Fix hip dump
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How to fix the dreaded hip dump, a fault that most skiers are guilty of, when the skier uses the upper body (hips) to drag the skis into edge angles, as opposed to tipping using the feet:
To put it plainly, you have to "bend the knees" and "tip the feet" first! Please note that, as noted in hip dump, some of the reasons may be equipment-related (i.e. boots). Make sure to address those first.
Here are some sessions to get you started, a lot of technical information, skiing biomechanics and on-snow drills and ideas:
- Start tipping
- Rollerblades
- Tipping not hipping
- Tipping and keeping the feet underneath
- The Phantom
- About ankle eversion and inversion
- We ski with the feet and ankles
- Phantom Javelin
- Lifting the inside hip
Other ideas include working on a strong inside half, keeping the poles across the hips to detect if the inside hip tends to lean etc.
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