Shifties in Spins

really get comfortable on your spins and spin on different size jumps, just work on being Abe to pull the spin around after the shiftey

tripleabatteriesreally get comfortable on your spins and spin on different size jumps, just work on being Abe to pull the spin around after the shiftey

very constructive tip



"how to shifty with spins ?"

"work on being able to do shifties with spins"



Have you ever considered a coaching job with the national freestyle team ?

-emile-very constructive tip



"how to shifty with spins ?"

"work on being able to do shifties with spins"



Have you ever considered a coaching job with the national freestyle team ?

I'm just that good, but I didn't say work on being able to spin with shifteys lol

**This post was edited on Jan 5th 2021 at 6:40:41pm

Just try small shifties at first and gradually make them more and more tweaked

Back in the days when I skied park I put a decent amount of work into trying to learn this. It’s hard because you are kind of deliberately fucking up the fluidity of your rotation so you have to be confident in your balance in the air and your ability to spot landings. My advice would be to get shifty 180s down in your sleep. Then when you move to 360s it is a very similar motion but your upper body is continuing instead of stalling. It’s almost like your skis are doing a straight air while your body turns down to rotate and then your legs are kind of drug along once your range of motion is maxed out. All other things being equal throwing a shifty into a rotation is almost a guarantee to under rotate, so you almost need to try to do a 450 to get it solidly, it’s almost smoother to get it that way too then to have to unwind to land.

Back in the days when I skied park I put a decent amount of work into trying to learn this. It’s hard because you are kind of deliberately fucking up the fluidity of your rotation so you have to be confident in your balance in the air and your ability to spot landings. My advice would be to get shifty 180s down in your sleep. Then when you move to 360s it is a very similar motion but your upper body is continuing instead of stalling. It’s almost like your skis are doing a straight air while your body turns down to rotate and then your legs are kind of drug along once your range of motion is maxed out. All other things being equal throwing a shifty into a rotation is almost a guarantee to under rotate, so you almost need to try to do a 450 to get it solidly, it’s almost smoother to get it that way too then to have to unwind to land.

Two pointers that someone told me when I was learning this that helped a lot....

1. When first learning shifties and spins do the shifty later in your rotation. Think about it with a shifty 3. It's WAY harder to shifty right away at the first 90 and then wrap a full 270 before you have to land than it is to basically do a 270 spin and as you're almost fully forward again do a little shifty before you land. As you get more comfortable, shifty when you're at 180, then further and further. Eventually you'll have it dialed where you want it.

2. Keep the head looking the way that you want to go and let the feet and legs do the shifty. That way the bulk of your weight and momentum will finish the spin.

Good luck!

tripleabatteriesI'm just that good, but I didn't say work on being able to spin with shifteys lol

**This post was edited on Jan 5th 2021 at 6:40:41pm

yes, you practically did. "work on being able to pull the spin around after the shiftey"

*shifty

smh

backyardcrackeryes, you practically did. "work on being able to pull the spin around after the shiftey"

*shifty

smh

i guess but i shouldve worded it differently

tripleabatteriesreally get comfortable on your spins and spin on different size jumps, just work on being Abe to pull the spin around after the shiftey

ok let me edit this basically just have good air control and good shifteys

Gotta make sure the spin is completely set before you shifty. Ur probs doing it too early. Its a lot easier on bigger jumps cuz its easier to fully set the spin, then grab/shifty