The role of special technical devices at the stage of initial training of bobsledders

Abstract

Bobsleigh is a sport where athletes drive a bob sports equipment along the chute of an ice track. The federal standard for the training of bobsledders does not provide for a training process at the stage of initial training for controlling this sports equipment, but at the stage of specialization it requires piloting skills. The ability to pilot a sports equipment involves an integrated approach to the training process of bobsledders, starting acceleration, landing in a sports equipment, control of the projectile along the chute of the ice track. For training athletes of the initial stage of training in piloting skills, it is proposed to use a skeleton sports equipment. The starting acceleration of the bob differs from the starting acceleration of the skeleton, therefore, in order to achieve the maximum output speed of the skeleton, a “simulator-skeleton” wasdeveloped, designed, and tested. In the course of the study, the effectiveness of using the “simulator-skeleton” in the training process of beginner bobsledders was proved, which was confirmed by the results of tests and competitions.

Keywords

• bobsleigh
• special technical devices
• “accelerating overpass”
• “simulator – bob”
• “simulator – skeleton”
• a skeleton sports equipment
• bobsledders training in the skills of piloting