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Post by Ankle flexer on Feb 2, 2023 2:15:04 GMT
The best way to get and stay compact is to flex your ankles and keep them flexed.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 2, 2023 14:11:04 GMT
So just spread your ass out like a certain Ttalk skier and flex the ankles and PRESTO! you're compact? Try again. BTW, alpine instructors use an exercise where the student raises the toes to increase dorsiflexion. Has 0 effect on stance.
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Post by Ankle flexer on Feb 2, 2023 19:01:03 GMT
If you keep your ankles flexed, there is a lot less chance you will get spread out. Wendy Bridgewater has an excersise for this in one of the NATO videos. It is big in keeping your com centered over your skis.
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Post by Telebabble on Feb 2, 2023 19:56:42 GMT
Of course BUT you have to get compact to start with and in so doing you will flex knees and ankles.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 2, 2023 21:08:21 GMT
Ankle flexion: as I said, some I know teach to raise the toes..some say make sure your knees cover your toes..wtvr works..In Tele, keeping the knees over the toes as your legs come up in the lead change is impossible.
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Post by Ankle flexer on Feb 3, 2023 0:30:44 GMT
I don't think about where my knees are in relation to my toes, I just keep both ankles flexed throughout the turns and transitions.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 0:48:09 GMT
Sure ankles always flexed even as you come up a bit for the lead changes your ankles stay completely flexed, right. Just like it doesn't happen here.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 0:51:06 GMT
Hmm..he must have it all wrong. Ankles are always flexed!
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 1:01:44 GMT
You don't have to think about ankle flexion in any particular way. Who said you did? For most ppl it's easiest to just feel pressure in the boot cuffs.
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Post by Ankle flexer on Feb 3, 2023 1:57:33 GMT
Just like I said and just like what I see in those videos. Keep both your ankles flexed at all times. So we're in agreement here.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 13:00:05 GMT
You must be blind and deaf. LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS. When you release and come up off the bent knee to change leads, knees release and ankles release, as you drop into the lead change, you flex knees and ankles. There's no way to keep full pressure on the boot cuffs in a TELEMARK lead change. Not wasting any more time on a senseless discussion. Look at the fkin' shuffling, ankles and knees are not pressuring boot cuffs when he is up and the skis are together in parallel. Maybe you strive to maintain full cuff pressure when it's impossible and insignificant, good for you.
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Post by Ankle flexer on Feb 3, 2023 17:27:14 GMT
A flexed ankle and full cuff pressure are different things to me. I see flexed ankles throughout the turn. Lets move on to our next disagreement.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 18:03:41 GMT
They are obviously "different things" but you cannot flex the knees to the point of covering the toes and NOT be flexing your ankles, nor can you really pressure the boot cuffs and NOT have decent ankle flexion. People think of it in various ways that work for them. And how you can straighten your legs coming up to change leads and and still have strong ankle flex is a mystery to me. Poor Urmas cannot do it but I am happy you can.
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Post by mark on Feb 3, 2023 18:10:43 GMT
You can get some minimal ankle flexion standing straight by raising your toes but it's not significant. You mentioned the toe thing in another post Ron.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Feb 3, 2023 20:34:25 GMT
Right Mark, that's why I said "strong ankle flex"..
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