Ritster wrote:Sorry to be joining this topic so late, but I have just found it and it's very interesting. The last time I had a lesson I was told to load up my leading arm by twisting my shoulder away from the boat to create more pull against to boat and generate speed that way. From what I have read here that's wrong, so would I be right in saying that I need to get my arms tucked in down each side, then rotate from my waist up so that my upper body is pointing towards the boat?
I would say I load my leading arm...but I want to feel the load from the elbow down. In other
words I don't want to feel load higher than my hips....If I'm feeling load thru the shoulder,
and or upper back, I'm losing direction and speed. I want my elbows pressed on my hips
(both elbows and both hips) and the handle on my thigh. I don't think a lot about where my
upper body is facing, but based on my thoughts of where I want the pull to come from, I
would think my shoulders have to be facing the boat.
Ideally, I'm looking for fairly equal arm pressure, but I'm wanting to push my lead hip
through my lead elbow...at the same time I'm trying to press my lead elbow through
my hip to my backbone. When I'm skiing my best, my hips are slightly sore from elbow
contact. I want the elbows to stay very tight through the edge change.
I would not be twisting the lead shoulder away in the work zone, or at least I'm not trying to.
