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I recorded this a while ago, then got busy with life so it has taken a while to post.
Video Your Water Ski Sets
I’ve been a little frustrated trying to use my Flip video camera to record my skiing sets because the tripod mount on the camera is offset nearly al the way to one side, so when I tighten it onto my tracking mount, the horizon has gone at about a 30° angle. I finally solved this with a 20¢ washer and a foot of dental floss.
What this means is that I can once again review my water skiing sets to see where I needto continue to improve and what I’m actually doing well. It is one thing to look at your buoy count and wonder why it isn’t improving. It is another thing altogether to look at your form and understand why you aren’t improving, and even wonder why you’re doing as well as you are.
Water Ski Clinic
A few years ago I had the opportunity to attend a water ski clinic taught by Bob LaPoint. His advice to me was simple: get my position right. I needed to get stacked and stop sticking my butt out. Too bad that is the same thing that I still work on today. But seeing it played back makes it more obvious and lets me compare the feel of a turn to my body position through it.
I hope that you enjoy listening to me ramble on about this, during this installment of Weekend Water Skier.
