Original scientific paper
The analysis of teaching alpine skiing children under the age of seven
Marjeta Dobida
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet prirodoslovno-matematičkih znanosti i kineziologije
Nikola Rusavljević
; Sveučilište u Splitu, Fakultet prirodoslovno-matematičkih znanosti i kineziologije
Mateja Videmšek
; Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za šport
Abstract
The aim of this study was to fi nd out who teaches alpine skiing to the children under the age of seven, how often they apply didactic motor play as a fundamental approach to the youngest, and what teaching aids they use at their work. A questionnaire (15 questions) was administrated to 70 ski-teachers. The data were processed using the SPSS statistical package.
The results show that the majority of the ski-teachers have the fi fth level education and the professional qualifi cation as a teacher of the fi rst stage skiing. Almost all the teachers always check the children's skiing equipment, especially crash helmets, three quarter teachers always checks adequacy of skis, half of them check ski boots and ski poles, and one third of the teachers control the rest of skiing equipment (ski suits, gloves, skiing goggles…). The alpine ski teachers are obviously not aware of the importance of didactic motor play as they do not use it very often and they do not use it also at the procedure of adaptation to the skiing equipment. The application of teaching aids is also poor, in most cases it is a ski-pole. Two thirds of the teachers never wear crash helmets themselves, although they should give a good example to their pupils by wearing them.
Keywords
alpine skiing; children; learning, didactic play and equipment; questionnaire
Hrčak ID:
82618
URI
Publication date:
30.5.2009.
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