STUDY REGARDING THE EFECTIVENESS OF THE ACTION MEANS USED FOR PERFECTING THE SLIDING TECHNIQUE IN CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING, IN THE JUNIORS II FROM THE VATRA DORNEI SCHOOL SPORTS CLUB

Abstract

Starting from the assumption that an improvement of the technical-tactical training in the junior II cross-country skiers can be done by simultaneously perfecting the two specific competition techniques: classical and freestyle; the research was conducted in June 2011 - June 2012, in Vatra Dornei, the subjects being divided in two groups - the witness group and the experimental group, each comprising 6 athletes, between 15 and 16 years old. Each subject, in the beginning of the practical experiment (December 2010), had to go through three control drills: 50m start (relay); 500m ski race with a launched start, and 1000m ski race with a launched start using their arms, and not the legs. After analyzing the data recorded during the experiment, and comparing it to the training model we suggested, we can say that the use of specific means in teaching and perfecting the basic procedures (alternative and simultaneous walks for "classic," and the skating and Siitonen pace for "freestyle") ensures a quick learning of the ski sliding technique, as well as an improvement in the sliding speed.