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Spoting Landings

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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
I've been wondering this for awhile now, finally posting it. I was wondering if anyone else has trouble spotting their landings. I'm not that great at skiing, but I can spin up to 5's and stuff. I always here people saying to spot your landings on 3's, 5's, backs, so on and so forth, and you'll land no problem. I've tried to do this, but I just cannot spot them. Like my vision just blurs, unless I spin really slow. Same with throwing backs and lincolns into pools and stuff, I just throw em, and I spin too fast to spot anything at all. Does this happen to anyone else? I want to try backs and stuff this year but I fear I may have alot of trouble with the landings.
Nov 14 2007 12:04AM
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Yauch
Posts: 1685 - Karma: 62
look in the direction that your spinning and look down a little to so you dont loose track of horizontal and think of your trick differently, like when i learned to 540 i just tried to do a 360 and then whip around an extra 180
Nov 14 2007 12:07AM
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jason...
Posts: 9006 - Karma: 780
this happens to me a lot, my skill level is around the same as yours and i usually just angle my skis correctly and spin the right amount and i dont have to spot i just land fine, its probably a bad habit though so this year im going to work on spotting them a lot, i guess just keep looking for your landing throughout the rotation
Nov 14 2007 12:08AM
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Klick_2_klaim
Posts: 3396 - Karma: 25
its not like youre pinpointing where youre going to land.
For me spotting your landing is more about body position than seeing a point on the tranny to land on.
If you trust your body and know where you are in the air, youll instinctively have an eye on where youre going to land.

that  is how I feel about the subject anyways.
Nov 14 2007 12:10AM
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user098123
Posts: 6072 - Karma: 18
Ya that's how I do to. Like I can land 3's without thinking at all, working on 5's. It just seems like I hardly use my vision at all, I feel like I could do it with my eyes closed haha. It isn't a problem with what I'm doing now, I'm just worried about doing more spins and working on flips, if not spotting will hurt me alot.

Maybe I'm just overthinking it.
Nov 14 2007 12:16AM
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*DrewT*
Posts: 7768 - Karma: 481
Before you can spot the landing you have to know where you are in the air.  You should be able to know when you'll be able to see the landing.  For instance on a 360 or a 540 you should be able to spot the landing at 270.  If you can't get that then you just need to practice
Nov 14 2007 12:18AM
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Caleb_F
Posts: 197 - Karma: 156
There are probably a couple things that could help. As was already mentioned, keep looking into your spin so the landing will come into your field of vision earlier.  The other is just developing that spacial awareness. As you do more spins, you'll get better at knowing where you are.  Your brain will react quicker and things won't be so much of a blur.  Try thinking of your tricks in steps and then concentrating on doing them while in the air.  That helps get rid of the "huck and blur" feeling that you often get when trying something new.  Mostly though, just practice and concentrate on looking for landings, body position, etc. This will be necessary when you start trying more difficult tricks...
Nov 14 2007 12:58AM
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mastamike6969
Posts: 48 - Karma: 36
Try this:

Get a sick ski picture on your computer, then, spin around really fast in your computer chair and try to keep looking at the picture.  Make sure you have a bucket nearby, and don't drink milk or do shrooms before you attempt this.  The subject matter of the picture is not important, however, pornography tends to be distracting and inhibits blood flow to your brain.

Apparently all the pros are doing it!
Nov 14 2007 2:08AM
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MattMcGinnis
Posts: 2396 - Karma: 73
spotting your landing just means seeing where the ground is in relation to you. it doesnt necessarily mean spotting exactly where youll land and staring it down.
Nov 14 2007 2:11AM
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EClay46
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ya for me when i spot landings on a 5 its like i do a 3, and then i shift mlegs and hips so my skis are backwards, and leave my body facing partially downhill
Nov 14 2007 2:18AM
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sdfjklioeur
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 114
i found that looking down alittle helps out alot, keeps me from landing back
Nov 14 2007 2:30AM
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eheath
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I find it funny though that you know exactly where you're going to land though, you can see the spot, or usually i see the spot where i land. It's pretty nice when you are knuckling or overshooting cause you can prepare for it.
Nov 14 2007 2:46AM
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dorikin
Posts: 1914 - Karma: 16
IMO, to really spin correctly, you should be leading with your head anyways right? therefore you  should almost be looking over your shoulder and behind you. If you are really doing this you should be able to see your landing 90 degrees before you land as mentioned above.
Nov 14 2007 3:06AM
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49rider
Posts: 161 - Karma: 10
i feel ya man though i dont know how to help you.  when i first started doing 3's, i always ended up landing on my tails, so i tried looking down at my skis instead of behind my shoulder when i took off and this helped a lot to keep my rotation level and stomp the landing, but i really dont see exactly where i'm going to land, i just try to get my skis parrallel with the tranny.  maybe try looking down more?  this may be bad advice btw
Nov 14 2007 4:23AM
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jack.whelan
Posts: 1504 - Karma: 122
this may sound on, but look with your eyes not your head. always move your head into the spin and your body will follow. if you move your head towards the ground and the direction of the spin, chances are you'll lose your axis/balance. i do anyway. i throw my head with the spin, and use my eyes to look down. hope that makes sense! if not, ignore me, i'm english, what would i know!
Nov 14 2007 1:18PM
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MattMcGinnis
Posts: 2396 - Karma: 73
yea i mean you do know where, but if someones having trouble with it, its easier to not worry about focusing on a single point and just focus on where the ground is
Nov 14 2007 3:17PM
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user098123
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My problem isn't going off axis. I can throw 3's, 5's, and am so so on cork 3's and 5's, the problem is that while I can do these spins, it's more of just a 'feeling' and I set my rotation right and everything just kind of blurs by. Even if I don't spin very fast, I just set my rotation on 3's and 5's and just kind of feel it out. I'm just curious as to whether or not this will be a problem when i try and go bigger. Perhaps I'm just spotting my landing and straightening myself out subconsciously, and I'm just overthinking it.
Nov 14 2007 5:13PM
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