At turn apex Ligety has BOTH maximum extension and maximum flexion - His outside leg is extended and his inside leg is flexed. This is what allows him to achieve the low hip position and extreme edge angles he demonstrates. After turn apex Ligety often shifts more weight to the inside by rising up or stepping onto the inside ski a little more. However, Ligety also often shows maximum flexion of both legs in turn transition or edge change - called down-unweighting. His World Cup races show both.
I agree with davidwbond. Perhaps a different focus (other than flexing relative to where edge change occurs) would help. The skier's goal is to travel along a preset line as fast as possible. To do so they need to balance in a strong posture in each turn (when they weigh a lot) then move so their skis carry their feet to where they want them going into the next turn while adjusting their posture to be strong when the next turn begins. Timing and movements serve that goal. See my video and book.
You provide an overly simplistic explanation here. At almost every point at which you describe "flexing" or "extending" he is actually flexing joints on one side of his body and extending joints on the other. There are points at which he is extending bilaterally or flexing bilaterally, but those are actually happening at the parts of the turn that you basically ignore in this progression. A much more nuanced discussion of this would much more accurate.
At turn apex Ligety has BOTH maximum extension and maximum flexion - His outside leg is extended and his inside leg is flexed. This is what allows him to achieve the low hip position and extreme edge angles he demonstrates. After turn apex Ligety often shifts more weight to the inside by rising up or stepping onto the inside ski a little more. However, Ligety also often shows maximum flexion of both legs in turn transition or edge change - called down-unweighting. His World Cup races show both.
RRCCBBB 2 months ago
I agree with davidwbond. Perhaps a different focus (other than flexing relative to where edge change occurs) would help. The skier's goal is to travel along a preset line as fast as possible. To do so they need to balance in a strong posture in each turn (when they weigh a lot) then move so their skis carry their feet to where they want them going into the next turn while adjusting their posture to be strong when the next turn begins. Timing and movements serve that goal. See my video and book.
want2ski 3 months ago
You provide an overly simplistic explanation here. At almost every point at which you describe "flexing" or "extending" he is actually flexing joints on one side of his body and extending joints on the other. There are points at which he is extending bilaterally or flexing bilaterally, but those are actually happening at the parts of the turn that you basically ignore in this progression. A much more nuanced discussion of this would much more accurate.
davidwbond 4 months ago