As you watch this video consider a few comments that Mikeala Shiffrin, US alpine skier with the most Word Cup wins of any alpine skier in the world; Sasha Rearick, U.S. Men’s Alpine Head Coach; and Ron Kipp, former USSA Education Director, former PSIA-NW Technical Team Member, former instructor at Mt Hood Meadows and current Team Palisades Tahoe Education and Development Manager say:
- Mikeala: “..your solid upper body position and you tighten your core and you keep that the whole way down.” – at 1:21
- Ron Kipp: “This joint [the hip] could arguably be the most import joint in skier’s body.” – at 2:38
- Ron Kipp: “This is exactly what happens when the upper body looks quiet or what we refer to as upper body discipline. This is the involvement of the upper body, while the legs rotate left the pelvis and the rest of the upper body rotate right when the torque of rotating left and the torque of rotating right are equal, the upper body appears quiet or stable with the surroundings.” – at 5:34
- Ron Kipp: “… skier must make moves with very little and sometimes no support from the ground. As mentioned in the open kinetic chain description, he support the ski racer needs comes from their upper body. Creating stability through position and internal muscular tension.” – at 10:23
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