe edge – and back again – using a flexing movement to initiate the turn.
■ Student profile: Tis student is comfortable making basic skidded turns on green, blue, and some easy black terrain (i.e., that denoted by black-diamond signage). Tey are beginning to develop the skills and coordination to begin working on more dynamic movements.
■ Tese students ride like this: Tey currently extend their knee and hip joints, and raise their CM to initiate turns.
■ Tey would like to ride like this: Tese students would like to begin riding more challenging terrain, and be able to control their speed by initiating turns more quickly.
■ What: Students want to make turns that are most flexed at edge change to control speed.
■ Where: Green and blue terrain. ■ How: Practice the following exercises with your students.
Static ■ With a snowball, demonstrate the concept of the CM moving up to initiate a turn
versus moving down to initiate a turn (up unweighting versus down unweighting). Trow the snowball in the air to demonstrate the CM moving up, becoming lightest at the apex, and then getting heavy again as it comes down. Holding the snowball, drop your hand away from it quickly, to demonstrate the CM being lightest at the beginning of the movement, and then becoming heavy as it drops back into your hand.
■ Strapped in and stationary, explore range of movement along with the timing, intensity, and duration of the movements. Jump into the air and feel the up unweighting movement. Have students drop their CM toward the board; can they get the board off the snow?
Simple ■ Have students take these same movements to a traverse on steeper green or easy blue
terrain. Traverse across the hill, and drop the CM just as with the stationary task. Rise back up, and then drop the CM again. Point out that they should feel their board getting light.
■ Do two “drops” in the traverse, then make a turn and try them on the other edge. ■ Have the student try this with various amounts of timing, intensity, and duration
in their flexion and extension movements. What do they feel the most comfortable with? Do they feel their boards trying to flatten when they drop their CM?
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PHOTO 7.12: Dynamic skidded turn
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