5 big skiing skills to make your winter fitness fun

Skiing is a sport unique to winter, very challenging sports, if you want to experience the fun of skiing, you must understand the most basic skiing skills, as well as some general knowledge of skiing sports, in order to experience different feelings on the ski slopes of different difficulties, while there is a fitness exercise effect, together with the following to understand the skills of skiing!

Skiing skills

Walking.

Although it is skiing, but there is always the need to walk. In the flatter places can go straight, that is, the snowboard and the direction of travel parallel. The steeper ones are like crabs walking across the road. Beginners are better off taking off their skis and putting them back on when they get to the place. In the slope before taking off or loading the snowboard should be adjusted to the snowboard and the trail vertical, in case the snowboard threw you regardless of their own down the slope free straight down.

Although it is skiing, there are always times when you need to walk. On flatter areas you can walk straight, that is, snowboard and the direction of travel parallel

Posture.

Bend your knees slightly. Keep your eyes naturally flat in the distance and do not stare at the tip of your snowboard. The center of gravity is forward, not backward, and the lower legs are pressed forward against the boots. Hold your poles forward with both hands, elbows slightly bent. Beginners should not put their gloves inside the rope sleeve of the poles handle.

Deceleration.

There are two snowboard shapes when skiing, beginners use the figure of eight, also known as the wedge shape. Deceleration of the foot force point is in the inner heel of the feet, chest and abdomen, is to ensure that the center of gravity forward. Learn faster and it will be beautiful with parallel technique. In addition, unless it is on the flat, beginners do not let the snowboard parallel forward, to always keep the figure of eight, to accelerate when some inward, to slow down when some outward release, always pay attention to not let the speed too fast. When you stop, you should slow down first, do not pursue fast stop.

Turning.

The body will turn to the right if it leans to the left, and turn to the left if it leans to the right.

Falling.

The most important thing is to close the jaw near the chest to prevent the back of the head from being hit. The next is to relax the limbs, a stiff body is more likely to be injured. Finally, do not brace yourself. Once you lose your center of gravity, beginners should not try to regain control, or let the fall be less likely to be injured. When you fall and get up, it is recommended that beginners take off their snowboard, stand up and put it back on. Remember that the snowboard should be perpendicular to the piste.

Skiing in winter

Winter skiing general knowledge

A. How to choose ski goggles

As the sunlight reflection on the snow is very strong, coupled with the cold wind in the slide on the eye stimulation is very large, should choose a fully enclosed type of ski goggles. Appearance similar to the diving goggles, but not the nose buckle inside, the outer frame made of soft plastic, can be close to the face, to prevent the wind. The mirror surface is made of tinted material with anti-fog and anti-UV coating. In addition, the upper eaves of the frame with a breathable sponge made of vents, in order to make the facial skin discharged heat to the outside of the mirror, to ensure that the mirror has a good visual effect. Skiers wearing glasses in the choice of ski goggles, should choose a thicker frame of the ski goggles, so that all the glasses can be covered.

Second, how to prevent into the snow

Skiing will inevitably have a fall, if there is no special ski clothing, after the fall of snow from the foot neck, wrist, collar and other places into the clothing, you just have a pair of knee pads, a pair of wide strip elastic band plus a scarf can solve the problem. Use a pair of wide elastic bands with Velcro fasteners to tighten the wrist opening of your ski gloves so the snow can’t get in. In addition, use a scarf to fill the space between the collar and neck slightly, can ensure that the snow will not enter the collar, but also play a role in insulation.

Three, how to protect the skin

To prevent moisture loss and ultraviolet light burns on the skin, you can use some oil-based skin care products that have the function of stopping moisture loss

Skin in the cold, dry climate conditions moisture loss a lot, coupled with the relative speed of the formation of the skiing cold wind on the skin stimulation and strong ultraviolet light on the snow surface on the skin burn is the main cause of skin damage. In order to prevent moisture loss and ultraviolet burns on the skin, you can use some oil-based skin care products that have the function of preventing moisture loss, and then use a better anti-UV effect with water-resistant coated on the skin. If you feel the cold wind in the slide on the face of the stimulus is too strong, you can choose a head cover only to reveal the eyes, plus a fully enclosed type of ski goggles, can be completely covered face, can effectively stop the cold wind on the face of the invasion.

Fourth, how to supplement the diet

Winter cold, dry, the human body moisture dissipation, coupled with the indoor temperature is too high, people’s internal fire is more vigorous, should pay attention to the daily drink more water, appropriate supplement, such as: orange, duck pear, etc.. If you can prepare some throat lozenges, it is also a good way.

Five, how to choose underwear

When a person is in motion, the body will discharge a lot of sweat; and when a person is in a stop motion state its heat and juice discharge is much less. Therefore, it is best not to use cotton underwear, because cotton products are more absorbent, will absorb a lot of sweat discharged by the body, and it is difficult to evaporate in a short period of time, not exercise will make people feel cold. You can wear a nylon undershirt with mesh against your body, and then put a stretch cotton undershirt on the outside, so that the sweat discharged from the body will be absorbed through the nylon undershirt on the stretch undershirt, and will not produce a cold feeling.

When a person is in motion, the body will discharge a lot of sweat; and when a person is in a state of stop motion its heat and juice discharge is much less

Six, how to prevent frostbite

Cashmere products or chemical fiber products with better insulation effect should be selected to insulate the hands, feet, ears and other parts. In addition, should also pay attention to the following two points.

1. Prepare enough warm clothing.

2. Do not slide out of the ski area boundary without permission.

Skiing precautions

1, the choice of snow equipment

(1) snowboard: generally equal to their height is appropriate, according to their own skill level and control ability can consider the length of the snowboard than the height of 10-15 cm long is good.

(2) snowshoes: generally according to their own shoe size or put your feet into the shoes comfortable, warm as appropriate.

(3) detachment device: generally can the snowshoe solid leaning fixed tight, strength to moderate appropriate. But beginners can also adjust the strength of small, higher safety factor.

Snow poles are generally chosen with their own height of the chest nest director is appropriate, so that the high snow poles with flexible, convenient, safe.
(4) snow poles: the general choice of their height and their own chest fossa length is appropriate, so that the high snow poles used to be flexible, convenient, safe. But especially stressed, must be grip leather set in the wrist.

(5) snow clothing to light, comfortable, bright, beautiful, warm. Gloves snow hat snow goggles must. But require safe and practical.

2, fully prepared for activities

Skiing is a fast and sensitive full-body sports, whether it is a beginner or a highly skilled person, before the sport must do a good job of preparation activities, can not be ignored. Because the human body from rest to movement has a process, which is in line with the laws of physiology. General preparatory activities include in situ hand exercises and marching hand exercises 6-8 sections and with the board to do a variety of leg press, bending, flexion and extension, prone, jumping, etc., to elongate the muscles, ligaments, improve the body’s strength, speed, sensitivity, flexibility, balance, etc. have a positive effect. In short, through adequate preparation activities. Can make the body and spirit as soon as possible into a positive state of movement, can effectively avoid the occurrence of accidental injuries.

3、Injury prevention

Due to the fast speed of skiing, the site is undulating, complex terrain, especially young beginners in the “silver world”, in the embrace of nature is easy to get excited, distracted, so that injuries are likely to occur. Most of the traumatic injuries are in the joints of the lower limbs, mainly sprains, strains, falls, dislocations, fractures and frostbite.

For the safety of skiers and to avoid trauma accidents, the following highlights the causes of trauma and effective preventive measures.

A, to do a good job of preparation activities before exercise, the focus is to lengthen the muscles, ligaments, more substantial activities of the joints, especially the lower limb joints.

B, the site should be fully familiar with understanding, clear memory of the site undulations, steep, sharp turns of the orientation, adhere to repeated adaptive practice to achieve proficiency through until.

Pay attention to changes in the weather, in windy and snowy weather can wind degree within 20 meters prohibited to slide, in – 30 ℃ above the weather prohibited to slide

C. Pay attention to changes in the weather, in windy and snowy weather can wind within 20 meters prohibited skating, in the weather below -30 ℃ or more prohibited skating.

D. Avoid speed skating

In general, skating seconds speed up to 15m / s situation, we must properly control the skating speed, head must bring a helmet or brain cap and protective glasses.

Conclusion: winter is a cold season, but winter has a very good fun, that is, skiing, skiing has received more and more people’s favorite, international will also hold some skiing competition, it is also a major project of winter fitness, if you love skiing, you must look at the skiing skills introduced for you, so as not to receive injuries in the skiing process!