Best starting block position: left foot forward or right foot?
Former Member
I remember when my friend taught me how to water ski. He told me to stand feet together and then he pushed me. Instinctively my left foot shot out to steady myself. He said that is the foot that should be in front on the slalom ski.
What is the thinking on the starting block position? Which foot should be in front?
Syd
Parents
Former Member
"Strengh" and "equilibrium" are in different legs. The kicking leg, as in soccer, in right handed people is the right leg, but the leg used in slalom skiing or the dominant leg when snow skiing would be the left leg. That said, I do the old style entry, basically a belly flop. But if I were going to do the track start, I would have the left leg up front. Try and stand on one foot only and figure out the dominant (equilibrium) leg is.
"Strengh" and "equilibrium" are in different legs. The kicking leg, as in soccer, in right handed people is the right leg, but the leg used in slalom skiing or the dominant leg when snow skiing would be the left leg. That said, I do the old style entry, basically a belly flop. But if I were going to do the track start, I would have the left leg up front. Try and stand on one foot only and figure out the dominant (equilibrium) leg is.
