Snowboard Ideas: The Concepts of Rotation and Counter-Rotation – Snowboarding Days
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Are you fairly new to freestyle? Possibly you’re merely starting out alongside together with your first ollies and straight airs, or maybe you can spin 180s, 360s and expertise just some rails? If the above description fits you, in any other case you’re close to it, the subsequent is definitely worth learning.
Start fascinated with the concepts of rotation and counter-rotation
The thought of counter-rotation had in no way occurred to me until these days, so I’m guessing the an identical is true for others in an identical place.
So what’s it?
Let’s start with rotation – which is an concept that the majority people are probably conscious of, even within the occasion you haven’t broken it down on this fashion. Let’s use the occasion of spinning a frontside 180 or frontside 360. Possibly you’re attempting this on the flat, or from a small aspect hit. You’ll wind up your arms, in a position to rotate throughout the route of the spin as you soar or pop. As you progress by the use of the spin, your lower and better physique are rotating collectively, within the an identical route. This, is widespread rotation, or just rotation.
Counter-rotation is solely the opposite. You start alongside together with your arms in a position to rotate within the different technique to your lower physique/board. As you progress by the use of the spin your arms switch counter to your board, subsequently counter-rotation.
Why is counter-rotation is so very important?
Everytime you spin off of the snow you’re taking off from an edge. It might be a slight edge, however it’s there. The rationale it’s there’s that you just need one factor to push off, and being on that edge lets you push away from the underside. That’s why rotation may be the the tactic that freestyle inexperienced individuals dabble in first – the upper physique might be utilized to help lead the spin.
Nevertheless what within the occasion you possibly can’t use an edge? Say you’re on a subject or a rail and likewise you want to 180 out. Or perhaps you want to enhance an air and start with a shifty sooner than spinning the other method? Have you ever ever ever seen these shredders who soar, faucet one factor like a pole, after which spin the opposite means? I’ve, and I’ve in no way been able to do it!
That’s the place counter-rotation is out there in. Having your arms and better physique positioned to maneuver within the different means gives your lower physique one factor to push in opposition to, or resist in opposition to.
As an illustration, let’s say you’ve 50-50’d a subject, there’s a pleasing drop off on the end and likewise you’d favor to backside 180 out. Use counter-rotation. Place your arms in direction of the once more of your board, reminiscent of you’d within the occasion you’ve been winding up for a frontside spin. Nevertheless as a substitute, as you drop off the sphere you can spin in opposition to the coil you’ve created in your mid-section, your arms rotate frontside and your legs rotate backside. You’ll be able to do the 180, throughout the air, without having to push off the sphere (which gained’t work).
What to do subsequent
- As I discussed above, I strongly counsel the SnowboardAddiction tuition motion pictures. Confirm them out, they current these concepts in a crystal-clear method
- Be taught it to your self, now. Rise up in a snowboarding place and take a look at some 180s. Do frontside and backside, and do them with every rotation and counter-rotation. You really can get a very really feel for it leaping spherical in your entrance room
- Observe. As shortly as I turned acutely aware of this I was wanting to attempt it out. The very very first thing I tried was a backside 180 off a tiny soar using counter-rotation. It was superior. I went on to attempt a shifty predominant into the underside 180 – nonetheless couldn’t get it. However. Like I discussed, apply 🙂
I’m not suggesting you do all your spins using counter-rotation. What I do suppose is essential for the freestyler is to know the excellence between the two and know which methodology you have to apply to a given state of affairs. Counter-rotation will help you alongside together with your rail & subject utilizing, with additional superior spin mixtures, and might add to your repertoire with reference to styling out airs.
