Tom GellieBig Picture Skiing Pty Ltd · Coach/Director

Use the pelvis. Talking about the completion phase of a short turn. From short turns webinar on BPS

6 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from Tom Gellie's short‑turn webinar, he explains how a subtle hip‑separation movement—about a 30‑degree “Goldilocks” amount—creates a much stronger outside edge angle. By lifting the inside foot, allowing a small amount of pelvis rotation, and loading the outside foot, the skier can shift the center of mass via the hips rather than relying only on ankle and knee adjustments. This hip‑driven positioning produces deeper, more stable turns at higher speeds, while too much or too little hip movement leads to collapse or weak edges.

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This next phase, just feeling how you use the hip to create stronger angles. So right here, even if you try this, lean against the wall, lift up your inside foot, I feel really strong against my outside foot when I have some hip, a little bit of separation here, tiny bit, this 30-degree amount. It's really strong. Now if you face this way, roll the knees in and stand on that outside foot, I feel like I get just start sinking and collapsing lower. Okay, what you're trying to do is find the Goldilocks amount. Where is it to get a strong hip position? Because this part of your body, the pelvis, is what you want to move to create greater edge angles when you start going faster, not continuing to move just the ankles and knees, because that doesn't move my center of mass. At all. Moving the pelvis and the hips does.