Effect of the Different Ski Length on the Level of Anxiety at Novice Skiers
Vol.14,No.2(2020)
An efficient teaching of alpine skiing at the beginning of the teaching process should be the main goal of every ski instructor. In our research we investigated the influence of different ski length on alpine skiing teaching process efficiency as well as on the level of state anxiety during the alpine skiing of ski novices. The research was conducted on 34 participants (19 men, 15 women). The experimental group had skis of 130cm length and 7m radius from brand Lusti. Skis are specialised for very short and aggressive turning including funcarving. Mean height of participants from the experimental group was 178,07cm (±10,89). The control group had skis of standard length according to a person´s height. Mean height of participants from the control group was 177,33cm (±6,87). Mean length of skis was 158,6cm and 14,05m radius. For our research, the following data was collected: pre-test, continuous test and post – test of state and trait anxiety. In this presented paper, the main intention was to determine the effect of different ski length on state anxiety level of novice skiers. The data were acquired from the questionnaire STAI, which shows the level of anxiety (Künzell, S. & Müler, J., 2008; Koca, 2015). Based on the results we can say that teaching alpine skiing with the usage of short skis might be less stressful for novice skiers than that of standard length skis.
state – trait anxiety inventory; anxiety level; alpine skiing; education; short ski; snow plough; novice skiers
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