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How to land switch and not drag your hands

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andrewdahl
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how do u do it? i got 5s down but i always drag my hands...
Mar 6 2010 6:31PM
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skithecanada
Posts: 638 - Karma: 56
clearly you are just meant to clean floors for a living
Mar 6 2010 6:32PM
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PJS.
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thats just steeze
Mar 6 2010 6:33PM
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HamFaceGirl
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get stiffer skis
Mar 6 2010 6:34PM
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andrewdahl
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thats my life goal but anyway...how do i not do that
Mar 6 2010 6:35PM
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skithecanada
Posts: 638 - Karma: 56
pop off the lip more
Mar 6 2010 6:35PM
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hjb
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Tighten your core muscles as you hit the landing, it will help you to absorb the landing with your legs and stop you breaking at the waist.
Mar 6 2010 6:52PM
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i+am+ghetto
Posts: 711 - Karma: 17
(1)work on your switch skiing
(2) try to change from normal to switch while going pretty fast
(3)tense your arm muscles while landing
Mar 6 2010 7:29PM
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PJS.
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the mans a genius!!!





































































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Mar 6 2010 7:30PM
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willy_baller
Posts: 1622 - Karma: 693

make sure that u are spottign your landing... that way u will know when you're going to land and u wont heavy head that shit

Mar 6 2010 7:31PM
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BWalmer
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this. Look back up the hill and keep your back straight, don't look down at the landing - your feet will get there.
Mar 6 2010 7:43PM
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HeathR
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lean forward more. The more you do them the cleaner it will get.
Mar 6 2010 7:44PM
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roussillon
Posts: 1305 - Karma: 170
In my opinion it's all about how you initiate the rotation on your 540. it makes you spin kinda wird and you land with your face on the landing (leaning uphill). tell me if I'm wrong... try to feel your shins on the front of the boots before you jump to make sure you're standing straight before you jump. Then, you have to spot the landing early in the air so it's easier to land good. The rest of what everything told you about tensing you abs and core muscles is great advice too. More pop wasn't stupid at all either
Mar 6 2010 7:45PM
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andrewdahl
Posts: 35 - Karma: 16
good advice! 2morro im ganna purposely drag my hands hoping that it will make me not... drag...my...hands?wait a minute...
Mar 6 2010 7:54PM
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skiierman
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so much bad advice it is making my head hurt.... just PRACTICE. the more you get used to landing switch, the more you compensate for the forces of landing switch. its natural progression. don't listen to this bullshit of getting stiffer skis or where to look when you land. keep doing your fives and eventually your body will be used to it.
Mar 6 2010 7:55PM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
do it like the vikings
Mar 6 2010 8:16PM
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DeuceMcGoose
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lean farther back when you land switch.
Mar 6 2010 8:18PM
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Chompo.
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Makes sense
Mar 6 2010 8:21PM
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Totes_Magotes
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my only advice is don't drag your hands... that might help a little
Mar 6 2010 8:37PM
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HIRO
Posts: 548 - Karma: 34
land on your hands and drag your feet
Mar 6 2010 10:01PM
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wwatkins
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at windells i heard molly aguirre telling a kid to flex his abs while spinning. i think id work for landing switch too.
Mar 6 2010 10:03PM
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LARd.
Posts: 117 - Karma: 281
afterbang.
Mar 6 2010 10:51PM
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Forkstealer
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This might actually help lol. Keep you stiffer and more upright on the landing.

Mar 6 2010 11:34PM
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TWoods
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Spin more centered, and stay more upright. be confident.
Mar 6 2010 11:55PM
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DutchhGutss
Posts: 896 - Karma: 124
Stay more straight up. Its like landing a 3 backseat
Mar 7 2010 12:13AM
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kenevil
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look up and out, not down at your skis.

also try looking back up the landing as you land

Mar 7 2010 2:48AM
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jibking1212
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practice...and stay more centered when you come off the lip and start your rotation..so you dont lean back or forward
Mar 7 2010 9:05AM
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Alex_G
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pop so that you land perfectly and do it a ton and you will get good at it its not hard it just takes a little time
Mar 7 2010 10:17AM
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Lemuel
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Phew, i thought i had lost hope in NS.  Obviously you aren't landing in the afterbang position. 

For real though, spot your landing, get a grab in there to stabilize yourself, and then stomp the shit out of the landing.
Mar 7 2010 10:35AM
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Pig
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When your going up the lip keep a wide stance with your shins pressed firmly against the tongue of your boots. When you spin keep your core tight. When you land keep your eyes up, looking towards the top of the hill. Stomp that shit and ride out clean.

Mar 7 2010 1:13PM
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ike.
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what skis you ridin??? stiffness of skis is a factor
Mar 7 2010 1:15PM
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HeathR
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i think dragging the hands is not from not knowing how to ride switch but from landing with you weight over your noses. But yes practice them enough and you will start to land in a better position.
Mar 17 2010 11:52AM
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nickmcnutt
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Do sit ups, be more compact/low think football player stance
Mar 17 2010 12:32PM
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LAME.
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If your alwyas afterbangin like you should be it wouldnt happen!

Mar 17 2010 12:46PM
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JoshHotz
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Jeahfterbang
Mar 17 2010 5:29PM
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aquinn
Posts: 824 - Karma: 217
put your hands in your pockets and focus on heavyhead...
Mar 17 2010 6:49PM
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tride
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Bend your knees when you land.

The hand drag is caused by landing switch with your legs locked and then, because something has to give under the impact, you end up breaking forward at the waist.

Pretty simple really, just focus on absorbing the landing impact with your legs, and the hand drag will be gone.
Mar 17 2010 6:51PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
wrong. go ahead and try to land off a 5ft. jump with your legs locked. see what happens. dragging your hands would be the least of your worries.
Mar 17 2010 10:05PM
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FiveCrew
Posts: 436 - Karma: 157
id love to see him try this, i think it would look more like heavy head to the max instead of your hands dragging
Mar 17 2010 10:35PM
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Ducky.
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sounds like it should work
Mar 17 2010 11:46PM
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austinmetsch
Posts: 525 - Karma: 17
landing with your legs locked will cause an extremely badly bruised femur and an even worse bruised tibia. i know from experience. do not do it. i got out lucky for what happened. i almost broke my femur.
Mar 17 2010 11:57PM
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boyd
Posts: 217 - Karma: 256
leave the lip with some shin pressure and when you spot the landing focus on hitting the snow with your whole foot (not just landing on your toes), maybe even focus on landing on your heels. bend your knees upon impact and you're set.
Mar 18 2010 2:10AM
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ben-jamm-in
Posts: 344 - Karma: 174
jeaa will haha. i used to have this problem. be strong when you land and spot the shit out of your landing when you're forward just before you land.
Mar 18 2010 3:11AM
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introvert
Posts: 4718 - Karma: 1,482
Where you head goes the rest of your body follows. Look up at the top of the jump when you land and your head will not go down.
Mar 18 2010 3:31PM
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Caleb.E
Posts: 3556 - Karma: 1,015

this will help some, i would all so suggest you work of just 180s to get the feel for landing switch with out all the motion then work on 5s more!

or your could just after beang the shit out of the jump and not fix any thing about waht yoour doing exsept keep your hands tucked in!

Oct 27 2010 10:31PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9215 - Karma: 5,398
here's a good one, try doing them on rollerblades cause you certainly can't put your hands down and not fall while skating. otherwise, land leaning back a little more,
Oct 27 2010 10:35PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Don't look at the landing right when you're touching down.
Oct 27 2010 10:43PM
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H8CH
Posts: 2709 - Karma: 218
practice doing lots of big 1's.....
Oct 27 2010 10:50PM
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iSmokeweed
Posts: 4793 - Karma: 1,370
1)do a 540
2)place hands behind back
3)avoid hand dragging
4)???????
5)Profit
Oct 27 2010 11:14PM
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willy_baller
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Oct 27 2010 11:18PM
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