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Los Angeles Angels' Playoff Preview: Are They Truly from Heaven?September 16, 2008
Well, I think we all could see this coming.
In a division filled with an abundance of disappointments and surprises, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are October-bound once again.
Coming into a season where the Seattle Mariners were expected to test the perennial elite of the AL West, only to fall flat on their faces as the season started, the Angels were supposed to be put to the test for the first time in more than a few years.
Before the regular season even started, they were without their No.1 and No. 2 starters, John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar, which prompted the sporting world to think that this might be the year that the Angels do not take the AL West.
Clearly, the Angels did not hear about this new widespread belief.
They acquired Torii Hunter, in a move to fortify the aging Angels in the outfield. They also acquired veteran righty Jon Garland from the Chicago White Sox for model citizen Orlando Cabrera, in an attempt to help shore up their already impressive pitching staff.
The Halos also made the biggest splash at the trading deadline, landing star first baseman Mark Teixeira from the Braves, giving them more pop to protect Vladimir Guerrero.
The Angels are known for playing baseball the right way: utilizing great pitching, fielding, baserunning, contact hitting, and baseball fundamentals in a formula that grants them a spot in the postseason year after year.
The formula is clearly working again this year, as they burst out of the gates with a 20-9 mark in April, and currently sit at 92-57 with the division under wraps.
So now the question comes: Can they actually succeed in the postseason?
They have made the playoffs five times in this decade, four times via a division title. The only time in their franchise's history that they got the AL Pennant was in 2002, when they came in as the wild card and knocked out Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants.
Ever since, the month of October has not generated kind memories for them.
They were swept in the ALDS in both 2004 and 2007 by the eventual World Series Champion Boston Red Sox. In 2005, they lost in five games to the Chicago White Sox in the ALCS, who also went on to win the World Series.
The prime reasons for the Angels' postseason struggles have been their lack of protection for Vladimir Guerrero, a lack of overall pop in the lineup, and some relative inexperience of their younger players.
However, this year, the Angels are led by a core group of veterans that are infused with young talent. Youngsters Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders, Jered Weaver, Jose Arredondo, Sean Rodriguez, and Jeff Mathis could all play key parts this postseason.
Santana, Saunders, and Weaver are all candidates to be behind John Lackey in the playoff rotation. Arredondo teams up with veteran Scot Shields to bridge the gap to Francisco Rodriguez. Sean Rodriguez and Jeff Mathis are both starters, at second base and catcher respectively, and will have to produce to help out the offense.
Oh, and then there's that guy Teixeira. He has played in just six playoff games, hitting .591 (13/22), with a home run and six RBI.
The Halos will square off with either the Red Sox or Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS, and as for that, only time will tell whom.
Against the upstart Rays, the Angels have the advantage of greater playoff experience, better all-around pitching, and the crucial home-field advantage. The Rays are a meager 35-38 on the road, compared to 53-22 at home. The Angels are equally tough at home and on the road, posting a 49-29 and 43-28 mark respectively.
Against the Red Sox, the Angels will have to get the monkey off their backs at some point. Having been swept the past two times they have met in the postseason, the Angels will still have it fresh on their minds.
The Red Sox, like the Rays, are not so good away from home. The Angels will have the advantage there and in their pitching depth, especially in the bullpen. The Red Sox have a more potent lineup, even without Manny Ramirez, and benefit from more playoff experience.
The Angels should beat the Rays in four, or the Red Sox in five.
In the ALCS, they will probably face the other AL East team who played the White Sox, since I do not believe that Chicago can manufacture runs as well as either team in tight situations.
The Angels will get to their second ever World Series, and will take on the Chicago Cubs.
In what will be one of the best World Series to watch in recent memory, the Angels will battle for six games before clinching their second ever title in Angel Stadium.


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What a weekend it will be for St. Xavier High School football coach Steve Specht. Wednesday, the league released news that Specht will be named the winner of the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award.The prestigious award will be presented Friday morning at 9 a.m. in New Orleans. As of mid-afternoon Wednesday, Specht hadnt been officially notified he had won the Award, so he spoke of the honor of simply being nominated by Seattle Seahawks rookie Greg Scruggs. Im stunned, Specht said. You talk about what you try to accomplish with a program. A lot of peoples hard work goes into something like this. Just the fact I could be there to receive an award for the school is tremendous. The fact that Greg Scruggs cared enough about me is really humbling. The Award was named after Shula in 2010, and is given to honor high school coaches who demonstrate the integrity, achievement and leadership of Shula. When I got a call about being nominated it was form an administrative assistant in Seattle, Specht said. My first thought when I heard who it was was, Oh no, what did he do? He laughed, then talked about how it meant so much for Scruggs to recognize him. Were trying to develop men, he said. Ultimately at the high school level your No. 1 goal is to take boys and develop them into men. People who are principled, men of high character, who know how important it is to give back. We want them to be the best they can be every single day. If they do that, the wins take care of themselves. When a young man who makes it to the pinnacle of his profession in football cares enough about the school and what we do to make that kind of nomination, it speaks volumes about what we do as coaches. For Specht, the award means a trip to New Orleans, where he will be a special guest of the league at Sundays Super Bowl and other league events. Cross that one off the bucket list, he said, adding he likes the 49ers. He has been coach of the Bombers since 2004, and won Division I State championships in 2005 and 2007, both years the Bombers went 15-0. In his nine seasons Xavier has gone 86-27. Shula will present the award to Specht. Hes a legend, Specht said. When your name is associated however remotely with a Hall of Famer and one of the most successful coaches in the history of the NFL, its kind of like going to a party and looking around and seeing all these impressive people and wondering, Why am I here? There are Ohio connections everywhere in this award. Shula grew up in Grand River, and went to John Carroll. Specht is a Xavier High graduate. And Walsh coach Gerry Rardin won the Award before it was named after Shula. Too, St. X grad Luke Kuechly could be given the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award. Specht will receive 10,000 for the award, St. Xaviers football program 15,000. I might be accepting an award, Specht said. But its for the entire school.
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I want to make them for some miniature substitutes till we get the minis.
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You can get Wooden Ships and Iron Men for $7 plus shipping from here.
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Former Israeli prime minster Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for almost five years, may return home within days, according to a family friend and Israeli media reports.
Sharon, 82, the political and military hero of the Israeli right, has been in a hospital bed since January 2006, after suffering a massive stroke. He is now in a vegetative state in the respiratory rehabilitation unit in Sheba medical centre, near Tel Aviv.
The former hawkish Likud leader – who went on to form the centrist Kadima party – will be moved to Sycamore Ranch, his vast farm in the western Negev, not far from the Gaza strip.
The ranch, where his wife is buried, was known as the beloved retreat of the man widely despised in the Arab world for his role in the massacres at Sabra and Chatila refugee camps outside Beirut in 1982.
Raanan Gissin, a former Sharon adviser and family friend, confirmed that he "will be moved in the next few days, but the exact date cannot be disclosed for security reasons".
Gissin said "the family has been looking forward to the move for a long time, but now everything is ready in the farm".
The family and hospital officials have declined to comment on Sharon's exact condition. Gissin said the former prime minister was breathing independently and not attached to a respirator. However, he added that Sharon occasionally needed an oxygen mask.
The Israeli daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot said police had received notice of the expected transfer, saying that it was planned for the weekend.
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Zeev Rotstein, head of Sheba medical centre, will meet the Sharon family tomorrow to "hear their wishes", a spokesman for the hospital said. "We as a hospital will do everything to help them with their plans," he said.
The centre issued a statement last night saying hospital staff had begun talking to the family about his release almost two years ago.
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A parliamentary committee this week approved 1.6m Israeli shekels (£272,500) in annual funding for Sharon's medical treatment.


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WACO, Texas - Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will hold its third annual convocation at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, in the chapel at First Baptist Church of Waco, 500 Webster.
Dr. Brad Creed, dean of the seminary, will present his first address as dean. Creed was named dean in January, succeeding Dr. Robert B. Sloan Jr., who now serves as president of Baylor.
Dr. A.J. Conyers, professor of theology, will give the invocation with Dr. Liz Ngan, associate professor of Christian Scriptures, providing the Scripture reading. Sloan will give the benediction.
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We have something to confess: Ellie Goulding and Calvin Harris are our musical OTP (that's "one true pairing" for those not matchmaking celebrities in their heads all day).
While we know they're not together in real life (she's dating mega-foxy British actor Jeremy Irvine, while he's with singer Rita Ora), you can't blame us for thinking that way after watching their so-sweet-it's-giving-me-a-cavity music video for "I Need Your Love"! "We wanted the video to really be 'love,'" Ellie told ANDPOP's Caity Babcock. "People try to do that all the time and sometimes there's no connection."
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Archaeologists have made an important discovery in Essex, England: a large Roman road connecting Essex and London and a whole new Roman town.
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The days of summer dawn clear and warm, and the dreaded monster Grendel has dragged himself from the murky depths intent on laying waste to our fair shire once again!
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For Sale Privately.
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lying at Grassy Lick, five miles
West of Mt. Sterling. Terra? to.
suit the purchaser. This farm is
within i mile of church and school
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sold at once.
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ornery Jcoanty, adjoining the
hods of James and John W.
Clark. It has on it a splendid
residence, also a good barn, crib,
baggybome, covrhoase and a fine
mil cellar, and water all the time.
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me at Sharpsburgand I will show
you the ur emiss.
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Initial Stationery.
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in stock.
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in stock.
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Transfer and Carriage.
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wagon to meet all trains. 'Phone
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for Sale.
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roa eca's reiaove thee unsightly
tns from my hands."
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ropodist," "WeUr"
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my reputation on such a job as that.
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safe blower."
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as bad."
"The British suffragettes are
threatening to blow up parliament."
"Oh, that sort of talk is merely
"There are queer things sometime
about straight tickets."
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Miss Oldgirl I wish, professor,
you would give me a few wrinkles.
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fair share, madam.
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iaiscences "aith ir goest, ap
parendy without tar thought of re
tiring. " EleTen o'dock ce and 12
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ness. Doctor Qy!e yawaed polite
ly and rubbed his drooping eyelids.
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chair. His hostess eyed the time
piece with growing alar- The very
air was drowsy, but no one smed
able to end the awkward situation.
Finally, as the clock chimed 1 :30
o'clock, his hostess asked deprecat
ingly, but with a note of desperation
in her voice : s
"Brother Quayle, when do you go
to bed?"
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Doctor Quayle meekly.
Following ii a list of days'Couu
ty Courts are held in counties near
Mt. Sterling.
Bath. Owingsville. 2d Monday.
Bourbon Pans. 1st Monday.
Clark. Winchester. 4th Monday.
Fayette, Lexugton, 2d Monday.
Fleming, Flemragsburg 4 th
Harrison, Cynthiana 4th M"D
day. Madison, Richmond, 1st Mod
Montgomery, Mt. Sterling, ;:rd
Nicholas. Carlisle. 2nd Monday.
Eggs 20c per dozen at Vanais-
for Sale.
A nice improved place of 20
acres on Levee pike 2 miles from
Mt. Sterling. E. H. Moss.
Phone 693-a Mt. Sterling, Ky.
I have all my accounts made out
and would appreciate it if you
would call and settle if you are in- J
ueoteu to me.
S. P. Greemvarie.
Highest Market Price Paid
Poultry and
G.D, Sullivan Sfo.
W. Ucuit Street Mt. Sterling,
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After almost a decade in retirement, Mick McDonald, former founder member, vocalist and bassist of country band, A Band Named Sioux, will be returning to the road under the name of The Night Porter.
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Mick McDonald has toured extensively in the UK, especially during the 1990s, with ABNS, releasing three studio albums and sharing the stage with the likes of Billie Joe Spears and Jeannie C. Riley.
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Skip to comments.Clueless Congress Unable to Connect to America's Message
Posted on 12/17/2010 1:09:11 PM PST by Ron C.
President Obamas deal with congressional Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts that has now been passed by both the House and the Senate and will be signed by him this week suggests a fundamental misreading -- by Democrats and Republicans alike -- of the implications of Novembers historic election. Not only that but it suggests as well the failure of the president and both parties to deal in a rational way with the new balance of power in Washington.
Coming on the heels of the Bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report, which underscored the need to significantly reduce and ultimately eliminate the national debt that is more than $13 trillion, not increase it even more, we are deeply alarmed by the willingness of President Obama and both parties to sacrifice the national interest for political gain -- with a deal which at best can be viewed as the meeting in the middle of two failed policies.
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Sadly, even some of the newcomers seem to think it was the Ethanol Party that got them elected.
Well Jim... a 3rd party will never make it. But, what would help enormously would be conservatives getting serious about owning their local and state levels of the GOP. They simply don't, and have not, for all too many years. Just darken the door of your own district committee - and see what lurks there, voting, and moving non-conservatives up the political ladder.
Well, your heart's in the right place, but that would provide us with a defense allowance of about $ 150.00 per year for each active duty member of our armed forces. So, if everything went to salary (no new or replacement equipment or supplies), we'd have to get them to serve for less than three dollars per week.
Everything is very expensive these days and it's time to start cutting everywhere we can, but we have to be realistic about what we need to spend for an adequate defense.
The American people will not be mocked by a political class whose definition of bipartisanship is the bankrupting of the United States.
True dat!
We will not be mocked by a 'ruling class' be it Democrat or Republican.
Well - I agree wholeheartedly - and I won't quibble numbers much, but when I think of 13 trillion dollars evaporating over just the last five years or so - one ten thousandth of which is $13,000,000,000 - I think we could pay our soldiers at least triple what they currently get.
But more important than salary for soldiers is the equipment we give them to fight with. INHO, our 'leaders' have allowed that to stagnate to insufferable levels.
fumble-finger preview to no avail! LOL
About $150 per head.
Defense is expensive!
[President Obama negotiated the deal with the GOP in secret without the input of a single Democratic leader, which he then tried to sell to the Democrats by distributing to each of the Democratic lawmakers a bar graph labeled "What WE Got" and "What THEY Got." (According to the graph, "we" got more than "they."]
Methinks Patrick Caddell and Douglas Schoen have forgotten that the RATS are still in power.
Let's revisit their thoughts and ideas, say, six months from now. I expect they will be amazed.
The LAME DUCK Congress is connecting to the message and ramming as much of The Agenda through as they possibly can at the eleventh hour. That is far from clueless.
Let hope we are all amazed!
Sorry but it isn't congress that is clueless it is the American people and voters and yes that includes a lot of posters here on FR.
What most fail to realize is that socialists do not care what the sheep want or think, they only care about what they want.
So it's the stupid American people that don't get it.
'We The People' are the most culpable of all - in that 'we' don't act as our Founders expected - and our Grandfathers once were committed to. 'We' opted for doing virtually nothing - other than watching TV, partying, vacationing, going to ball games - and generally burying 'our' heads in the sand.
The problem is that being a 'watchmen on the wall' takes lots of time and effort AND MONEY - from everyone. Noting that there are monthly meetings of our political parties, in our local districts and counties - yet less than .01 percent of 'conservatives' care enough to ever darken the doors of any of these very important meetings.
The lazy American 'conservative' should be term-limited in my estimation... you lose your right to vote if you don't attend to your duty as a citizen on a continuous basis... and that means caring enough to get in the car, turn the ignition key and drive to these KEY meetings, where you live.
Likely less than .04 percent of FReepers attend any local political party meetings, much less assist in GOTV or contribute a moment of their precious time to assisting conservative candidates in campaign necessities.
Love this quote, wanted to say it again!! So fitting for the 111th.
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, we won't get fooled again!"
But we will won't we?
Not only that but the so called "conservative" media is also clueless because they continue to report on the distractions of the left hand while the socislists are wrecking our country with the right hand.
Or, IOW, go on offense.
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I have made some observations that might make you ski better. I am not skiing as well without my baggie dry suit. I think it was like a parachute slowing me down in the turn. Since taking it off I have been devoting a lot of time trying to figure out what I need to do, short of skiing with a my dry suit year round. Before taking off skiing for 3 plus years, I could constantly run -38 and run an occasional -39 on a 2000 CDX Adrenaline. Now back on the water at age 53, I am struggling and have only run a few, very few, -38s. In watching a lot of the pros videos I believe that most spend twice as much time losing speed as they do generating it. I also believe that most split the course into two sides. One side to gain speed and the other side to lose it. I hear people talk about how far past the wake to pull. Watch closer and I think you will see that most of the better skiers do not pull past the center of the wake. And take your stop watch and see if you agree that most 36 mph skiers pull for 0.7 (+ or -) second and the next 1.4 (+ or -) seconds is spent slowing down. The exception is, I noticed at -39 and -41 the pull is slightly longer in time and distance. Look at videos of your self with a stop watch and see what you find. There are not a lot of 34mph skiers for me to time that I could find, but I did time a video of Steve Schnitzer (28 thru 41 off) that he has posted towards the bottom on his home page. http://www.schnitzskis.com/ In watching him and timing him, I think he breaks the norm. He is so efficient that his times are more balanced, which makes good sense. Why generate speed then get rid of it. For a while recently, I would watch his video before skiing and try to ski like him. I am also a 34 mph skier and became relatively consistent at -28, -32 and some times at -35, but no way could I run -38 trying his style. I wish I could but I couldnt. I think he is much stronger than he appears in the video. He looks like he is putting no strength in his pulls, just an efficient path through the course. I also noticed that his ski rides and turns with a tip high attitude. I feel like my tip has to go down to turn, but then bites too much so I start putting too much weight on my rear leg, them the ski does not slow down and the result is a wheelie and my turn does not connect to my pull. This poor technique will get me through -35, but I want to get back to smooth -38s. I have tried different skies and different adjustments but I am pretty convinced that my problem is not under my feet, it is between my ears. I hope some of this can help some of you and spark some dialogue that will lead to improvement for all of us. I would like to see some input from some of the really smart people out there.
You have brought up some good points in your observations, especially about splitting the course in half. It is all about efficiency of movement. Two rules to remember are: (1) It isn't lean behind the boat that generates acceleration but lean in the direction of travel that generates acceleration. (2) It isn't angle that gives you speed but speed that gives you angle.
Having spent a good part of my life flying Jet Fighters with two Combat Tours you learned your life could depend on "Energy Maneuverability," which translates to the Slalom Course as "Efficiency of Movement," thus keeping your speed up. Also, from driving Formula Race Cars up through Indy cars, I learned a lot about the importance of proper setup for the track and conditions you race in. Plus once again, the importance of sustaining your speed and energy at all times.
Since retiring three years ago I have devoted a significant amount of time to bringing all these concepts to the Slalom Course. Laying out the Slalom Course as a six turn race course and asking myself how I would setup the car and drive it. As an example a race term called "Trail Braking," translates directly to "Counter Rotation." Also setting up the Race Car for tight consecutive turns would entail Negative Camber and High Downforce which translates to Length and Depth of the Fin plus Wing Angle.
Finally, what I came up with is a form of Slalom I call "Quantum Pendular Dynamics." With two primary concepts being, "Sequential Center of Mass Projection," and "Sustained Angular Momentum." I could speak for hours on this subject and it continues to be a work in progress.
As an example, you were correct in dividing the course in half. Think of the first half as the downswing of the pendulum where you want to GAIN your momentum and the second half, the upswing, where you want to SUSTAIN your momentum. Two good sources of info concerning this are Schnitz's article, "The X Factor "and Chris Rossi's articles, "Skiing the Impossible Line" and " The Power Triangle." Both available on Wade's website ProSkiCoach.Com
Hope this may help in some manner and continue to observe and think outside the BOX.
Best Regards, ED
EdJohnson wrote:
As an example, you were correct in dividing the course in half. Think of the first half as the downswing of the pendulum where you want to GAIN your momentum and the second half, the upswing, where you want to SUSTAIN your momentum. [...]
I agree with this basic characterization, and have always said that understanding pendulum physics is important to understanding slalom skiing. However, one point no one seems to mention is that the last "half" (so to speak) of the "upswing" involves some understanding of how a "double pendulum" behaves.
Here's an interesting video that show an uncontrolled double pendulum:
The Dbl. pendulum also exemplifies the the perfect Golf swing. (at least between the shoulders and the club head) This also is most of what separates the pro's from the week end warriors. The ave. guy swings the club more like a Baseball bat and lacks the club head speed and sweet spot contact point of the pro's. Not to mention, the ave. guy try's to achieve this with a tight muscler grip and brute force. Flailing away like a wind mill. While the Pro grips it lighty and effortlessly Rip the Ball efficiently with the use and effect of the dbl. pendulum...
I can indentify with Budman's turn example. If I set the ski up so that it will have more acceleration It doesn't want to decellerate very well. If I move the bindings fwd. or reduce the DFT it stops well, but is not quick enuf cross course. I would Love to run my Bindings back more, but I tend to get too much ski out in front of me aft. the apex and it gets unstable and wobbly and will at times wheelie, the Line will sometimes even go under the ski right B4 the hook up and dump me instantly.
For me, I think it's a real flaw in my technique that likes to feel the tip down and stable clear through the turn. I've found that w/o enuf tip rise at the end of the turn it is almost impossible to fall back smoothly into a Good Pull position. These things make me herky/jerky and a bit stop & go.
I'm also guilty of sporactic Handle control and Handle positioning coming into the Buoy... (and about 100 other things as well!)
Last edited by h20dawg79 (Mon, Jun 21, 2010 1:10 PM)
Well this topic really hit a nerve for me!
So what about the new to the course skier who is trying to run 15 off at 30 MPH. Do these principles still apply? I feel like I am pulling to long and then rushing my edge change thereby increasing the slack in the rope. Should I still only pull until about half way through(between both wakes) and when should I let go of the handle? Also, What do you do with your hands after you edge change but before you let go of the handle?
at 15off and slower speeds the pendulum effect is not there "as much", but it is still there. All the more reason to be in the right alignment and body position, esspecially through the acceleration phases. You generally do have to pull longer for 15off because you are not able to load the pendulum enough and thus are not able to create as much speed out to the buoy.
A common traight with long line skiers myself included is pulling to long when we get to -22 and -28, you must have much better timing, load later and use the pendulum to your advantage more than -15 as at the longer line you can pull just about whenever you want and run the pass
focus on proper body position and movement at 15off and slower speeds, with adequate body position you will be able to run the 15off passes effortlessly, then shortening it to -22 and beyond the pendulum effect becomes that much more apparhent.
Thanks for the link TW. I have never seen that before and was very fascinated by it. I agree with you and Ed about pendulum comparison and have used it as an example in explaining slalom course skiing in the past to others. I used an example describing getting from #1 to #2. Picture yourself lying on an inner tube out by #1 turn buoy as a boat speeds past. Picture there being a 40 rope connected to the tube and a loop at the lane (path of boat) for some sort hook in the boat to connect to as it passed. As the boat grabs the loop and pulls you on the tube, you would move somewhat in direction of the wake and down course, which you need to get to #2. Now picture apply any pressure on the rope after passing the center of the wake; you would be working against the natural tendency of the boat pulling you back to the wakes. I try to think of that side of the course being free of the boat until I connect out of the turn.
As interesting as the double pendulum is in the link, I cant quite picture it correlating with slalom skiing. (i.e. could a double pendulum work with a section of rope as used in skiing? or skiing with a stiff bar as used in the double pendulum.) The double pendulum has two pivot points whereas a rope has an infinite number of pivot points. Also, and possibly more importantly, I think the double pendulum is so wild acting because some of the actions and reactions are from energy transfer through pushing unlike a rope where there is no pushing, but only pulling. I truly enjoy thinking about these sorts of things.
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Staks, in my opinion you can divide the course in half and get the same pendulum affect at -15, however, you MUST be in the proper proportion. (length to width) You MUST ski the course to imaginary buoys that are about 12 to 15 feet wider than the real turn buoy. Remember, this starts with the width of the pull out and carries the whole way through.
As for the hands and handle; feel strongly connected to the handle in a relaxed way (body core to handle). You let go because you have skied away from it and your inside arm has become an extension of the rope. There is nothing wrong with skiing with both hands on through the course and it can be beneficial with some training exercises.
Also Staks, since you are new to the course, there is some information on this site that Wayne has dedicated only to Power users. I would encourage you to spend the one dollar a week to gain access to that information and the other features for Power users. Wayne puts a lot into this site for all of us to take advantage of for free. It feels good to show him we appreciate it with that little single dollar a month. But you dont have to; he welcomes everyone because he promotes the sport to keep it alive.
Staks, IMO at 15off-30mph, you will need to pull past the second wake due to the lack of angle/speed that is created at that level of skiing. Focus on body position coming off the ball. Put the handle on your outside hip and hold that past the second wake. The more you can do that, the more angle and speed you will carry through the wakes. The mistake most skiers make when they are learning the course is that they let up through the wakes, and then lean again after them. This only loads the rope like a rubber band right before the buoy. Your strongest position at 15 off should be right before the wakes and carried through them. As the line shortens, and the boat speed increases, the two-side effect comes into play due to the increased cross-course speed. You need to generate the speed earlier than you currently are. When you get to the ball, try to sit on it(thanks Wade Cox), especially on your onside. This will drop your hips and roll the ski over. It will feel goofy at first, but it really works. Good luck and welcome to the addiction.
BudMan wrote:
As interesting as the double pendulum is in the link, I cant quite picture it correlating with slalom skiing. (i.e. could a double pendulum work with a section of rope as used in skiing? or skiing with a stiff bar as used in the double pendulum.) [...]
I think you would understand it better if you read the Bruce Butterfield article I mentioned earlier. Unfortunately, that article (in its original form) seems to no longer exists - except in the archives of guys like me who saved it to their own hard drives.
However, a partial hybrid editing of that article (mixed in with other information by the same author) can be found here: http://ballofspray.com/tech-articles/87 … le-control
Sadly, this more current article contains only a tiny glimmer of the original "Butterfield's Law", but in the original article the concept of double-pendulum physics (without being called that) was far more evident.
Note a couple of points that may be gleaned from the above article addressing your concerns:
1) when the rope is loaded it acts in a similar manner to a rigid arm of a pendulum; for this reason the functional pivot point for the "double pendulum" is the handle
2) your characterization of the skier being "free of the boat" beginning at the centerline is not entirely accurate for many top slalom skiers; while they may not be actively "pulling", the rope remains loaded and they maintain pressure against it until the release - at which time they employ techniques that mimic some aspects of a double pendulum.
At least one top ski coach teaches that your ski needs to be on a pulling edge from spray-to-spray; outbound, that's about 8 - 10 feet past the second wake. This coach is 50+ years old and regularly skis into -41' in tournaments; from the boat I've personally watched him get 3 balls at -41', and I know he's run a full -41' in practice a number of times.
The most important information we can take from Bruce Butterfield's writings (and from the teachings of the coach I am referring to) is that the longer we are able to stay connected to the boat (through the handle/rope), the better we will ski. Being "free of the boat" from the second wake to the ball will ultimately NOT take you where you want to go.
Fantastic reply's and a great article- it really makes sense for the new to the course skier. I am wondering if I need to try to learn proper postion first by not letting go of the rope because it sounds like I really don't need to at 15 off. I have been to ski school a few times and the coaches that I worked with still wanted me to let go of the handle but this is probably not needed right now. What do you guys think?
Also yes I need to become a power user as it will be more beneficial for me and for the movement altogether!
staks21 wrote:
I have been to ski school a few times and the coaches that I worked with still wanted me to let go of the handle but this is probably not needed right now. What do you guys think?
I would say yes, but only briefly, because it will keep you from starting your turn with your shoulders. Letting go allows you to keep your upper body square with the boat, and the sooner you can master that, the better.
staks21 wrote:
Fantastic reply's and a great article- it really makes sense for the new to the course skier. I am wondering if I need to try to learn proper postion first by not letting go of the rope because it sounds like I really don't need to at 15 off. I have been to ski school a few times and the coaches that I worked with still wanted me to let go of the handle but this is probably not needed right now. What do you guys think?
At -15' the handle itself can go outside the buoy line and be more than 20 feet wider than the buoy - your ski can go even wider. Obviously, from a purely geometric standpoint, there's no "reach" required.
The reason your coaches have encouraged you to let go of the handle [with one hand] is to keep you from developing the difficult-to-break bad habit of rotating your outside shoulder around into the turn. Because you have so much extra width available, letting go is not strictly necessary, but if you keep both hands on you'll have to learn to "ski past the handle" by allowing your outside arm to stretch across your body while your shoulders remain facing downcourse. This can be a bit awkward, and because you'll eventually need to learn to let go anyway (at shorter lines), your coaches undoubtedly figure you might as well learn now.
In my opinion, the "secret" to learning to let go with one hand at long line (-15') is to keep your body upright with very little lean and very little arm extension through the turn. The only real purpose to letting go at -15' is to prevent your outside shoulder from being pulled around in the turn, resulting in blocking the finish of the turn and in undesirable (and unneeded) deceleration.
Imagine you are standing at a concert holding a camera in your hands in front of you about waist height. Now imagine that your buddy next to you asks you for the camera. You don't want to turn away from your direct view of the stage - not even a little bit - so you let go of the camera with one hand and simply extend it out to friend with the other hand, without turning your shoulders even slightly toward him. He's standing a little farther away than you thought, so you extend you arm out a little farther to give him the camera... but just as the camera reaches him he says: "Nah, forget it." so you pull the camera back in to your waist (and waiting other hand). The entire time you've never looked away from the stage and never turned your shoulders toward your buddy.
I realize that's a goofy analogy, but take a moment to stand up and act it out and see what it feels like. If you were skiing into the 1-ball, your imaginary buddy was on your left; at the 2-ball he's on your right. That's what letting go at -15' should seem like, and as the rope gets shorter you'll discover that your feet [ski] will swing out away from your reaching hand kind of automatically, and your extension will be more pronounced.
Just keep looking at the stage, 'cause you never know when that hot chick at the mic might have a "costume malfunction"...
Last edited by Thomas Wayne (Mon, Jun 21, 2010 6:21 PM)
staks21 wrote:
Well this topic really hit a nerve for me!
So what about the new to the course skier who is trying to run 15 off at 30 MPH. Do these principles still apply? I feel like I am pulling to long and then rushing my edge change thereby increasing the slack in the rope. Should I still only pull until about half way through(between both wakes) and when should I let go of the handle? Also, What do you do with your hands after you edge change but before you let go of the handle?
Many times with Slalom, you have to Back up to the last move and/or the one B4 that to begin to find the answer to your question or problem. This is one of the Reasons that you must start the course with a Good Gate shot. Even if you miss the Gates a little early, the angle and speed Must be there to get out to #1 early. @ -15/30 mph, most of us will have to have a Longer pull. (30mph makes it even Harder because unless the ski is a "Wide Ride" or you are 130lbs. the ski is sinking and NOT running at it's potential.)
WTS, Joel @ 15off Has a Really Great video of Seth Stisher running 15/30, 15/32, and 15/34. Clearly demonstrating if you have a techinically sound Pull, you still only need to pull to the center of the wakes, where the edge change then happens automatically and he then carries More then enuf speed into the turns.
BUT, he also does Not Bleed off anymore speed then necessary going thru the turn and he doesn't Bobble his body positioning and he maintains perfect "Rope Managment"... He transitions seamlessly from one segment to the next and this in turn gives him a great start into the next pull and so on. One Hand washes the other...
So, "Pulling too Long" can be the result of poor pulling tech. and/or having a less then stellar turn that preceded the Pull. And as you get begin to get behind in the course it creates catastrophic failure...
EdJohnson wrote:
flying Jet Fighters with two Combat Tours, you learned your life could depend on "Energy Maneuverability," which translates to the Slalom Course as "Efficiency of Movement,"
Ed - First, thanks for serving USA!! Second, I like the reference to Boyd's EM theory very much. I've studied this and am certain it is key to slalom (first principle) that almost all other moves, techniques, etc.. are knowingly or not aimed to accomplish. Would like to hear more of your thoughts on this. My take is that keeping speed up is key to less planing angle & side slip angle which buys efficiency - delaying load until you are moving faster across the wake by keeping speed/energy up in turns results in less drag and more acceleration. Alternatively, loading up early out of turn when you are slow (or because you over slowed and/or lose balance from disconnected line load) kills energy efficiency. I also think staying connected to rope (pendulum) as your path arcs up to side of boat reduces lateral force requirement from ski, which reduces ski side-slip angle and preserves energy.
On how this applies to longer lines - having progressed up to max speed (34mph) and started down the rope over the last 2 years, I believe there is a lack of theory specific to lower level skiing. The keys for very short line discussed here are great to incorporate in your skiing for when you get to a more advanced level, but the priorities are significantly different. It is very hard not to overload early at long lines because the angle of the rope pulls you relatively straight down the course. Higher turn speed helps a ton, but to do this, you have to let your ski cast out at a very extreme angle to the course centerline (more so than short line) and end up with handle way down-course relative to your mass center & even further from your ski. This makes the smooth fast arcing passes the short-line people are going for really tough. I've been wondering if it wouldn't be better to just ski more buoy-to-buoy on the handle in good position and get through to at least -22' at max speed as quickly as possible to where the advanced concepts become top priority. One last thing on skiing slower speed - it sure seems that planing angle vs speed should be compensated w/ setup so skis behave somewhat close to the way they are supposed to - like maybe bindings .5-.75" forward (relative to 34/36mph setup) if you are working on 30mph so you arent just plowing around on the tail and actually could get a feel for a carving turn.
Great thread going here everyone - really enjoying it. Especially like more advanced skiers talking theory as applies to less advanced skiers THANKS!
Great point and observations. I believe it is better to start at 22 at a slower speed and work your way up from there. While it is true that speed gives you angle and it is best to keep your speed up through the course, what seems to never be discussed, is that a greater speed gives you greater angle with LESS LOAD.
When driving Race Cars it is a basic understanding to always keep up your speed and momentum through the course. The Slalom Course is no different than a 6 turn Road Course. While every Slalom Article I have read always talks about acceleration beginning at the hookup with two hands on the handle, no race driver would ever begin accelerating at the finish of a turn. I have attended some of the best Race Schools and all teach acceleration is from the apex. I have been working on this for some time, with three different methods, and believe it is the most efficient way to ski. I feel it is the key to efficient short line skiing in order to maximize sustained angular momentum resulting in maximum carryout and sequential Center of Mass projection to the apex.
Good luck in your continuing quest for excellence. Think outside the box.
Best regards, ED
Ed, I like your example of accellerating from the Apex. And that No driver would wait to begin their accelleration until the end of the turn.
The pendulum effect would be like a play ground swing, swinging back and forth. The Dbl. pendulum would be more like that same swing with person on board pumping their legs and moving their COM in unison to gain and sustain momentum.
The Apex in Slalom should be a lot like the bottom of the swings travel, and when done properly Like in the video of Seth @ 15/30, You can really see the dbl/ pend. effect as you watch his momentum and also Hear the speed control react to the Line load far past the apex and then only to about the center of the wakes... -accellerating from the Apex, w/o herky/jerky stop & Go's.
My turns are more like the Guy on the swing that comes flying down towards the bottom like a bat out of Hell and then arbitrarily drags his feet in the sand and has to work like a fool to get his speed and Momentum back again. -Only to drag them again @ the Next Ball!
I think I need a Handicap parking sticker for my Dbl. Pendulum...
Has anyone else timed some videos yet? If so, what have you found? If my timing is accurate with 0.7 on one side and 1.4 on the other, then doesnt that mean that the 36mph skiers that I timed are slowing down to ½ their accelerated speed in the pre-turn?
I agree that skiing a constant speed through the course makes good sense. And, skiing as straight a path as possible to each buoy makes sense.
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line and to travel a greater distance in the same time frame means going faster. But to me, it doesnt look like that is what the pro are doing.
What do you see when you watch them?
Is it possible to ski a buoy to buoy path at extreme short line?
I wish some one would do a direct overhead flyover video of someone skiing all loops with the full width of course in view. Surely everyone would benefit from this.
There should be no straight lines period. Think more in your mind of figure eights, with the ski constantly moving in relation to the handle. If you can accelerate off the apex you can do one seamless turn form the apex to carryout off the second wake.
Carryout is key to shortline skiing. It creates width and distance to the next buoy. This is what the pro skiers have mastered. Watch Chris Parrish as a prime example.
Check Six, ED
On the race car analogy, there are a lot of similarities. Tire/vehicle slip angle and ski side slip is a good one
One thing is much different though - on track it is much easier to maintain spatial orientation and the ability to see/think & react for path ahead in linked corners drivers eyes are several turns ahead or at the extent of visible track. With the track bordered by grass/gravel, curbs, elevation changes, there are way more visual references to keep oriented - I am nowhere close to on-track vision trying to spot little buoys 100-500 ft away on a pancake flat single color surface. This also seems like a big difference between water & snow skiing too.
On ski path & speed:
> wider and earlier makes for the longest skier path = good skiing
> longest path between the entry & exit gates = highest average speed (because elapsed time is constant)
> therefore: highest average speed = good skiing!
Buoy-to-buoy is shortest path & lowest average speed - and turns are tighter and therfore slower, so speed varitaion through path would be higher.
Budman, the time reference of 1.4 and 0.4 wouldn't necessarily correlate to 1/2 the time ='s 1/2 the speed. That is the Biggest difference between Me and the Pro, My Speed probably does slow down equal to 1/2 of my speed (or worse!) and the Pro only slows minimally... While using all of his momentum and most of his speed into and thru the corner.
Miski, I agree with the shortest line being the slowest and the longer line being the more effecient, faster and EASIER path...
You may want to buy a new stopwatch.
Currently, the very best "laboratory" analysis we have publicly available comes from the West Coast Slalom video. In that video frame-by-frame times, rope loads, angle of travel, etc. are all very fully studied. Among other things, Marcus Brown is shown at -32' and his times - accurately recorded in 1/100th of a second intervals - are noted.
From the apex of one turn to the middle of the wake clocks out at 1.07 seconds. From that middle point of the wake to the apex of the next turn takes another 1.47 seconds. This is nowhere near the 1:2 ratio you are proposing here - it's more like 42:58.
Simplified, that's around 2:3, but you also have to take into account that the actual ski path traveled during the "preturn" phase is much longer than the ski path traveled during the "pulling" phase. This accounts for much of the time difference, a fact also discussed in that video.
(PS: Within that video a time analysis of Terry Winter at -41' is also discussed; Suyderhoud states that the ratio of time spent on each side of the wake at that line length approaches "about 50:50".)
Last edited by Thomas Wayne (Wed, Jun 23, 2010 5:14 PM)
I try to apply some of those same roadracing principals to my skiing since I have a background in it. Where my mind jacks it up is this..... in road racing, the fastest, most efficient driver will almost always do all of his braking prior to turning the wheel in, then let the cars forward momentum roll to the apex, then get back on the gas. Where I have to be careful is that if I dump all my speed before the ski arcs back, I really have to stretch and be patient enough to let the ski clear the buoy. Width wise I don't have issues. It's keeping the velocity up enough to eat up the space in front of the buoy that sometimes hurts me. I feel like I want the ski to actually reach it's slowest point about half way between where it starts it's arc back and the apex, maintain that speed to allow me to eat up that space and then I can accelerate off the apex like I want.
Its my old eyes, old finger and old brain, not the stopwatch. Thats why I wanted some of you to time it also to compare. I think all of this helps, but is there some magic pill I can take to just ski better. I will admit though, I am not skiing as well as I used to, but I am having a lot of fun trying. Some of you make it look so easy.
How do these correlate? Speed on either side of course, time on either side of course and lineal distance from lane buoys to lane buoys at which point you cross to the other side. i.e. length is 134.5 feet; with a smooth S, do you cross at 67.25 or if you crank a turn do you cross at 34 feet?
On an older Gordon Rathbun instructional video it was determined that Andy Mapple regularly crosses the course at very close to the same point he crosses through the entrance gate - relative to the next buoy. In other words, Mapple crosses about 88 feet up-course of the next ball (actually, it was right at 27 meters up-course, IIRC).
I know that I don't do that, simply because I don't do anything in the slalom course the way Andy Mapple does it - but would that I could... would that I could.
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