METHOD FOR TRAINING MOUNTAIN SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS (VARIANTS) AND A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD

摘要

The inventive method for training alpine skiers and snowboarders consists in simulating the execution of turns by applying a force to ski or snowboard imitator, said force being perpendicular directed with respect to the longitudinal axis thereof towards the center of a turn to be imitated or away from the center of a turn to be imitated towards a sportsman torso. The value of the applied force depends directly on a canting angle of the ski or snowboard imitator. The law of varying the applied force is selected in conformity with the law of varying the centrifugal force acting on the sportsman during actual skiing, said centrifugal force depending on a canting angle of the ski or snowboard. The inventive apparatus to carry out the said method comprises a base, said ski or snowboard imitator being arranged to be displaced along the base and canting by the sportsman, a power drive connected to the ski or snowboard imitator, a means for detecting a canting angle of the ski or snowboard imitator and a control unit.