Interesting perspective - a cycle of progression.? I know that in many sports, relaxing and trusting your muscle memory is? a big key to performing well.? The harder you try to hit a baseball, the less far it will go. The more you try to 'guide' a pitch the less control you have.? And it was VERY hard as a Little League coach to get them to experience that feeling of a relaxed swing as opposed to a? muscled swing.
So JB, while I understand your technique comment I think the technique has two components.? One is the skill set side of skiing (the muscle memory) but isn't another the physical relaxation that comes from the confidence that you have in the muscle memory.
Thats what I initially heard Ron saying (hope he responds), that in the related incident the coaching was really aimed at reminding him that he had the necessary skill set and that he just needed to relax and trust himself.
I know that I am often surprised at how poorly I ski when at a Harb camp doing things that I can normally do, and am convinced that it is because I am "trying" to make certain movements.? In that environment its ok, because the overall goal is on unlearning old and learning/refining new, but I can sense the difference in my skiing in a "not relaxed" mindset.? And I can also sense the difference when I can carry the new muscle memory into "relaxed" skiing where I'm not trying to ski, but just skiing.
So is it nature (our basic mindset) or is it nurture (the training we have received)?? I have seen some kids skiing amazing places with limited skills but all the confidence in the world!
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