Ski tips w/ Vidieo

[cragginshred]

A year ago I submitted a request for feedback with a video and got good stuff to work on. Then i was skiing 28 mph 15 off and now I am at 32mph 15 off. Using open water to build strength and endurance for the faster speed and yesterday was the 1st day out on my new Radar Senate. I know I have a lot to work on still and you can see parts of the video where I am way out of my comfort zone, but overall I am pleased with how I adapted to the new ski.
My request is in regards to the slow release of the handle to a fully extended arm. Currently I feel like I am being jerked back towards the boat as i attempt to reach with full extension and ski back to the handle. Any tips apart from the obvious - ski 3 times a week?
The second request is tips for not over shooting my off side. You can see just before the crash I go back to my pull out 2x because my offside edge transition sucked due to over shooting it.

[swc5150]

First thing, nice work! Slalom is extremely difficult, and it sounds as though your really progressing! Two things I immediately noticed is you're not keeping your head level (especially on your toeside turn), or staying stacked in your pulls (butt dragging). Work on these two components, and the rest will start to fall into place. A cool trick to learn to keep a level head is to ski a few sets wearing a baseball hat, keeping the brim level with the horizon. Not being a wordsmith, I'm not sure the best way to describe a stacked position, but check out Terry Winter's youtube video on it. His videos are great! Ballofspray.com is another great resource for information. it sounds obvious too, but a day with a pro coach will advance your skiing immensely. BTW, you have a nice gate pull out! Good luck and keep it up!!

[wskiboy]

Your head and shoulders are not square to the boat ,try looking at the spotter,and opening your shoulders up ,keep your handle down to your hips , go to 15 off or ball of spray and watch some videos and pay attention to the head , shoulders and the knees and ankles good luck ski bud

[Sullivan]

Staying stacked means that when you are in your pull behind the boat if you where to draw a line down through your shoulders, knees and ankles they would all be in line. You do this by flexing your ankles and driving your front knee forward while keeping your shoulders centered or tall on the ski. One thing I noticed is that your getting pulled by the boat when your trying to let go of the rope because you don't have a enough speed and momentum to carry you out wide. So, when your free skiing work on staying stacked behind the boat and pulling from boat spray to boat spray.

[cragginshred]

Good stuff fellas! This video is literally the 1st time I got up on the senate ski. This Friday I will be working on squaring my open shoulders to the boat and keeping a level head!

[swc5150]

I release my pull at the second wake. At shortline, Nate Smith is preturning at the second boat spray already - it's a sight to behold!