V1 Technique

This is the basic and most versatile skating technique that we introduced on Tuesday. The skating that they are doing out of the start is pretty exaggerated with such a high turnover and not very much glide, but this video has some good slow motion as well where you can really look at the compression that they are getting in their legs (bending knees, ankles, getting toes, knees and nose lined up over each ski) and how they get even lower on uphills. It's also good to notice their tight poling with poles/arms close to the body and poles being planted at an angle, not perpendicular to the snow for more efficient weight transfer (you put your poles in perpendicular to the ground and that's where your energy goes - into the ground! but you want it to keep moving you forward). Planting poles at an angle will make your arm strokes much more fluid and efficient.