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Re: Step and push
Posted by suomynona
12/7/2005  5:59:00 AM
Phil you are on to something with the ice idea, though it's probably not slick enough to prove the lack of a pulling action. There's a definite action from heel to toe to heel lift, but that doesnt' mean that the foot is pulling the body, it's just rolling to accomodate the arrival.

Some people do dance with a definite pulling action though... hopefully it's a temporary stage.
Re: Step and push
Posted by Dave
12/7/2005  2:07:00 PM
Phil. Please understand it is not my idea that we pull onto that leading foot. It is from a book by leading experts. It is all to complicated for me. I do know that when crosscountry skiing the the action is diagonaly sideways and that the top part of the body leans well forward and not virtical as in dancing, I seem to remeber seeing skaters skating with their body's also being well forward of the feet so I don't think you can use that as a true comparision. Dave
Re: Step and push
Posted by Suomynona
12/8/2005  7:34:00 AM
"It is all to complicated for me. I do know that when crosscountry skiing the the action is diagonaly sideways and that the top part of the body leans well forward and not virtical as in dancing,"

The switch from classic technique to skating technique is in effect a switch from cross country sking with parallel "standard" action to doing so with a turned out "latin" action.
Re: Step and push
Posted by Dave
12/8/2005  1:30:00 PM
What is step push in the NT and where do we not push?
Re: Step and push
Posted by Don
12/15/2005  10:13:00 PM
Dave. I don't know. I always thought the body flight was to get me through the slit weight position that I must have at some time during my stepping. No big deal. I'm talking in the main Foxtrot.
Re: Step and push
Posted by Dave
12/16/2005  6:16:00 AM
I think that step push is when we rush forward and up from the RF on the first step instead of taking the time to let the swing happen from the heal of the leading step.
Re: Step and push
Posted by Don
12/25/2005  12:06:00 AM
The push is the step.
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