Skiing is a game: Pedagogical and biomechanical foundations of learning to ski
Contents

 

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

Skiing in childhood

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF CHANGES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS

Characteristics of motor development in children

Elementary movements as bases for more demanding complex motor skills

Principles of psychomotor learning

Experience transfer, learning transfer and the role of motor transfer

Individual treatment – getting to know children and considering changeability

BIOMECHANICS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALPINE SKIING

First level of knowledge

Second level of knowledge

Third level of knowledge

PEDAGOGICAL BASICS OF SKI INSTRUCTION FOR CHILDREN

How to take the first steps

How to make activities on-snow livelier

The didactic movement game as a means and content of ski training

Ski equipment

Safety on the slopes

The way towards knowledge

Key stages in acquiring skiing skills

Preparing children for snow and skiing in the home environment

Games on the snow

SKI WEEK

Planning the ski week (Mateja Videmšek)

SYNOPSIS OF SKI INSTRUCTION RESEARCH CONCERNING YOUNG CHILDREN

Enrollment of children in alpine ski school (Iris Gregorič)

Teaching preschool children to ski by including project learning (Helena Šlebir)

The role of motor transfer in teaching children to ski (Natalija Zajc)

Ski week with alpine ski school and its influence on the further practice of this sport (Darinka Jakomin)

REFERENCES

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