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Please see our copyright and disclaimer notice page. I was 18 and my twin sister Megan was racing for the University of Wyoming. I could recognize a snowplow and I knew what it felt like, but I didn't know how to explain the movements. I realized that just because you can do a certain maneuver doesn't mean you can explain it to a student-much less correct what the person is already doing. For that I needed the ability to assess movements related to skiing.