アルペンスキーにおけるターン動作の数値的評価

抄録

Located in heavy snow areas, Research Centre for Winter Sports Science of Kitami Institute of Technology has been promoting the development of the design of ski boots which can improve the Japanese skiers’ speed in alpine ski competition. Previous experimental studies have shown that the large inclination angle and a fast inclination angle speed have a great influence on the improvement of downhill speed in alpine skiing^{(1) ~ (7)}. In this study, we do an indoor skiing experiment using the "SkyTech" ski simulator, examined a quantitative measurement method of the inclination angle as an evaluation parameter, and constructed a measurement environment. Furthermore, we investigated a numerical evaluation method for alpine skiing turn movements from numerical data that measured pressure fluctuations in the sole of the foot using an insole-type sensor installed in the ski boots of the subject.