John Kuras

Also would like to add: I really wish there was a way for us to coaches eye the videos in the catalog. I can watch them in super slow motion, BUT I don't have the ability to kinda thumb slide the frames back and forth to really frame by frame the different hand positions or head positions etc.

Not sure if that is doable BUT It would be awesome feature. It could also just be my phone as Andriods are weird sometimes. Does that exist for anyone on Apple?

04 Dec 13:49

Rewatching the like 45 mins bonus footage of Ant doing this turn in the forehand cutback section.

If I'm more upright going into first turn is the front hand doing more of a "hand turn point the thumb thing" while my right hand touches my face? Or is it the left hand up, open the shoulder blade turn?

Is it just a feel thing? Like the accomplish the same turn and it's what feels better in the turn thing? Is there a difference?

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This is another one from the same session with my back more upright, as well as my hand up higher, but not being compressed as much.

This one was not allowing me to get as high on the wall in the corner which I felt was then limiting my speed going into the backhand turn and making that part of it more difficult.

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So minus the fact my hands are NOT up high enough, is this the straight back position I need? Or is that still not upright enough.

I am slightly confused on the straight back vs having my head over my front knee and toe.

I realize in the clips my arms are not high enough, I was working on that later just not included with the clips I uploaded. But I feel like if my back was more upright I might be too much on the back foot.

Thanks for the help and comments. Trying my best to apply the constructive criticism and improve.

The other end of the bowl is more squared off and does NOT have that little hip. Not really sure if that would make the turns harder or not. The hip does help getting you moving in the right direction on the backside turn. I'll give it a few attempts at the other end next time I go.

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04 Dec 00:08

New seat..same old struggle bus. Really enjoying the suck though. Managed to chip a fairly big piece of concrete off the bowl on this first one.
Last one is about as close as I got. I'm gonna get it though...just takes time.
Feel like I could have made that last one IF I would have looked to the next target and not been so scared of that little ledge from the roll in, and IF I kept my left arm out in front instead of letting it get all crazy like.
So there's the goals for tomorrow....
Would also like to add here: I do realize my arms are low, and as Coach Clayton says I should point where I'm going. I was working on that as I got more comfortable with the angles of approach so that I could work on getting under that little ledge. I just didn't include those clips. BUT I do realize it needs to be fixed. Small progress every day.

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03 Dec 06:17

Not a fan of the 2nd down on the left or bottom one on right. Maybe I'm prejudice against bubble letters. The others are cool.

Ill give it my best coach.

Michiel van Gerven the main issue I'm having is just the lack of time between the 2 turns, because it's such a tight gap if I don't get my head super low I can't, at this point anyway, get into the backhand quick enough and I end up going almost straight up the roll in.

My thoughts at this point are I need to enter turn one sooner, ie before the corner, and get more vertical to give myself more time to switch over to the backhand. If I take the front side (1st) turn wider, it's putting me half way up the roll in before I have time to weight into the backside turn.

I also feel like I need to drop that back knee lower, to get more weight over the toe side rail sooner. As well as getting my left arm up and throwing it over kind of like Clayton demonstrates in his roundhouse cutback videos. Like I'm hitting the foam and letting the foam push me through the turn.

Gonna play with it more and more till I get it figured out.

Michiel van Gerven OMBE should make T-shirts... All aboard the struggle bus... embrace the suck!