The Subjectivity of Technique and Why That Is Exciting - This should be required reading

[Horton]

Matteo Luzzeri wrote the article linked below. I think it should be required reading for anyone who posts on BallOfSpray.

 

http://www.ballofspray.com/home-v16/skiers-4/luzz/2253-it-s-on-you-the-subjectivity-of-technique-and-why-that-is-exciting

 

 

 

[Drago]

Very well said.

[schafer]

@Luzz‌ that's a great article.

[skiep]

I am blessed to have LUZZ as my coach now. At the age of 60 I never had a coach. He is a very nice person as well. Keith Albritton

[Skoot1123]

Excellent article @Luzz!!! I think too that there are two "buckets" of skiers, not just on BoS but as a whole. Those who enjoy skiing and enjoy it for the activity, atmosphere, and relaxation and aren't necessarily as driven to improve technique. And then there are those who are driven to improve technique (whether chasing buoys or not) and learn more about this awesome sport. The easiest way to evaluate our technique is video and some pro coaching. If we ask the right questions - the answers are right at our fingertips. BoS is an awesome way to get feedback on our skiing as well and help us figure out (from another point of view) where our strengths are and where our weaknesses are. Thanks @luzz!

[andjules]

Much needed article @Luzz‌ - thanks!

 

[TylerR]

Amazingly insitful post

[Luzz]

@skiep That's very good st"u"ff B)

[Dirt]

Great article. I watch the pro am every year and always come away telling my ski buddy that you can run deep shortline a bunch of different ways/styles.

[Dirt]

Luzz is one of my favorite skiers to watch and photograph.

[SkiJay]

Matteo is one of my wife's favorite skiers to watch. Go figure . . . .

[Horton]

Yesterday I was talking to a @TFIN about this subject. There are clearly a lot of Misconceptions and Misunderstandings at every level of skiing. Just because you see a elite skier doing something that you are not doing does not mean you should try to imitate it.

 

If you have not clicked the link at the top of this thread and carefully read the article please do so now.

[mwetskier]

@Horton -if you want it to be required reading just post it to the home page -every one reads that dont they?

[Texas6]

Excellent perspective

[estrom]

Wait...there's a home page??

[ToddL]

So, I was just reading the home page and happened upon this cool article by Matteo, then I found this thread of people discussing the article. How cool is that!?!

[mwetskier]

okay based on the shotgun blast of dislikes that just got dished out i'm thinking maybe we are not ever supposed to mention the home page? oops i did it again. now i'm a dead man -tell my family i loved them.

[Horton]

@mwetskier

sarcasm about the home page always gets a thumbs down from me. If you were not being sarcastic I apologize

[mwetskier]

@Horton -i didnt mean it in a sarcastic way -ironic would be a much better description. like most members i head straight to the forum on most visits but not a week goes by i dont visit the front page at least twice. i often find the very best stuff there and i always wonder if a lot of the readers somehow pass right on by and miss it. essentially i see the forum as a interesting bull session but the home page is *news* and news is almost always even more interesting.

 

also @Toddl said the front page was cool with an exclamation point. ' cool! ' can never be sarcastic can it? maybe we need to invent some kind of special smiley face to indicate when a post is sarcastic so idiots like me will be able to pick up on it.

[Horton]

@mwetskier a wise man does not use @ToddL as a standard of behavior

[ToddL]

I don't use my own behavior as a standard, either.

[mrpreuss]

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[Horton]

@mrpreuss Mmmmm NO.

 

One of the core goals of this forum is to get good information to the skiing public. If you post something that is clearly wrong it is your opinion but is still wrong. Part of my job is to steer the conversations and promote the sharing of good information.

 

Not everyone likes my moderation style and I admit that I do not always perform my duties flawlessly but how I run the site is not a subject for debate.

 

[Luzz]

@efw the fact that he answered Mike Ferraro is the proof that skiing goes beyond technique :)

Don't get me wrong, Ferraro knows about slalom skiing more than all of us together, but what he is really famous for is making any athlete that comes his way achieve exceptional performances. He switched very easily to wakeboarding and now he is considered a guru there...

[ALPJr]

Ferrero was a hand at Spencer's Training Camp in Owego, NY. I think he and another great coach David Spencer learned a lot about coaching from Jud Spencer.

[Horton]

@efw Mike was more or less the top trick coach in the early 90s

[dchristman]

@horton ... before the 90's. More like early-mid 80's into the 90's. Mike was at Spencer's in the late 70's along with Whitney's mom... Sherron.

 

@efw there are some ballers using the lake. Dave isn't skiing since Jud died.

[sunvalleylaw]

To me there are likely in any sport some core fundamentals. And it benefits us trying to improve to learn and master those fundamentals. But even what are accepted as fundamentals are broken at the tippy top competitive levels at times. as an alpine ski coach, I sometimes like to watch training runs more than competition runs to learn about those fundamentals. And most people should not try to do what Bode does. And Bode does it very differently from Ligety. I expect the same is true of water skiing.