There is proper technique and everything else. Proper technique takes more time to master in skiing just as it does in any other sport. But once learned pays dividends for years to come. Style is added by the athlete on top of proper technique.
Max:
How do you identify or recognize "Proper Technique"?
If 10 winning basketball coaches from Division One schools all teach the same jump shooting technique, then I would say that's proper technique.
I know that John's race coach friend validated the basis of Harald's teaching.
And I believe that, for a long time, the skiing of Stein and Killy were the epitome of proper technique. But by a similar standard, doesn't that imply that Hermann Maier was the definition of proper technique (overall 4 times?), and I remember thinking he was a pretty ugly skier even before his bike accident? And Bode was overall champion twice, same as Jean-Claude Killy? Does he exhibit or define proper technique?
I know that, for me, the attraction of PMTS wasn't that I was able to ascertain that it was "Proper Technique" but that the books and instructors taught a consistent and concise progression of moves (that are measurable). I had never seen (or received) any of that consistency from a PSIA resort lesson. To me, it's a consistent approach that yields results, but I'm not sure that makes it a "Proper" technique or even the best -- it's just the one that spoke to me.
Next year, when Bushwacka publishes his book, we may all change our mind on what "Proper Technique" is. Picking on Bush a bit, but ideas are only the best until Apple introduces a replacement.
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