When asked about skiing, the Dr who is in Florida and likely has zero experience with mountain sports medicine said forget about skiing and have her snowboard instead. We don't want to go down that road nor did he recommend this. When asked if physical therapy could fix this he said no, the only thing that could was a surgery where they cut the femurs and rotate the bone out/back and then put a rod in. We figured she was knock kneed but we took her to an orthopedic specialist and he said no, she has congenital bilateral femoral anteversion which basically means her femurs are rotated forward/in in her hip sockets causing bursitis. I can't even sit the way that is most natural and comfortable to her as it hurts me but Indian style hurts her. She was frank breach in the womb and her favorite position to sit in on the floor is with her femurs together and both lower legs out at a 90° angle. Certainly some of this is because she's still learning technique but I think a lot of it has to do with hips and legs. Her body naturally wants to place her on both inside edges. When she started skiing last year she was a champ at snow plowing but as her skills improved we realized she has a really hard time running bases flat when skiing parallel. Since as far back as we can remember my daughter would run with her knees together and feet kicking out to the side and when she mountain bikes her knees nearly rub the top tube when she pedals. It is not an exact method, but if you find it difficult to read greens, try employing this method and you should notice that your putting really does improve.My daughter started skiing last year and really enjoyed it and we are planning a 9 week ski trip to Colorado this year. Plumb-bobbing before you putt can really help to improve your confidence with the direction to putt the ball in and also with how much the putt will curve. You will now be able to see the curve of the putt that you are facing. If the hole appears on the left, the putt breaks right to left and vice versa. This is now showing you the break, or curve, on the putt. With the shaft of the putter now covering the ball, look up the shaft and notice which side the hole appears and how far off the shaft it appears as well. As you do this, ensure that you are standing directly in line with the golf ball and the hole. You need to keep your dominant eye open and close the other and then position the putter in front of you so that the shaft covers the ball. Hold the butt end of the putter handle, between your index finger and thumb and raise the putter up in front of you. You need to be about 3 yards behind the ball. Stand directly behind the ball so that you are positioned in line with the golf ball and the hole. Place a golf ball on the putting green about the distance of your average first putt away from the hole. Now that you know which eye to use, you can begin to plumb-bob. You need to know which eye you look through more dominantly in order to plumb-bob correctly, as you are going to use this eye only as you plumb-bob. If the object remains in the circle, you are right eye dominant but if it appears out of the circle you are left eye dominant. This could be the top of the flag from the edge of the green, for example, and whilst looking at the object, place the circle of your thumb and index finger around it so that you see the object in the middle of the circle. Once you have this circle, raise it up in front of your eyes, arm’s length away from your face. It does not matter which hand you do this with. Create a circle between your thumb and index finger. In order to plumb-bob correctly, you initially need to know which of your eyes is dominant. Using your putter as a vertical line between the golf ball and the hole will now allow you to see which side of the vertical line that the hole is on and as such this will show you the break, or curve on the surface away from vertical, allowing you to obtain the shape of the putt that is required to get the ball into the hole. If you stand and hold the butt end of the putter handle between your thumb and index finger, so that it hangs freely, it will hang vertically. Plumb-bobbing basically shows you the vertical. This is called plumb-bobbing and it can be used to help you read the green and to decide on the direction that you need to start the putt in, if you understand how to plumb-bob correctly. When you watch golf tournaments being played, or play with different people from usual, you may notice that when they putt, they stand directly behind the golf ball and the hole and hold their putter up in the air in front of them as they look from the ball to the hole.
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