Thanks Bud Man and 9400.
John, sorry if I risked steering the thread away from your intent. I also try to understand why things work. I am sometimes jealous of good skiers that don’t think much, just rip, and may not understand why its working so well. I guess that’s fine when its working, or until you want to coach someone else. More often it might be the other way around where skiers work on some detail without A) knowing how its supposed to work or B) if that should be their top priority. Ex: I know a guy that falls at two ball a lot and thinks it because he doesn’t counter enough at 2 ball. IMO, the real problem is his start/gate needs some work.
I work to be open minded, try stuff, understand what happened, and figure out if its good or not. I learn a little more every year and I learn a lot more when I ski with good coaches. When I get as old as Ham, I will stop trying to learn, move to Tennessee, and party with the Nasty Boys!
KB