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Our goal is to provide ski coaches, ski teachers, and athletes with technically sound visuals, graphical cues, and insight to the fundamentals of skiing. We focus on the visual aspect, but also provide interviews and presentations on skiing, coaching and teaching.
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Sean Warman
Sean is a nationally recognized leader and visionary in ski education and coaching. Sean has dedicated his career to educating himself, fellow coaches and athletes in the art of sound technical skiing.
Accreditation's and Certifications
• PSIA Level 3 1994
• USSA National Coaches Certification 1999
• PSIA National Alpine Team 2000-2004
• PSIA Children’s Specialist cert II 2003
• PSIA-W Team Coach & Selector 2007-2013
• USSA instructor/examiner 2007-2015
• US Ski Team Fundamentals Coach - Europe, Mt. Hood & Mammoth 2001-2010
• Owner and Creator of Images and Concepts
Enjoy!
Sean Warman
Sean is a nationally recognized leader and visionary in ski education and coaching. Sean has dedicated his career to educating himself, fellow coaches and athletes in the art of sound technical skiing.
Accreditation's and Certifications
• PSIA Level 3 1994
• USSA National Coaches Certification 1999
• PSIA National Alpine Team 2000-2004
• PSIA Children’s Specialist cert II 2003
• PSIA-W Team Coach & Selector 2007-2013
• USSA instructor/examiner 2007-2015
• US Ski Team Fundamentals Coach - Europe, Mt. Hood & Mammoth 2001-2010
• Owner and Creator of Images and Concepts
path of hips
Featuring the skiing of PSIA National Team Members Michael Rogan, Eric Lipton, and former US Ski Team Member Tim Jitloff.
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Flexion and Extension
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Flexion of the inside leg and extension of the outside leg allow the skier to move to the inside and shift /maintain balance and pressure against the outside ski.
Action of the Legs
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Mikaela Shiffrin, Marcel Hirsher, Henrik Kristoffersen showing how its done.
Aspen SL 2001
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flash back to the Mens SL at Aspen 2001. Featuring some of the best technical skiers in the world at the turn of the century. Mario Matt, Beni Raich, Ammodt, Jure Kosir.
Mikaela Run3 mammoth
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Mikaela Shiffrin trains SL at Mammoth Mtn. Shot in the spring of 2014. It's great to review and see how her skiing has evolved. Although this is still incredible SL skiing.
turn upper legs
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shows leg movements are the foundation to creating separation
drills for seperation
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Michael Rogan demonstrates drills for separation, what to focus on, and how to do them properly. Find more at: ImagesAndConcepts.com
seperation talk
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Michael Rogan and Sean Warman talk about separation and counter.
Flexed Ankles
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This clip features some of the footage you can find In 'Imagine'. Imagesandconcept.com
Legs turn.mov
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This clip highlights the legs moving more than the hips. It is a clip taken from Going South. Buy it at Imagesandconcepts.com
US Ski Team spring camp.mov
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This is a clip from our movie Going South. It is the Men's US Ski Team spring camp at Mammoth Mountain from a few years back. Imagesandconcepts.com
foot rope
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Ski training tools from Images and Concepts. Imagesandconcepts.com
From Images and concepts 1st movie.mov
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From Images and concepts 1st movie.mov
Staying level is poor coaching I feel. Why? Because once you get to decently high edge angles...it is impossible. You are not going to be able to level your hips when you are a 70 degree edge angles. The pelvic bone simply does not tilt that much. What should be focused on is tilting the hips AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. Watch Mikaela Shiffrin GS hip hike.... The more you can tilt the pelvic bone, the less you have to shorten the inside leg.
The rolling of the legs is causing from the mass going forward during transition.. at best we can articulate our feet to help flatten skis or edge skis but the rolling of our femurs is purely subconscious result and response to separation..
Uh....no...it is primarily from changing the tilt of the pelvic bone. Your theory that fore aft movement translates to the side to side movement in the legs (femur pivot in the hip sockets) makes zero sense. To understand the importance and impact of hip leveling (change in pelvic bone tilt) watch Mikaela Hip Hike GS. One of the reasons MS has the best transition is she understands and works on hip leveling and range of motion in pelvic bone tilt.
Sembra facile.....
0:42 and 1:35 are completely different. One is a recreational "lower energy" skier who is raising his center of mass during transition. This results in a transition that takes longer, but it physically must less demanding. He is going Long Short, Long Long, Long Short. The racer at 1:35 is going Long Short to Short Short to Long Short. The later is much faster, but incredibly tiring. Even WC racers will use some taller transitions during a race to rest the legs at times...or at least get the blood flowing.
after 10 years, this is still gold ❤
No, you don't Use your feet in skiing. Your feet are locked into tight fitting ski boots. Your feet are Sensors that tell you what you are doing with the positioning of your upper body and weight. Aren't you moving your hips laterally to make your legs lean over so your boots lean over so your skis will be on edge? Doesn't the pressure your feel on the inside of your arch or the ball of your foot tell you if you are leaning over enough? 1:22 What you are showing here is 100% WRONG! When you Just lean your knees to the side to role your skis over A LITTLE, you are shifting your weight to the inside ski because you are Not Thinking about balancing on that outside ski. Just rolling you ski over like that is the most ignorant way to teach since "Tipping!" Try controlling your speed doing just that! 2:06 You aren't doing what you said here. You are repositioning your hips back into the fall line to create that leg angle as you change your weight from your downhill to uphill ski. Your hips are rocking from one side to the other to allow the skis to make the turns. You aren't rolling your feet over. You are standing on your feet and your upper body and weight change are allowing the skis to make turns.
This is all wrong. Flexion should occur during the transition and extension during the turn.
Correct, but even WC racers do not do the low transition every turn. It is far too exhausting.
"All wrong"? You know these are some of the top ski racers in the world right? Possibly THE top two.
In truth feet can do nothing because are cage in ski boot. All movement in ski start from ankles hips and knees and rotation of bones inside hips .
Where can I buy the cd images and concepts of skiing that you produced?
I am sorry, it is no longer available
I remember when I was racing when Tomba was around. My coaches always said to watch the women because they had the best form. That was back in the straight skis days. Tomba would just sit on the tails. Late is great. We had guys that could do that. Then shaped skis came out and changed everything.
Of course it takes tremendous lower body strength, skill, and coordination to make even one good turn. Repeating that 50 times in a row on a steep, undulating, icy course requires utmost dedication to training on and off the snow. The video can be a tremendous help to young racers so that they are practicing from a structurally correct standpoint. The strength, timing etc. will happen after a few years of practice. Seeing "how it's done" is a great start.
Good vid
Mikaela does the best job keeping skis on the snow, which is the ideal.
The rotation of the femur is the end result of other things happening, not the focus of the turn. When you want to start a new turn, you stop your upper body from crossing the hill with the skis and put it back in the fall line. The continued momentum of the feet allows the skis to continue traveling across the slope. That creates the leg angle change which rotates the femur. Because the upper body is rotated to face down the hill, the feet will rotate to align with the upper body when your weight is removed from the inside edge of the downhill foot. You have to go beyond what it looks like and think about what it actually is. Focus on the physics and engineering of skiing to understand what it really is and then create a simple teaching method to teach it.
you are old
@@1spwarman Why didn't you explain were and how I am wrong or even defend your position?
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thanks for watching
Unflexed or stiff ankles is the biggest fault by far in lower level skiers. If you want to ski better you have to flex or relax your ankles.
for sure
The only effect of flexing the ankles in this way Is to load the tails of the ski so you can close the turn
Great skiing. From an instructional standpoint, though, isn't "the path of hips" misleading, because it's the result of other actions? If I were learning, I'd think there was something to be done with the hips - dumping, for instance - and Mike isn't hip-dumping. Wouldn't we start with feet, because we're balanced on the outside foot, which is turning, so hips fall naturally inside, braced against the leg?
Good point! the travel of the hips is a result of other stuff. Much of what I produce is simply a picture of what is happening. Just to point out what is happening. Many folks do not see it. As far as what we need to say as coaches, varies on the student. I know for myself and others I have worked with, it was necessary to point this out, but there are many contributing factors that are involved. I agree with your insight, thanks for commenting.
好好练习一下这些个动作,一定有帮助。我今年是第一个雪季,滑了15次,每次平均2小时,已经可以下黑道了。这个视频管用!!!
Telling someone to flex their ankles isn't teaching them how to ski. It is just describing what is happening when you do other things. You drive your face, hands, chest, pelvis and kneecaps down the hill as you get off your downhill arch. The end result is that yes, your ankles will be bent as the tip of the skis turn under you but it is kind of important to tell people the rest.
who said I was teaching? dah... maybe you should think about retiring old dude
@@1spwarman That sure looked and sounded like you were trying to tell people what to do to make it happen when all you were really doing is describing what the results looked and felt like.
@@oldskier3019 Having been coached by Sean on several occasions, I can assure you that when he decides to tell you how to do something you'll know it.
"shows leg movements are the foundation to creating separation" This makes no sense and teaches nothing.
A significant reason why someone might not learn anything from this. Every sequence starts too late in the turn. From the middle of a turn the various rotations and movement of the upper body over the skis all start about 10 frames earlier. This upper body movement in conjunction with balance and rotational components and extension finally launch the new edge. You are not showing enough.
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Thank you. Finally, a video that helps people understand how pressure functions with flexion and extension.
Non vedo l'ora di vedere lo sci in TV spero che non ci privino anche di questo.
Thanks for commenting, but can you translate?
Great job! Amazing and beautiful skills.
Good music. Not that weird present day pop music...
Flexed ankles? Yes. But, "engaged ankles" may be a better term. Think muscular tension in the ankles.
Neither of you is teaching people anything with those useless terms.
@@oldskier3019 Give it up Jack. You're giving old skiers a bad name.
did you know that skis have side cut? Maybe you should start a channel for old skiers who push their tails out, lean-in, skid around on soft snow, troll the internet and do not have enough courage to use their own name, let alone actually put something out worthy of looking at. Laughable !
150%?...75%?....take 3 turns, stop analyze. Analyze some more....just go skiing and stop taking the fun out of it. How you look is only important to yourselves...for whatever reason. Nobody else on the hill cares how you ski except you. Move on and enjoy skiing for what it is. The only perfect turn is in your own mind.
Everything I create is aimed at just the opposite of thinking and it is not about "how it looks". I work with athletes and there coaches/trainers to improve performance. I never advocate take 3 turns and analyze. I focus on a movement pattern that can be developed to improve performance and all sports demand learning how to move our bodies to improve execution. Learn how to move the body, create situations that demand focus on that movement, and go skiing ... then ski some more. Then check in with a coach occasionally. This is not for recreational skiers who just want to go skiing. This channel is developed for professionals to enhance performance. I am certainly and advocate of go skiing to have fun and this applies to the majority of the skiing population.
You have missed the point.
Clarification: marxxFN has missed the point.
Yeah, no. The aim is efficient skiing, not "looking good." What a silly idea.
please stop over thinking things
Exactly. Sooner we can transfer balance and pressure to the NEW downhill foot the sooner the magic happens. I use Josh fosters tip of aiming my bases up the hill at the transition works like a dandy. Happy skiing sir
Bottom line is one cannot do ANYTHING with the hips if we are not 150% balanced on that downhill foot via the heel. Sooner we get onto the new downhill foot the more we can work the hip. I have had 75% balance on the left heel for a while now.This wkd I finally got that 150% balance on the left heel which enabled me to work the hip to that side like never before. It’s all about symmetry. Good luck.
You are on to an extremely important fundamental of high performance skiing. I would argue that its the "outside foot" , but that just might be semantics. The balance needs to shift to the outside foot before the fall-line, usually well before it. And that would make it the uphill foot.
So why does this occur and what other movements are required to allow this to happen?
sean warman finally! More content from you! Teach me the ways
They are flexing their ankles (increasing ankle "tension") as they enter the turn. As a result, the fronts of the skis bend and they can carve the turn.
My belief is that the racer tries to level his shoulders with the angle of the slope.
The key is actually in the pelvis. The shoulders strengthen the movement in keeping the inside hip from falling in. Overall the pelvis and shoulders stay level to the slope. This is one of the hardest aspects of skiing and in particular ski racing. We want to move inside, but if we fail to engage muscles to actively level the pelvis and the shoulders we loss balance and pressure. As far as the top of the turn, if we end level and stay strong with the position through the transition, the legs should re-align to the upper body and the body will stay level to the slop as the skier enters the new turn. Take a look at the video and see if you see what I am referring to.
Perfect just what we wanted to see. Now I get 2 bits. The legs are doing exactly what you want because they are carrying the mass of the body to where it needs to be, tipping the new ski as the result or goal. So why not spend more time talking about good body projection, proactive body etc. About half way through a good carve as your skis start recoiling your upper body is already getting the message as to how aggressively it's going to be moving over the skis for the next turn this is where good turn mechanics start and a partial reason why some techniques don't use the transition edge change as the first phase of a turn
Great input. body position is critical! Most importantly not allowing the hips to follow the skis at the end. I breakdown the learning into segments. Legs turning first, then address pelvis, then shoulders. Lastly hands and arms. Ground up center out approach. I have posted videos on the upper body, but probably time for a new one. Thanks again
Excuse me, but I must disagree with "your legs are doing exactly what you want......... because they are carrying the mass of the body......to be" , The skis, (vehicles) are carrying the body mass, including the legs. The bio-mechanisms triggered by the visual, kinestetic and vestibular input, are the result of training many situations and been able to subconsciously pick the best solution for a given situation. If you "wnat to do it", you are late. Make your body and your head, of course (jajaj), the smart part of a sistem that can work in a (and here I agree with your wording) pro- active manner.. Good mechanics should start at the starting gate!!!
I have been reading several explanations on how best to turn shaped skis (I have issues with the inside ski). Although each version may work, this seems to hit home for me. Another source added to this explanation by "imagining" the cuff of the boot as a clock. You are normally at 12. when you initiate a left turn, you press/flex the cuff of each boot toward 11, and a right turn toward 1
All descriptions of what happens from the knees down are focusing on the results of doing other things that they aren't teaching. At the start of a turn, you face and lean your upper body down the hill as you get off your downhill arch and balance on your uphill arch. Everything that happens in your feet and legs is the result of doing that. If you don't do that, you won't have the results.
Excelent compilation of the best skiers absorving the Inflexion point, with the downside ski, to allow the CM to cross fluidly, while seeking pressure on the new edge of the upside ski,. I called it upside and downside so there is not confusion about ouside/ inside... When you ski "at the limit", the important aspect is NOT WHAT WE SEE AS RESULT OF THE ACTIONS, BUT WHAT WAS INTENDED. When we analise this, we only see the archived result, not the intented result. I doubt that they try to loose contact, but...
Good input
Fantastic teaching. Thank you so very much. Has anyone thought of putting this type of filming into a ski simulator of some type? I'm an engineer and am already dreaming of a simulator that could have me learning and practicing while mimicking the moves of the greats. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words and my experience is that no teacher can adequately explain what I have just seen in your wonderful video. Again thank you.
Yes I have had that discussion with some of my colleagues. Unfortunately, the return on investment did not pan out. As a professional in the ski education business that aspect does need to work for us.
@@1spwarman I understand completely. Nothing however replaces the out in the mountain teaching. What I'm suggesting is a simulator machine that can be used during the off season. Rather than being an economic challenge to educators it could open up a whole new way of earning money in summer. One idea would be to have the ski simulator in gyms with a ski pro giving pointers and teaching to improve technique. Much like a personal trainer works in the gym with their client. I am sure gyms in the demographic areas with a good number of skiers would benefit from this new type of skiing training equipment. I should keep my mouth shut rather than laying out for all to see a new ski education business model. But I love the sport too much not to share my thoughts. Again great teaching video. Thank you.
@@bellavoice I do not think you should keep your moth shut. reach out and see if you can find interested people to make it happen. they are popular in place like Great Britain, Denmark etc. The Danish Team had one at an Interski event I attended in Switzerland. I did know someone who had one in the US but he could not make any $$. But maybe with the right partners and business plan it could work.
How funny, I was on the National Alpine Team and represented the US at the Interski in Switzerland and have a picture of the Danish on the ramp! Thanks for the great ideas. As for your comment - - - - As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words and my experience is that no teacher can adequately explain what I have just seen in your wonderful video - - - - - For sure words cannot always convey what we are trying to teach. I started making videos for kids I coached in the late 90's and this led to me making ski educational videos.
Like the video and gave it a thumbs up. But, the last segment with the poles behind the guys back is a high risk thing for no reason with value. Worse is the guy has his straps on.
Thanks so much for this video. As a PT and a ski instructor it's such a relief to see videos that highlight the way the human body actually moves. The visuals make it so easy to understand. Now that I've subscribed I'm looking forward to seeing what else you share with us! I'll be directing my students and followers to these I'm sure.
Good skiing, good advice, good music!
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Focus on the rotation action of the thighs in this video. Imagine the legs being flexed 90 degrees with the thighs parallel to the ground and the feet being suspended or hanging underneath. If the thighs or femurs are then rotated, the feet will move sideways. This is what is demonstrated in the video. Every racer that Sean Warman shows has either lost contact with the snow or is very light on the snow due to aggressive flexing action, hopping action, or rebound action from skis releasing out of the previous turn. The thighs are rotated while in the "light" phase and the feet move out to the side resulting in tipped or edged skis. This is a very "fast" way to change edges. Faster than focusing on tipping action of the feet and ankles alone, and way faster than focusing on having the hips and upper body move down hill to the inside of the turn. All three actions can take place in the initiation of a turn, but focus on femurs is a kicker and adds to the speed of the edge change as well as increased edge angle. Without very flexed legs first, focus on rotation of the femurs has little effect on edge change. If the feet are also pulled back immediately after the rotation of the femurs, the skier will experience instant edge grab or engagement of the ski tips. A great way to control fore/aft balance. I can't thank you enough Sean for posting this video. I got a lot out of it. The racers I coach were able to improve immediately and dramatically.
good input Richard... thanks
Your racers must be really good to understand the way you talk about "rotating thighs and or femurs". Just kidding! Active absortion can be done, when necesary, by "pulling up" the downside foot or both feet. The later will produce a loose of contact, while the first option may allow to pressure the top of the turn on the new edge of the upside ski. If you are late, both feet is better. if not, I would take the first option. Still the most performing way, when is posible, is to roll the downside ski onto the new edge, there for releaseing the CM for a flowing crossing. By the way: we could find vbideos that will justify JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
@@justyolivieri5807 I agree we can find videos to justify anything. I actually gave an indoor presentation highlighting this fact. It started as a spoof that the "new move" in ski racing was to have the arms back and had many photos to illustrate this. The point was; does it occur in all the disciplines of skiing? Have we seen it over the past 10, 20, 30, 40 years? I have spent over 10 years reviewing footage of world class skiers with world class coaches and skiers. I look for movements that repeat over time with the top skiers in the world. I also have discussions with these athletes and their coaches. Furthermore I am trying to identify causes not outcome, or at least identify the difference. And in some cases understand how a movement can be a cause and an outcome. As far as retracing feet, or pulling up feet, or simply flexing; if this is done WITHOUT A) keeping the chest and pelvis pointed to the next apex, and B) the legs turning or tipping into the new turn the skier will be behind his/her feet.
@@1spwarman If the absortion movement is initiated by actively pulling the Cm down, you are on the dot. If you start the movement by "pulling your feet up (back), the "chest" will move down and forward to compensate. this is done when the trajectory took you "lower" than where you need to be to start your next turn, so you use the "unloaded moment to re position your skis "higher" than if you tried to link....Hey I like this type of exchange, with someone that understands!!! There are few of you arround!!!
@@justyolivieri5807 Thanks!
Very good demo and explanation. The acerbic criticism is misplaced because it is in my humble opinion a misinterpretation both of what is in demo and commentary. Maximum efficiency will be achieved when there is perfect balance over the centre of pressure. How to get into and maintain that position is a combination of disposition of trunk (the bulk of a skiers mass)and the lever /support contact with the ground..The common teacher advice to stand like a soccer goalkeeper for example is misleading. He is about to radically change his positioning of his torso; a skier is not. He is radically changing his base of support. Some pupils will misinterpret and lurch into what they see as an appropriate upper body position and not get efficient support from their legs ,and others will as instructed be so concerned about turning their feet that they forget about the upper body and usually then swing it around to recover balance. This demo is such a good illustration of lightness and mobility of lower body movement to maintain balance and control of direction that if our intermediates watched that between pints in the evening tthey would try to ski quite differently in the morning. Most learners react better to visual image but in fast moving activity what they think they see has to be explained. Do you remember how no one at the time understood what Jack Nicklaus was talking about when he advised playing with soft hands.? But I don’t have your experience guys so if I am talking rubbish you can say so.
Good input. There are many things that contribute to what is happening, such as immortal athletic talent and physical capacity! Add a strong core that allows them to maintain separation when not connected to the ground, as well as several critical movements that relate to maintaining separation. Not to mention actions of the feet, pole swing, arm position, independent leg action, angulation of the pelvis and spine, leveling of the shoulders ... etc. Its just a couple moments in time that demonstrate the upper legs (femur) rotate during the transition. And again, this is not the end all of skiing, just an important component. We all need to have some aspect of this movement in our skiing for us to be effective on the snow.
There are a number of problems with consciously tipping the feet to try and put the skis on edge the most significant being that in concentric contraction the everter and inverter muscles extend the ankle. This will push a skier into the back seat. These muscles are also weak. I discuss these and many other issues in my blog at skimoves.me
Metallica instrumentals during a ski instruction video I love it!
Great job, Sean, keep trying to get this message through, you're cutting edge in this country with this. The arc to arc old guard are fighting tooth and nail to reject recognizing pivoting as a legitimate transition technique when truth of the contrary is being provided pervasively by the best in the world.
Thank you. its seems obvious to me.
When you have to respect a trayectory, you must do what is necesary... but whenever they can do it, they link turns, edging, and pressuring without pivoting.
@@justyolivieri5807 Absolutely!
Wow - this is brilliant - slo-mo at the very time it is needed - the transition. Brilliant HD quality - any chance of further videos? This helps learning far better than pages of words, pictures or a coach pushing the latest dogma. Thanks for posting - please Sir, may we have some more?
Thank you. I will continue to add as I have time. I am a coach and program director for a race team and develop them when needed for my athletes. I share them with fellow coaches and instructors to they can also use them. They are extremely time-consuming so unfortunately, I do not get to make as many as I would like.
I understand - I wouldn't have a clue how to start. Quality takes time. Looking forward to more!
Could you give me the name of the last song? I will be very thankful 😊
Not a song, Just a sound bite.
What is the middle way ? A combination of all ideas mentioned here - some leg turning, retraction, extension some foot tipping within the confines of a hard boot, for/aft movement, shin pressure - we see what we want to see :-)
I am not sure what you are indicating? I would certainly not agree with "we see what we want to see"... At least for my self. I have spent the last 25 + years studying, asking questions and working with some of the best athletes, coaches and instructors to understand what movements result in effective high-performance skiing. I show what I have learned and what needs to be shared.
sean would I be right in noticing that he also lifts ,or least significantly unweights , his weighted ski in transition
Very good video. I been tipping my head left and right. Now i know i should tip the feet
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