Kids on skis.
Tips for parentsI am often asked: «At what age can begin to go skiing?» - Previously, experts recommended that the latest study - with 3, 4 or even 5 years. Ski new geometry and modern family planning methods has changed this notion. I doubt if anyone now doubt that the best place to start skiing years for 20 years before the birth of the future of skiing, while in the mountains can be achieved very good results for 8-10 months. In the age of one year is very convenient to ride in a little rucksack jacket from mom (dad). In a year and a half should move on their own skis (coaches note that at this age, athletes rarely complain of poor equipment). In five years it is time to lift yourself to learn, because my father quickly tired ...
If you missed this wonderful opportunity, try to start, along with grandchildren.
«The child and care for his skis»,
Dr. Benjamin Skipp
And seriously? Skiing with a child up to six years for non-entertainment to the best sports parent. But if an aspiring athlete makes skis to you in bed early on Sunday morning, then continue in the same spirit! Of course, up to 2.5 years to rely on a separate slope even at 100m the slope does not have to, but «grazing» baby will require a great deal of strength and patience. But with the athlete in the yard can be for 1 hour to conduct this training. By 4-it can absorb Sunday slope with a lift for family skiing. It was not scary at Mt. And try to explain it to 6 years old, you do not want to go on Sunday!
What would all get this way, do not forget-you are the organizer of an exciting game, not the coach!
From the very beginning
Ski equipment - a wonderful toy. Give Junior factitious her home, he learns to cope with the boots and fixing itself.
* No do not go without mittens!
* Fear sanochnikov than snowboarders!
Up to two years old baby usually commit "the first steps on skis" in the literal sense of the word: he step, rather than sliding. Patience, because he had just learned to walk! However, to teach a child to slip half-hour ride on the court, holding an athlete for botinochki hands. Dedicate this first withdrawal, you can do without slides.
In the yard
Do not rush to your «Sunday» slope, where the baby and you will not be easy. Better to start at the sloping hill in length from 3m. The main thing that rolled down a hill with no fear. If a young athlete has not yet been able to be afraid of the slope should not frighten you. To get started, you need to have a good vykat without barriers, particularly dangerous hemp, low benches and bollards. If your yard slope breaks such trouble - then close it at the time of training mats penopolika, or at least hang a bag with things you can put at the bottom of the insurance for my mother. Skiing can be started on the first good snowfall and continue until the spring rains. Easy to trample down a small hill for a training session, but often not worth vykat obturate: snow, the best inhibitor.
My experience has shown that support and drive the handle should be as small as possible, it is better to find a very simple slope. Only the most unsure is to produce and fish, and only the first time.
The Pope can not just operate a hoist, and tow a child from home and back through the strings with a stick (tail of the normal loop) - would have been snow. This allows not pereobuvatsya on the street and did not pull a superfluous things. In the two years are usually spent to tow easily. Little accustomed to easily stick to a stick and uses tow as support. First, on a flat spot, then-uphill, then, everywhere! Towing quickly develops a sense of stability and longitudinal balance. This is very useful in the development of the lift.
In the early exits should not go longer than 30-40 minutes, especially in frost. While the results are not always visible at once, the yard practice greatly facilitates the beginning. Besides the possibility of daily training. And not just for juniors. You do not frighten sanochnikov their skis, but without them you will have a serious warm-up before dinner. I advise to dress easily. If the baby shoes at home and make the yard on his hands - all you can provernut very quickly, for 1 hour. But rest at night is not cold, tired - in the armful and home!
Unlike adults, babies who are not discouraged the frost and the hard work of parents, progressing remarkably quickly, with no coaching intervention. But the role of mother more important than the less an athlete - even if it just obodryayusche merznet bottom. She knows when it is necessary to praise an athlete or a complete and dad can get carried away. In the unusual situation, instituted sliding speed and the kids are often unable to understand and explain that they are tired, that he is cold, that botinochki pressure and frost bitten fingers. Sometimes they just do not want to interrupt this wonderful game. This could end in tears.
Confirm the experience of many parents: up to 4-5 years, all children do not know how to put skis across the slope so as not to fall, especially the back. Attempts to climb their own ends fall. And to get up without help is not easy. Most likely, you will have to repeat upavshemu «Ski down!» And correct heel not a dozen times. Patience, experience with a jerk! Well, if this happens before entering the adult hill, but many athletes who have already rule in the plow and nosyatsya direct, can not stand on the slope.
Privyknuv slide directly, the children quietly go about, but only if you want. You do not explain how this is done, it is better to think of the game, which must be rotated. To start - a turn at vykate to stop. As the «gate» is a good mom. It is soft and will not allow a collision with dangerous objects. Do not forget that it is necessary to study its объезжать on stage and on the right and left. Kids surprisingly quickly learn to walk on the trail, even up to 3 years. Of course, the slope should be flat, snow - soft and trample down, and track - simple. It can be pieces of cardboard partition, which the yard littered with slides or thin branches, tilt them down. Apply in hard frost thick branches unsafe (especially short).
Interestingly, already at such a hill is manifested in nature and orientation of an athlete: some caution pluzhat and long before the start (this is, of course, slalomisty), others believe turns annoying obstacle speed.
ADULT Mount
Try to learn to stand, climb on the tug and rotate in the yard. However, even in the sloping side of the first descents better perform together. The point is that on a long descent, easily exceeds the usual speed and turning becomes frightening. Even if the baby keeps on his legs, he could wind up a long time.
The easiest way to put the baby in front of you between the skis. If you have a choice, take a ski it short (but not bleydy). Do not count on easy skiing! You will have a lot of time for a wide plow, so relax clips on the shoes and prepared to sweat. By the way, the old classics pluzhit more obtuse than the acute Carvin.
Your goal: a young skier should feel that and then turn and brake can be. First, firmly hold the child armpits. Suppose that will get used to the speed and feel confident. But soon a child povisnet on your hands, let him hold himself, it's just a stick that you need to keep low (at knees), so that was nice. If you are carrying a bow, you can do without the stick - pull a strap. Gradually increase the freedom: on the flat areas between the turns of belt tension. Before you can vykatom bow (stick) and just release the brake. Compresses the kid in the hands of «support», he was a little scared, but continued to descend himself. This is videosemki! My habitually went into the middle of the queue for the lift ...
During the hour of the ski as a grown tired of the normal practice in 1.5-2 hours.
You can try to «trace» - prodet baby armpits or attach to the waist strap (the same loop) and keep the ends from behind, controlling the speed. The length of the rope should allow juniors go ahead and do not hurt your skis. In this case, and you, and the ward is more freedom, so go easy. But do not expect that the child himself wants to make turns.
* Try to at the outset to be a good example to children on the slope, in extreme cases, praise the good skiers: the samples revealed later.
* Children are very rarely receive «real ski» injured on the mountain. Another cause of injuries and colds. Risk factors in descending order: sanochniki, snowboarders, cold, frostbitten parents hoister not configured attachment, other skiers.
Hoist with detachable bow
Of course, you can pull up to the child as a tail in the yard. It is difficult, especially if you're on the same skis. We have to use the lift, which is often the most severe test of the mountain. It must take seriously and prepare well. Choose the slowest and easy lift. You should feel quite confident and have some experience, to raise a child. In any case, ask you for the next skier to increase the distance, first take the sticks are not worth it.
The smallest you can get on your hands or put on the knee (out of rope). To free the hands of the best kid to hang himself in a special little rucksack (similar to 3-point belt with one motor buckle). Sometimes it seems easier to put child on the shoulders, but experience has shown that it is very dangerous: filled the child weighs one and a half times more «norms», tow-pulls usually dad or child falls. It happens, and radiculitis.
Children older than 2.5-3 years usually raise the front, they stand between the skis and holding onto his knees adult. Just that kid stood on his feet himself. Let accustomed extrude skies ahead: if lyzhitsy get behind your boots, it is likely to slip from between your legs. You must make sure that the sudden discharge of the cable loop with no danger of a child. It may be worth to make rope and use the original cotton sling, which is not spring. Sit down and pull your knees forward so your ward will be more convenient. Work pusher is not easy! You can put the baby in a different way, so he had his skis on either side of you (again, far from the cable). Then you can «get» to stick bow and do not keep it in my hands. In any case, the rack junior unnatural children often crash on the pusher and legs plait in most unsuitable moment.
In many publications (eg, RASC) «theory» refers to the rise of one loop with two «seat» - with chopsticks. In 1980 in the light Vishnevogorske students hung parovozikom of 2-3 sticks of one hook to support the lift is not reset loop. Tested a sample of options with their children - turned out great!
Option One, it can be applied from the 2-2.5 years, as the only child will surely melt skiing: just ahead, the young athlete holding onto a stick bow, and you better add a second ahead at a distance of 0.3m. You hugs and podstrahovyvaete it from all sides, but, nevertheless, he keeps himself. In difficult places, you can fix his knees, but you can not touch. His situation is more obviously in this case, it stands on the legs is much more stable than relying on your knees and no bones. You have to bend down, but easier. Usually, I turn to this method on the first day.
Option Two: If you have mastered the towing on the flat and not very flat terrain, you can try to pick up the rope length 1.5 - 2m to stick to the «seat» his bow. The first time you can push the trailer at the start. Tug to work much more fun. Of course, you must be sure that the ward hold on the legs. Make sure that the place for such a train ottsepleniya enough «work soskok». And «trailer» should stick to release himself and do it before you, otherwise the inevitable difficulties in ottsepleniem loop. Normally 3-year-old athlete, can stand up on skis is easy to climb to the tug masters.
Feeling more confident child starts to become impudent, taken in hand for the entire length of tail, or speaks with rising behind: an athlete is ready for self-recovery. I have a year to hamper the desire for independence young: drive the trailer is very convenient. By 5 we can make a bow. Remained only to learn podtseplyatsya, the first time, your help is needed and at the bottom and the top: he holds a stick in both hands, you podtseplyaete hook, herbs slings and pushes him from behind, but on the top picks thrown loop. Your role is gradually declining. If a recovery track on the tug-mastered by the end of the day an athlete to become independent. However, the descent of the hook prevents the child than an adult. It is not strange, the longest time ... had to carry on a children's bow.
What's next?
Babies quickly adapt to the new mount and a high speed and begin to confidently do what they have learned in the yard. Now you can give them more freedom.
There reed humus: children are always happy to repeat what they already know how, and new challenges all the same straining. You need a dog "trainer" - Mom. She must decide whether the athlete is ready to self-lowering, or time for snacks and warm. Ride more than two hours is only in good weather and only if you believe that the child is completely healthy. In my opinion, worse than the raw wind exposure.
You Kataev, if you have absolutely no mood to engage in sports? Even if the answer «Yes», please be tolerant of the whims of a baby whose «yesterday already got all» - he, too, might not be in vein.
But more often the reverse situation: You have raised an athlete towed once, and another ... 15th - nor any signs of fatigue, even in heavy snow. This is it! And you have to «sense of accomplishment» stay to talk with a colleague on the expensive pastime. Not here it was: junior has gone down, took a turn and waiting, waiting ... In the end, it may frozen. Well, I you are not promised an easy life, but neither are the exercises are not advised. Well, my favorite, (for those who believe the turns on the mountain unfortunate necessity) «parovozik»: you are going ahead slowly closed wide turns, the children - on the trace. These are the rules of the game, the more participants - the merrier. Especially useful in the transition to a steep slope. The main end-turn and control speed.
It's time to diversity.
Check with World Cup, it is easy to repeat the procedure starting on any slope. Put a few veshek and prepare award winner. Do not think that I teach you how to bring the Champion, no! Just trail is a wonderful game where all the «like this». Children are often allowed on the trail of amateur competitions is a real holiday, but in any case take care of the prizes and congratulating themselves.
Not bad prohvatit several times directly (check vykat!). This is a good excuse to learn a rack of high-speed descent.
A child said plow a lot. Sometimes helping longer skis, especially Carvin. Most kids, after all, have overcome this shortcoming. In my opinion, to six or seven years may well be limited to advice like "turn", "Stop!", "Prisyad!" - The more complex instructions are rarely achieved goal. In publications, there is a lot of good exercise - try yourself, choose. However, if the child continues to iron for a few seasons, it is better to ask the coach and buy Carvin.
Children's equipment to maximize savings
(prices «average»)
Shoes
In the boots should be warm and comfortable. This is very important, but kids are often unable to explain what prevents them (for example, are still not able to). Do not get involved in the size "on growth": the difference more than a half inches is difficult to compensate for socks and insoles, and the next season even that shoes may be small. To save some more friends to join in the conversation with "ski-children to share equipment.
Of course, would be better if after training you will help to lift heavy tired athlete shoes, but the kid is very important that he could Obuchi himself. In this sense, contemporary folding beds and dvuhklipsovye model is much better the old copies of adult shoes, they are easier. However, it turned out that some of the new model is too rigid and does not provide a sufficient angle of attack (tilt forward). Check simple: in the back of the rack leg should not go back from the vertical, while the front should be noticeably inclined forward. In some classical botinochkah angle can be adjusted a few mm thick layer between the shoe and boot-top, which must be inserted at the rear.
If you have a choice, not before time shoes of children in adults with adult shoes soles: they are harder and harder. But juniors often have to use the ladies' shoes (eg, Mother). Make sure that the skier may be their weight to bend forward while the boots on the angle of 10-15 degrees. Not all models raskladushek (boot with the rear entrance), designed to compensate for the extra dimensions. Making matters worse have to young athletes in sports shoes with high «margin», when his lower leg compression by a knee, foot and walk to the rigid shoe. n such circumstances, the child will not be able to do even that which he had readily available in the past season on the old children's botinochkah. Do not rely on the upper fasteners and lipuchki: ski control ensures that the pad and foot. It helps wedge insoles, socks, lower soft classic shoe buckles and cable braces rise in cot.
Little shoes of all brands are a good and long, the new typically cost from $ 45. Not very user-friendly may be only a very old boots, especially Polsport and Salvo. Normally in the market you can find branded children's botinochki B / U for $ 30 in good condition, break - a great rarity.
Buying shoes is not new, it is useful to carefully felt padding vnutrennika and test the strength of the language. Of course, not difficult to fix a broken clip, but the slot in front welt under the old Soviet attachment sometimes cause dangerous jamming heads contemporary anchorage. If they are made too blatantly or razlohmatilis 2mm wider, they can get stuck even videos Tyrolia.
* Cracks in the power shell boot fix almost impossible.
Fitting will not interfere. But do not expect that a young athlete will describe in detail their feelings and take the right decision for you, especially in the market in the winter.
Fastenings
Difficult to see how much you are important to the child-friendly fixture. Well, if they can cope with the attachments themselves. But most importantly, safety. Worth to buy a good attachment with the skis, then they can be used on skis or sell almost without any loss of value.
Fastenings adjustable 0.5-2.5DIN - not a very practical purchase. By 7 years they will be слабоваты. Very convenient, new universal child models with a range of 0.75-4.5DIN. In three years, they can already be starting, as an extreme case, they hold lighter adult woman. These models cost $ 40-50. On the market meets a strange mix, make sure to inspect each site. The most affordable - Look to the range, limited 1.5-4.5DIN, but gets his double with a scale of 1-3DIN.
Not all attachment (even new) provide a resilient return sock boot after a lateral shift with minimal delay. This is so bad, though, most importantly, a small force raskryvaniya. The idea is not to count on the range limits set (1-4 for the alleged 0.75-4.5), but feel sorry for buying growing skiers obviously «weak» fixing. When you set up for a minimum of effort is to establish a minimum podzhim shoe, sometimes have to move for the heel on a step backwards. Not Polenov after setup to verify the release of the shoes on both sides and in both heads, it is not difficult.
When a student reaches the weight and experience, he is better suited junior models, with adjustment of 2DIN - are they as well as adults - from $ 50. I mostly like Tyrolia630 (620) and their heirs, they have a switch vertical rigidity head (the head of the front-bottom-left retractable back), and in the «soft» the situation can work properly with some delay is less than 2 DIN, so that they can be used since 5 years. Maximum tightening anchorages of this type - 6DIN, it is enough for most adults skier. All modern attachment to children and adolescents have a range of heel (sole setting of various lengths) over 30mm.
Skiers weighing more than 35kg with a normal physical shape and experience a better buy at once universal adult attachment model with a range of 3-9DIN. Bonus points if it will be modern machines, they provide a good soft response with minimal delay. Enough to secure the old Marker M35 2.5-8.5DIN, using a bad repute for the low strength. But more than 5DIN will not have to.
Universal (for children's and adult standard soles) heads quite old Salomon57 and Tyrolia530 sponges are adjustable in height, it is only necessary for custom shoes, which have not produced. Marker, unlike other brands, has a head, calculated only on the child, or adult standard soles, but it has adjustable heel situation. In any case, do not try to put in the fixing of maximum effort 3DIN adult shoes.
Bindings are usually quite durable and can go through several pairs of skis. If the details do not have external injuries except for scratches that as a rule, everything is fine. Still, no new attachment if possible is checked. Do not communicate with a very old «iron» Bindings: They are usually tough, elastic, and not at all can not have a scale in the DIN.
Known models of the 90th, you can check your hands - proschelkayte heels, see and check the foot, try to finger movements of parts heads with minimal delay in the scale. Asymmetric working reliable sign of trouble.
* Adjust the force response is best with the help of ski-master, or on the tables annexed to the fixture.
* You can take advantage of proven, in practice the scheme:
Divide the weight by 10, and Take away 20%. Place this figure on all four scales, from the start. If not - pick up quickly. Anchorages burst usually occurs from falling down, but you can fall down, not load the attachment, or vice versa, to create a powerful force, standing on the ground. If the child loses the normal skating skis, put on a little effort (1 / 4 DIN). At the beginning of the season, the heavy wet snow, it is worth further weaken everything is 10-20%: it is better then tighten than injured.
Skis
Skis are important, but not so much to save on shoes and anchorages. The main thing is that the sliding surface was flat, without speakers Canto (typical ski wear) especially the middle. It is necessary to check the alignment on the upper length of skis. Offset back can greatly hinder skiing, and 0.5-1.0sm forward sometimes helps. Children's skis almost no wear, so it is especially advantageous to buy BU with attachments and transfer chain. New children's skis typically cost from $ 50.
For the first steps needed skis slightly lower growth. Brown lyzhitsy with the straps of the Children's world are too short and «slippery». In extreme cases, can be used as anchorage for cutting the long running 70 - 90 cm But «brand» plastic skis to start quite fit. They allow you to keep the longitudinal balance, and the strap - to use harsh valenochki or even real botinochki. After the turn, you can take the skis to the growth. First-smart, which already has experience of skiing, ski longer cope with its growth.
These good Carvin needed to overcome chronic plow (after 6-7 years). Although light and short of modern skiing child chuvtsvuet themselves much more comfortable. In the future, the selection of skis is quite simple: in the course of a mother's outfit, etc. Do not just put Junior on the CD - short skis that are designed for proper weight.
Children who started on the blade, usually refuse to ski a normal length. If your blade - slippers on a package, then the baby is a very tough superkarvy. Another problem: 1m long and hard-mounting brackets for the child is a risk of screw fracture, precedents on RASC.
If the athlete has mastered the basics on obstinate classics, any Carvin nipochem him. School «direct» Ski useful to any skiers in extreme situations.
Pole
You go to the sticks? Therefore, they require very little. They want the children more likely to push on a flat spot, than to balance in corners. Up to 4 years old sticks more hampered (especially adult lift). New would cost you $ 10.
Very grateful to her children, for their patience: Kate, from 5 years old, Sasha, from 2.6 years to 1.8 years Loesche. I must admit that the child's Senior coach was mum, Natasha, though she studied with them. She also belongs to the idea of lifting tail.
Svetogorov Egor