Hi,

for a while now I've been trying to lay down the sail in a turn (eg. during laydown jibe or bottom turn).
From watching videos and reading books I know what to do in theory, but it doesn't work out on the water...

Here is what I do:

1. Pick up some speed, oversheet slightly
2. Weight is on front foot, back foot near opposite rail, feet shoulder width apart
3. Move back hand back along the boom
4. Extend front arm forward and downward
5. Bend knees and roll on to toes to weigh opposite rail

Step 1-3 are no problem, but at step 4 (extend the mast arm forward) one of the following happens:

a) the board starts to turn, but I lose allmost all speed before I can move the mast hand down
b) there is too much pressure in the sail to be able to put the mast hand down
c) the board turns but I'm not really carving

What am I doing wrong ?

And how do I approach learning this ?