Overview
Flexing the legs in transition is a hallmark of PMTS technique. Coordinating bending your legs with the edge change allows momentum to help you start your new turn – this is smooth, efficient, and it helps you get to higher edge angles early in the turn. The “Poles Across the Knees” approach developed in this video helps you learn the movement and the timing of this flexion. It also incorporates a change of counterbalance as you change edges, and it helps you to counteract with the torso throughout the arc of each turn.

Stats
Presenter: Harald Harb. 20 minutes, 4k, 1.5 GB, Copyright 2019

Content
*Flexing the legs at transition
*Coordinate change of counterbalance with edge change in linked turns
*Counteracting through turns

Purpose
Flexing (bending) the legs when you change edges and start a new turn results in...
*Earlier edge engagement for better speed control
*Higher edge angles through the turn for better grip and carving
*Quicker edge change for easier short-radius turns
*Prepares you to ski moguls with better control and less impact

Coordinating your torso with your feet results in...
*Better balance over your skis, in transition and throughout the turn
*Higher edge angles in linked turns
*Increased edge grip in your linked turns
*Smoother and easier connection between turns

Prerequisites
In order to get the most benefit from this video, you should already...
*Link turns on easy terrain
*Have your skis parallel for most of each turn
*Know how to lighten the inside foot and tip it toward its outside edge for each turn (the "Phantom Move"). You can learn this in the videos Anyone Can Be an Expert Skier 1 or Eliminate the Wedge 1 – Engage.
*Know how to transfer your balance to the uphill, little-toe edge. You can learn this in the video Eliminate the Wedge 3 – SuperPhantom

Related books & videos
*Harald Harb's Essentials of Skiing (book) helps you understand the Essentials – the component movements of effective skiing – where each Essential fits into linked turns, and how the Essentials work together for optimal skiing.
*Essentials Indoor Introduction (eVideo) presents the Essentials – the component movements of effective skiing – at their simplest, and helps you learn and practice them. Practicing these movements indoors, in front of a mirror or camera, gives you instant feedback for quicker progress once you start to practice on snow.
*Essentials 2 Complete Upper Body (eVideo) teaches you what to do with your torso to support and increase the tipping activities of your feet
*Essentials 3 Flexing and Fore/Aft Balance (eVideo) teaches you how to flex the legs to make your tipping easier, both in and between turns

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