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
ABOUT AUTHORS
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
ABOUT AUTHORS