Technique
Push-n-Pull — Funcarve Interpretation
GLOSSARY
Funcarve's push-n-pull modifies down-unweighting with smooth knee movement and a strong role for rotation: the legs extend near mid-turn and flex again toward the finish.
Context and distinction
It is Funcarve's own version, distinct from the Rilliet/Fivat push-pull model in Extremecarving.
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Push-n-Pull: Funcarve Interpretation
Funcarve's Push-n-Pull combines its rotation model with smooth leg movement, longer legs toward mid-arc and renewed flexion afterward. Preserve this interpretation separately from the EC originators' wording.
Preparation and setting
Established school-specific rotation and pressure-control tasks; secured equipment.
How to understand / apply it
- Organise the source's transition.
- Extend progressively as the arc develops.
- Avoid locking the knees at the longer-leg phase.
- Flex again after the main arc.
- Recover for the next change using the chosen model.
How to learn / practise
Analyse timing at ordinary depth before deeper layout work. Compare movement order without prescribing the page's numeric percentages as universal targets.
Errors and corrections
Premature or abrupt extension can disrupt support. The source contains inconsistent tempo wording: confirm the coach's interpretation rather than choosing one invented exact speed.
Observable checks
The attributed timing is identifiable and control remains available; tempo ambiguity stays visible.
HOW TO DO IT
Funcarve Rotation and Push-n-Pull: An Attributed Interpretation
Funcarve relates body-orientation change and leg-length timing in its own push-n-pull explanation. EM10–EM11 preserve that account and its wording limits. Keep it as a related interpretation attached to the existing push-pull family; do not overwrite Rilliet–Fivat provenance or make a global alias to every down-unweighted turn. This lesson is an SBSweet coordination laboratory. It teaches observation and adaptable movement without adopting the source’s numeric targets, boots-undone exercise or one fixed tempo. The source has conflicting slow/faster flexion language, so an exact prescribed tempo remains unresolved rather than silently repaired.
Preparation and setting
Required: ECRC-16 terminology literacy, moderate supported arcs, usable leg range and a deliberate exit. Helpful: ECRC-04 standing push-pull and ED08 transition contrasts. Boots remain secured normally. Use quiet smooth terrain and no-contact practice initially. Do not increase tilt merely to satisfy a claim that the technique belongs to deep turns.
Practical exploration
- Establish a familiar moderate pair and record its route, edge response and exit. This is the control condition for the experiment.
- Select one modest orientation change from the school’s described relationships. Introduce it progressively while keeping the route familiar; avoid going to a maximal torso pose at initiation.
- Return toward a usable basic relationship around the connection. Observe whether the board releases and transfers as intended rather than assuming rotation has automatically unloaded it.
- On a subsequent repeat, combine the orientation task with a small leg-length cycle. Lengthen within the supported arc, retain reserve, and shorten toward a functional connection.
- Compare the two repeats. If the combined task fails, identify whether orientation, leg action or support changed first. Return to that component instead of adding another cue.
- Repeat from the other edge and stop after the planned pair. The source-specific school interpretation is the subject; contact and long linking are separate later tasks.
- Record the chosen timing in ordinary phase language and preserve source ambiguity. Do not label an editorial adaptation as a verbatim Funcarve prescription.
Exercise use
ED18 addresses terminology and observation. ED06 develops a small supported leg cycle; ED07 tests the connection. ED08 compares strategies without equating their names. Together these exercises help distinguish “the rider got low” from “the rider retained a usable board/body relationship through transfer”. If the nose becomes overloaded when orientation grows, reduce amplitude and compare distribution. If lengthening produces an upward pop, reduce its range and verify new-edge response first. If the body stays close to the snow but the edge smears, restore support rather than add more twist. These are testable hypotheses, not certainty derived from the school label.
Completion
Explain the interpretation, demonstrate a modest coordinated pair, and state the unresolved tempo/mechanism claims honestly. Keep the linked source notes visible. This is complete instructional content for the attributed concept, not an assertion that every detail of Funcarve’s curriculum was reviewed.
Diagnostic hypotheses and rechecks
Possible causes are hypotheses to test, not diagnoses inferred from one attempt.
| Observation | Possible cause | Diagnostic exercise | Correction | Recheck |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximal torso twist appears at initiation | Later relationship imposed too early | ED18 small orientation comparison | Reduce amplitude and grow progressively | Entry retains predictable support |
| Learner tries to prove unloading from a low pose | Position mistaken for load measurement | ED08 observable-action contrast | Describe leg action/path without unsupported load claim | Assessment separates observation from explanation |
| Different source tempo cues produce confusion | Text ambiguity hidden from learner | ED06 small-range cycle | Use an explicit editorial phase plan | Learner can reproduce selected plan |
Editorial status
detailed_text_draft; coaching review pending.
Existing target anchors
CS24-11, CS24-12, AC23-06, 05.11
SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL
Characteristics
- School / framework
- Funcarve
- Movement strategy
- push-pull (Funcarve timing)
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editorial review notes
Its troubleshooting (premature extension, inadequate range, mistimed rotation) is school-specific. The page contains both slow-flexion and faster-flexion wording; no exact tempo is invented. Its practice-with-boots-undone recommendation is not reproduced, and its numeric edge-angle and time-percentage claims are not adopted as targets.
CONNECTED KNOWLEDGE