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I have a problem landing the second turn.  I hit right foot first, seem to drift/weight shift toward the trig, then plant the left foot.   At the point where I pull and lift, I end up doing a heal pivot on my right foot because my weight is centered.   I know this is draining power.  It's easy enough to feel the different in strength and duration of a toe pivot and a heal pivot.  But I'm not sure how to visualize what I need to do/change.

I'm wondering if you have a recommendation on how to visualize that landing.  Are feet supposed to land simultaneously (or in very rapid succession) to minimize drift?   

You can see the heal pivot here at about 12 seconds: 

 

You're way more right than wrong in that video.

 

I'm going to preface this by pointing out that I am in no way, shape or form even good at this event but we can hope for some of that "those who can't do...teach" mojo or something.

 

To answer your question, yeah. Ideally the feet land a little closer to the same time but it's not exactly simultaneous. I think the biggest things you could do would be to a) put a little more knee bend in there and keep it. b) wait a heartbeat longer before you transition again. The other trigger you can try for that is "sink". You don't necessarily HAVE to actually sink, but it's a decent trigger and it may keep you with "soft" knees. This is especially true on your last one where you "spun through" the release a little. Mind you, your legs were already pretty much straight, so it's hard to get a good lift with the hips and legs.

 

The hardest thing to do while driving into each turn with the hips is to fight the urge to lift the weight into the turn by extending the legs and hips too far. It makes the next turn almost completely a pivot instead of a powerfully blocked extend and drive.

 

Here's a great vid of some of the best (ignoring the fact that I would have fouled Betz and Brock in a heartbeat. Dirty pro cheaters )